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Original title: Golden Compass, The
Release Date
• USA: Dec 7, 2007
Budget USD 150,000,000
BoxOffice: $67.5M
Official Website:
The Golden Compass Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence.
Country USA | UK
Production Companies
New Line Cinema, Scholastic Productions, Depth of Field, Ingenious Film Partners, Rhythm and Hues
Studio New Line Cinema
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Other Titles
• His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (2007)
• Northern Lights
• His Dark Materials: Northern Lights
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• The Golden Compass (2007)
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Genre: Family
Tagline: "It is the Alethiometer. It tells the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself."
Plot: THE GOLDEN COMPASS is an adaptation of the first book in the beloved but controversial fantasy series by Phillip Pullman. The story opens with Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) an orphan girl who lives in an alternate world that is similar to earth, but where people's souls exist outside of their bodies in animal form. The people are ruled by a shadowy and oppressive council known as the Magisterium, which is doing it's best to keep everyone from getting information about what is called "Dust." Lyra's Uncle Asriel (Daniel Craig) has been researching Dust, and he has seen to it that Lyra is given safe shelter at Jordan College. But when the visiting Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman) arrives, she asks Lyra to accompany her on a trip to the North to meet the Panserbjorne, a race of armored bears. Before Lyra leaves, the Headmaster gives her a golden compass, a device which only she can read, and from which she can intuit the truth. Lyra leaves with Mrs. Coulter, but when she learns that her friends have been kidnapped by "Gobblers," she heads out to find them, and soon joins forces with the nomadic Gyptians, some witches, and an armored bear called Iorek Byrnison (voice by Ian McKellen). Lyra finds her friends, and so discovers the evil plans the Magisterium has cooked up for the
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 | Daniel Craig
Casino Royale, Road to Perdition, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |
 | Ian McKellen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
 | Sam Elliott
Hulk, Tombstone, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
 | Christopher Lee
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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