Making of Neverending Story - subtitled 2

[ThePenelope1203]

Ah oufff x)

Mais c'est de la vrai boue ? bah putain ils devait être tout dégeulace x)

Y a quoi sous cette boue, un étage ?...

Mais pourquoi ce n'est pas le même cheval à la fin ?

J'en pose des questions x)

[ThePenelope1203]

Traduction svp! que s'est-il vraiment passer ?? il est réellement mort ??

[BenjaminROUX]

@ThePenelope1203 : Ne t'inquiète pas ! Ils indiquent juste que le cheval est situé sur une plate forme hydraulique qui descend lentement dans la boue. Et deux dresseurs (à 2'36) ont fait en sorte que le cheval perde le réflexe de nager (réflexe normal chez un cheval...) et surtout de paniquer. Tout le jeu d'acteur et le montage tentent ensuite de faire croire le contraire...

[frankcastellanos]

i think that something bad happend to that director in the past so he remenbers when directing this film

[bhrkuti1]

Hei, check out my website if you like movies like the neverending story you might like my book which will soon also be a movie! katharinas-world. com

[sorcha24]

omg the directors such a fanny wtfs he cryin for, unless its that the scene is that good and hes nailed it! lol

[Narcomics]

@sorcha24 I think he was just feeling the scene. It's called passion. Some people have it, some don't. It takes more hairy balls to connect with your deepest sense of emotion than it does to hide it. His passion made this scene one of the most heart wrenching scenes in film history. Even in today's world, filled with douchbaggery and shittiots, the scene is still stands strong IMO.

[banglefaar]

The original version of Artax's death was censored in the American release. The differences were the music was not "Theme of Sadness" by Klaus Doldinger and the air bubbles from Artax were cut out because the Censor boards thought it was far too dark for children.

I saw the original version recently and can honestly say I would have been crying harder hearing the original music and seeing air bubbles of a drowning horse until they vanish...

[banglefaar]

@banglefaar Beats me. Im guessing from another region, like the UK area.

[bemoviedirector]

always thought atrayu sounded like a fag from england guess i was rite on the money

[Moonlightgirl19686]

amazing! =)

[missgrace2211]

lmao for everyone saying the horse died thats a bunch of crap. Noah did an interview just recently talking about how the horse was lowered on a platform, and they worked with the horse for months to get him comfortable going into the water that far. once he was neck deep in the water they cut the scene, noah clearly stated the horse WAS NOT INJURED making the film

[MrNhlfan4ever]

@missgrace2211 That's good that they only filmed the horse up to the neck. Then, the horse wasn't injured when the crew took him off the platform.

[MsBeatlesfan100]

Why is this doccumentry not on the DVD? Warner Bros need to do a two disc special edition and treat the movie with the respect it deserves!

[EGLchan]

@MsBeatlesfan100 Agreed!

[RosesareAllie]

noah voice sounds different on here than in the movie. his voice seems deeper in the movie?

[all4dogz]

EVERYONE!!! the horse did not die!!!! The actor who played Atreyu was injured his legs during the shooting of the scene. In actuality border lining on animal cruelty the horse was chained down to look as though he were actually struggling in the mud. The actor was hurt when the horse gave a hard jerk with his head trying to pull himself up and the actor was pulled into the side of a platform set up for the horse to stand on.

[rxlouise]

don't . fucking . cry .

[JCReiki]

--WARNING: sad review--

The horse actually died. They thought they could get him out in time, and they couldn't. The horse really got stuck and sank. :'(

[schneggilein89]

@JCReiki

no it (she^^) didnt. i know this horse...it belonged to a riding club in munich, they borrowed her to play the role of artax. (the horses name was "miss sophie" and she was a welsh-arab mix). my sister is 30 years old now and she used to ride that horse in the early 1990's because she was in this riding club that owned this horse. i saw it with my own eyes too (i was a little kid, but i grew up in munich). dont worry, that horse didnt die during filming! she retired when she got older.

[fraserkatie]

@schneggilein89 THanks! You have solved the mystery!!!!!! You have cheered me up! Can you go to 80's movies.net and clear that up! There's a website talking about eighties films and that has been said on there about the horse dying! It didnt!!!!!!! Thats gREAT!

