The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1979 book, The Neverending Story
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The Neverending Story
Michael Ende, 1979
movie vs book
George Miller, 1990

Bastian Balthazar Bux seeks to join his school’s swimming team, but his ability to jump off a diving board is marred by his fear of heights. He revisits Carl Conrad Coreander’s antiquarian bookstore to seek advice on courage, where he rediscovers the Neverending Story and hears the Childlike Empress call out to him for aid.