About this episode

Francis and Nate discuss the 1984 classic kids movie The Neverending Story.

This week Francis and Nate break down the 1984 classic kids movie The Neverending story. We follow Bastion as he plays hooky to read a book in the attic of his school, transporting him to a magical land full of Rock monsters, depression swamps and sphinxes with huge cans. This is a bonus episode. You can get this and ten years of back log bonus content here for just $5 a month - https://www.patreon.com/posts/neverending-155001147

People in this episode

Hosts: Francis, Nate

Topics covered

• kids movie
• The Neverending Story
• fantasy
• book adaptation
• 1980s cinema

Keywords

• The Neverending Story
• 1984
• kids movie
• fantasy
• Bastion
• Rock monsters
• sphinxes

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Books & works: The Neverending story

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