[schneggilein89]

@fraserkatie

no problem, i will do that. hope they believe me :)

[freeriderayward1]

@JCReiki No.

[Blade5276]

I am glad they chose not to use those first takes at 3:16 he comes off a little girly. The takes that did make it into the final film were a great balance of sorrow and masculinity with out endangering the strength and resilience of the character.

Also im not trying to say there is anything wrong with being girly im only saying that Atryu was a strong individual and it wouldnt have been right for the character to use the takes you see here. So dont bother pointing that out.

[MononokeLynn]

Oh the wonders of DVD. On VHS I never skipped it, but with DVD, I tend to skip this scene because I burst into tears every time.

[sageharris]

Man, I hated this scene...! Poor Artax

[schneggilein89]

diese szene ist bestimmt sehr aufwendig gewesen....

mein pferd sieht aus wie artax, ich habe ihn also auch artax genannt :)

[horseluvin11]

he didnt die in real life there was no trap door it was a pool and they dont show you him going under

[mortalnonsense]

I like how they never showed the horse actually dying. The trap door failed and the horse drowned in real life - poor Noah Hathaway couldn't film for 3 months he was so upset. I can't understand German, but by the looks of things - they forgot to mention that part.

[cammarkgross]

@mortalnonsense  na ah...

[CyraUK]

@mortalnonsense That actually didn't happen. The horse was on a platform underwater that raised and lowered into the pool. The horse lived, and might very well still be alive today. They never showed the horse dying because first off, it's a kid's movie, and two, the horse lived.

[pimpdubida]

ja dachte auch als die das sagten "Hallo??"

[lllLeeGanllll]

mmm theres something missing on the artax escene, in the book artax asked atreyu to leave himn there cu he didint wanted him to see him diying

[Neoni245]

Okay. How can you tell the movie's awesome? If the staff is actually crying while making a depressing scene

This is one of those movies.

[MorganPriestOfficiel]

Woah magnifique se réalisateur qui vit l'émotion de son l'acteur... Vraiment superbe !

[Syntlara]

@MorganPriestOfficiel C'est moi où on lit sur son visage une intense souffrance ? S'il y'avait eu des larmes j'aurais même dit qu'il pleurait.... oui c'est vraiment une belle vidéo, c'est rares les réalisateurs aussi impliqués....

[Dalen77]

Was this movie actually filmed in Germany

[Olebruc]

aww noah hathaway is so cute and sexy!

[MsBeatlesfan100]

@Olebruc He's not sexy, he's a 12 year old boy for Christ's sakes.

[AkeniMausi]

man sieht richtig wie der egiseur fast mit heult aber der kleine ist echt n guter schauspieler gewesen... und natürlich dass Pferd XD

[iscreamer1]

You know what this movie needs? an all star cast. as well as the the next 2 films.

[schneggilein89]

mir fällt gerade auf wie verdammt schön dieses pferd ist OO

[iammadness]

Looks like it was a really tough scene for the director too :(

Bet there weren't too many takes.

[beebii15]

oh atreju is an Indian boy xD

that't why he looks in the second movie so.. indian. xD

[HenhousetheRed]

At least the first movie was very true to the book. Warner Bros. has a scheduled a reboot of the movies for 2012.

[nyko1333]

2012!? why can't they do it right now?

[kiminokami]

It needs to be ironic. The Neverending Story has to come out in the year the Earth comes to an end!

[ladymorgaine76]

For me there isn't any trilogy! Just this one! The others had no quality !

[nyko1333]

The greatest amongst the Never Ending Story trilogy...agree with me?

[CataDanna]

I agree!

[uhuhuh1966]

hell yeah! the others dont compare AT ALL

[123braveboy]

My german is poor, I'd rather if this was in english, but that's alright. Nice to see the "making-of" of one of the best movies of all time.

[JayLuke01]

With it was in english

[ConnDevi88]

I couldn't get through this film cause of this scene

[CataDanna]

Than you have the same problem as the horse : just think!

