Product Details

• Actors: Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Jack Black, Carole Finn, Ryan Bollman
• Directors: Peter MacDonald
• Writers: Jeff Lieberman, Karin Howard, Michael Ende
• Producers: Dieter Geissler, Harold Tichenor, Harry Nap, Heinz Bibo
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: February 18, 1997
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304291361
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,619 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Item Name: The NeverEnding Story III - Escape From Fantasia; Studio: Miramax

Product Description

Here's the latest chapter in the popular film trilogy, starring Jason James Richter (FREE WILLY) as Bastian, a teenager whose life is turned upside down when his father remarries. On his first day at a new school, Bastian is chased by a vicious gang called the Nasties. He hides in the school library where he finds a magic book that writes itself according to the imagination of the reader. To escape the Nasties (and his troubles at home), Bastian wishes himself into Fantasia, the storybook's phantasmic world of incredible creatures. It's here, away from the pressures of the real world, that Bastian thinks he's safe. But when the Nasties take control of the book, his Fantasian friends get stuck on earth, and it's up to Bastian to save them. And in order to do that, he must defeat the Nasties! With great music by some of your favorite rockers, this awesome fantasy-adventure celebrates the joy of reading and the magic books create within our own imagination!

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85 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This one really doesn't end!, July 1, 2004

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Kevin P. Gareau (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The NeverEnding Story III - Escape From Fantasia (DVD)

I got this movie because I was a big fan of the first two, and I expected this one to be great. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. This movie should never have start production. It is geared too much toward little kids, but I doubt even little kids would be amused by it. The plot has Bastian returning to Fantasia to escape "The Nasties", which is some sort of gang. The Fantasia in this movie is very different from the one in the first two. It looks a lot less inviting, and they really screwed up all the beauty that Fantasia possessed in the first two movies. They turn the Childlike Empress into a joke, who even contemplates using the Auryn to go shopping! Michael Ende would die of shame if he were still alive. They turned his wonderful idea into one big joke. This movie should never have seen the light of day.

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'd rather vomit and go play in it..., October 26, 2005

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Ann Balay "The_Empress_Is_Not_Pleased" (Nashville, Tn USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The NeverEnding Story III - Escape From Fantasia (DVD)

This movie was so horrible, I was going to sell it in a yard sale. Then I thought... 'that means it will be floating around somewhere else in the world." So I decided to throw it away, then thought 'what if someone goes dumpster-diving, takes it, and watches it?" I couldn't live with that! So, I burned it. Bad for the environment, yet good for the general population. The only thing RIGHT about it was that the Rock Biter had the correct, book-version of the name. STILL, if I wanted Cheese, I would have grabbed a bag of Doritos. Mmm... Doritos. ::Walks away to find the Doritos::

50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It only feels like it never ends., April 2, 2005

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Ross Reynolds (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The NeverEnding Story III - Escape From Fantasia (DVD)

The first movie was awesome. The second one was ok. This one is just embarrassing. The only cool things about this movie are that you get to see Jack Black play a school bully, and hear Rock Biter sing "Born to be Wild". Other than that, this is a total waste of time.

Oh, and if they're going to have a different kid play Bastian in every movie, they could at least make some effort to have them look somewhat alike. They all look completely different. He might as well have been black in one of them.

Bad trilogy. Very bad. Just go with the first one, it's the best.