The Dark Crystal & The NeverEnding Story

Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal
(PG, 1982, 93 min)
A prophecy tells of a Gelfling who will topple their empire, so in their reign of terror the evil Skeksis have exterminated the race, or so they think. The orphan Jen, raised in solitude by a race of peace-loving wizards called the Mystics, embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of the Dark Crystal and restore the balance of the universe.

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Wolfgang Petersen’s The NeverEnding Story
(PG, 1984, 102 min)
An unhappy boy is given a magic book that can project the reader into its story! Now, a young boy becomes part of a wondrous adventure in a land of flying dragons, evil wolves, gnomes, and a warrior-child who must fight to save the empire of Fantasia from a nemesis called The Nothing.