[daeviant]

he keeps trying to drink the muddy water. haha

[schneggilein89]

i saw this horse in munich when i was a child.... the horse's name was MISS SOPHIE, she was a welsh-arab-mix pony and she belonged to the ridingclub RG strasslach in munich...my sisters went there ^^ she was beautiful but now she no longer lives :(

[elisabethsyou]

ich kann ja nicht glauben, das die das pferd einfach für 2 wochen ausgeborgt haben und ihm dann beigebracht haben sich auf einer plattform in den sumpf ziehen zu lassen. und wenn : was für ein großartiges pferd ! soviel vertrauen. ich weis nicht wie sie es gemacht haben, der trainer hat aber schon geschmipft. ob die so soft waren mit dem pferd ? hat das irgendwie schonmal sowas gemacht ? wow.

[schneggilein89]

doch doch.....meine schwester ist 30 jahre alt und ist als kind auf dem ponyhof geritten wo das pferdchen stand ;) der hof heißt "RG straßlach" und ist bei münchen. war auch ein paar male dort... =) soweit ich weiß haben sie lange mit diesem pferd gearbeitet (wird ja auch im video genannt: 6 wochen)

[elisabethsyou]

ich glaube im video sagen sie 4 wochen, aber auch 6 wochen ist ein verflucht kurze zeit um dem pferd bezubringen, das es sich bis zum hals in schlamm versinken laeßt !! ich finde, das ist ein echter hammer.

[schneggilein89]

ja is schon kurz wenn man es so betrachtet =/ die haben die arme miss sophie (die den artax spielt lol) bestimmt voll gestresst. will mirs garnet ausmalen...ich reit auch schon voll lange und pferde sind ja auch nicht dumm ^^ aber ich würde voll die panik bekommen wenn man mich bis zum hals in den schlamm stecken würde xD und bekanntlich sind MÄDCHEN ja etwas ängstlicher =)

[elmando5]

God every time I see the scene where Atreyu loses his horse it kills me.

[schneggilein89]

meine schwester ist dieses pferd schon geritten :D das pferd kommt von einem reitstall in münchen. die besitzer haben die stute für die dreharbeiten ausgeliehen ^^

[xPandaxBearx]

ps the director looks like he wants to cry when they are filming with noah lol

[xPandaxBearx]

amazing for a twelve year old, and the horse was a good actor too letting someone scream at him lmfao

[qwerrewq2]

3:52 LOL  that guy was crying at a movie scene xD

[csthundercat]

and that my friend, is how you make a good movie.

[Narcomics]

I agree 100%. That right there is called "The REAL DEAL".

Unlike today's directing.

[DesiRobot]

When the creators feel what the audience should feel, then that is real movie making.

[deoTS1]

He was attempting to be engaged in the scene. In this way he could get the timing (and other decisions) of his directing just right.

[Masiakasaurus]

No one can replace Noah Hathaway as Atreyu. He did amazing with this scene. I myself would have had trouble screaming and crying like he did.

[qwerrewq2]

i actually think Noah is cute, but that was when this was made although, he could still look hot!!!

[Masiakasaurus]

I used to have such a crush on Noah as Atreyu! :)

[juliahaf]

just check him out on google, there are some fotos of him as a grown up! and YES, he still looks hot!!!

[juninhooBr]

In fact, the director was almost crying while they were acting...

[SpongyOLlama]

this scene always made me cry as a child

[kahlobloodline]

This scene made me cry TODAY. I think it'll always make me cry. :'(

[stndrds79]

this is actual real behind the scenes that they just dont do in movies! This is exactly the kind of material I love to watch. Not those few seconds of behind the scenes footage only to be taken over by actor interviews!

[Godtron]

I agree 100%

[SpongyOLlama]

yeah, I like it like this when it's actually BEHIND THE SCENES... wish my German was better though, I can't understand some of the commentary.

[n2ziastka]

fucking AWESOME!

the face of the director, his eyes... i swear he was almost crying but still - staying "in-production', controlling every fuckin' moment of these sad scene

[littleatreyu]

nothing makes me cry more, than seeing poor artax die.

[fraserkatie]

This scene made me sad! Sob! Is it me or is the director crying!

[bigfalcor]

i think he was fighting back tears!

[NejixHinataFan]

It looks like he is crying!

That just proves that even he the directed is moved by such a sad scene!!

The Artax scene gets me everytime : (

[Godtron]

He was a "REAL" director. Unlike much of the crappy new directors we see today. This man felt the scene.

[kissarmy305]

@NejixHinataFan The scene where Atreju lost his horse Artax into the Swamp of Sadness, is one of the saddest scenes ever shot in movie history in my opinion, it gets me every time again, and i've seen this movie like a thousend times O_O

[SuperJuliusC]

@kissarmy305 Read the book!

Watching this movie will be painful after reading it - The second part of the book (it`s the same book but divided in two parts) was basically in "Neverending Story 2" but they left out the "great stuff" like Xaide getting smashed by her own guards...

[ranftj]

@SuperJuliusC I just wish, Peter Jackson would do a remake ... I think, he would be able to make a movie that keeps more with the book

[skwinkle79]

is it true the horse died??

[bigfalcor]

not so sure. people say it was a rumor. noah hathaway almost died. the elevator caught on his leg and pulled him under.

[littleatreyu]

poor artax.

[bigfalcor]

poor noah hathaway got hurt during both the horse training and during filming.

[littleatreyu]

I heard that! He got pulled down under the water and hurt his ankle, and got bucked off a horse which then trampled him. man.

[thegirl44]

In a funny way his injuries were kind of a blessing: Noah pursued martial arts when we were in our teens to help cope with the pain of the injuries that he incured when the horse trampled him and is now a black belt master in three martial arts.

[PuffyAmiYumi]

Love, love, LOVE this movie. I like all fantasy films but this is on the top of my list as THE best ever. It just pulls you in and really makes you feel like you're a part of what's going on, just like Bastian, (Loved the part where the Child-like Empress was saying how others were also sharing his adventure as he is sharing Atreyu's!) just a classic, even thinking about it gives me shivvers!

[bigfalcor]

I wonder: in the beginning, where it shows Noah Hathaway getting on a horse for lessons, if either the producers paid for his lessons, or if his father pair for them.

[ashx89]

noahs cute in the movie but hes like..... more than 10 years older than me!!

[bigfalcor]

he's 20 1/2 years older than me!

[blahblahblahblah22]

he's 37. are you 7 years old?

[Shockstar18]

he's 60 1/2 years older than me

[riverman72]

I have been wondering about how they did this for as long as I can remember (and I saw the film in the cinema). Didn't realise until now that it was a "studio shoot" thought the place really existed somewhere (the location that is).

[bigfalcor]

on my bucket list (yes "bucket list," like the movie) I have listed at #7: "Learn how to ride a horse." I live in Kentucky, so there are some farms, and I'm getting a job soon, so I can save up for lessons

[littleatreyu]

well, you better save up a lot! Horse riding in expensive.

[littleatreyu]

I saving up for myself!

[bigfalcor]

At the beginning, he's got nice boots!

[bigfalcor]

wish I had a pair like his!

[HRHMabs]

Very sad scene (and yes, I cried my eyes out as a kid watching it ;) But I have to admit, as an animal lover, I really don't like seeing how distressed the horse was in that shot where they were lowering it into the mud and forcing it to be still :(

[bigfalcor]

on my bucket list (yes "bucket list," like the movie) I have listed at #7: "Learn how to ride a horse."

[bigfalcor]

I live in Kentucky, so there are some farms, and I'm getting a job soon, so I can save up for lessons.

[supermeloncampos]

i don't understand a dame..but what a hell..thanks for the post

[ElizabethxPete]

Did the horse really die? or what did they do to it? I always wondererd'

I also cried when I read this in the book and when I saw the film. so sad

[bigfalcor]

an accident caused one of the horses to die

[wolfblood11]

i think it was just a rumor on set.

[bigfalcor]

maybe

[CyraUK]

There was a rumor that the horse really died, but here's what really happened: They put the horse on an elevating platform that was underwater, you can hear it whirring as it goes downward. The reason you never see Artax's head go under is because they stopped the platform. If they didn't the horse would have drowned. This little fella lived through the whole thing. They raised the platform to let him out of the mud.

[AndreaMimi]

Das ist eine traurige Szene. Ich hab' die Bavaria Studios mal besichtigt, doch das ist schon lange her so um 1996 herum.

[battousaiblade]

at 2:31 you can hear another horse neighing in the background

RIP Silver Dollar. i love you

[bigfalcor]

i choked up as i heard noah hathaway repeat "i love you." he really sounded like he was going to cry. i was ready to jump through the screen, and pull him away and hold him and wipe his tears away.

[bigfalcor]

oh, and did you see wolfgang peterson's face when he yelled that? oh, atreyu! poor little dude! noah hathaway's reaction is believable! actually, one of thoses horses died, and he got so upset, he didn't return to the set for almost a month!

[clausem]

Esse filme fez parte da minha infância!!

[Pinkdolleu]

ist das Cool, danke fürs hochladen!!!

[annamaraipiotrowicz]

i always to know how this movie was made

[tomsega]

This scene is more damaging to children than nudity or swearing!

[Gormer]

not damaging. educational.

[geewhiz76]

You're an idiot

[tomsega]

Hmmphf. I was saying it with a sense of humour, not in seriousness. Obviously the kind of adults who watch children's films all day are fairly bereft of irony..

Still, I'd actually maintain the point -- that scene is far more upsetting to a child than a swear word or a pair of boobs, NOT that I'm saying it's UNSUITABLE for children, just that I'm pointing out the irony.

[geewhiz76]

unsuccessfully...

[LadyNinjaKagero]

Wow this scene was really sad, it got to the director as well. Its the boy screaming that gets me, I cried like that when and asshole set his dog to kill my cat.

[raggarfrida]

I was just a child when i firs saw this movie. I cried and i cried, it was just to sad. Still today when i see it...i cry!

[letigre937]

horses have such soft noses! aw.

[artificus]

oh mein gott, der weint ja echt!

ich mein, die szene ist herzzerreißend, ich heul auch jedes mal, aber als regisseur...

der film ist einfach nur genial!

[Lilalu591]

Aww..Petersen cries!

[nfitz92691]

HAHA! THE DIRECTOR WAS CRYING TOO.

[MST3kTomServo]

Gripping scene - even now more than 20 years later this scene still chokes me up.

[RageOfTheTiger]

well that pisses me off, why wasnt this on the dvd special features :P

[pyramidhead138]

yea really, ive ALWAYS wanted to know how they made this movie

[Alyxwrites]

Damn... If I was there to watch him act I would CRY too. He sounded SO into it... just... damn. And I dont cuss lol

[lilheathersinger]

lol i think the director is crying

[battousaiblade]

sweating it was the hottest summer in germany. they were on a soundstage at the time. they were all sweating

[emmaeatsporridgelots]

oooh, i think he really is crying tho :S but u have a gd point, theyre also drenched in sweat :|

[H3dgie]

If only I understood German

[ranftj]

@H3dgie now I put some subtitles to it :-)

[ellro08]

where can i get the dvd part 1 and 2

[realplayer54]

Noah was great in that scene. I wanna see all of the deleted scenes from this. I always thought 92 minutes was too short!

[CROCODlLE]

Well, this should put to rest any rumors or urban legends that the horse drowned in real life.

[battousaiblade]

it's still an urban legend. i know and believe it's true. silver dollar (artax) died in 2003. another horse drowned.

[CROCODlLE]

Dude, the horse is fine. Look at the video. He's FINE. And there's no mention of the horse drowning. They would totally include that in the video.

[christhamvp]

Silver Dollar, the horse that plays Artax in the movie died in 2003. There was another horse that drowned filming a movie in the 80's and for some reason people think it's this horse. That's where the legend comes from.

[CROCODlLE]

Well, there ya go.

Thanks man.

[battousaiblade]

finally! someone other than myself gets the facts right! thank you!

[CyraUK]

He lived a good long life, then. The other horse didn't drown though. That was a rumor.

[vin6677]

i have never saw director cry in a schene as petersen did.i like him.his script is very close to the book,which is very good also.petersen,come back

[givnikR]

Wow! He an emotional dude! But hey, wasn't the acting done by Noah pretty realistic! HE's great, but good on him for doing his own thing instead of getting too invoved with Hollywood crud of today!

[meininki]

That's interesting, the voice-over actually talks about why the film was made in English instead of German. It says, from the very beginning, it was clear that the film would be so expensive, it could only make a profit, if it was successful in the US as well.

[michaelwolfson]

the director cries lol

[battousaiblade]

ah ha! i did see this one a few years ago!