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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Chris Weitz |
| Stars: |
Nicole Kidman |
| Actors: |
Christopher Lee |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Fantasy Worlds · Witches And Wizards · R&B/Soul · Soul · Bears · Fantasy · Music (General) |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
794043120435 |
| Release Date: |
2007 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 53min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Full Frame, 1hr 53min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (April 29, 2008)
UPC: 794043120015 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Paul Weitz |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/01/2008, p.65, Andrew Osmond): "[D]irector Chris Weitz makes a spirited job of transferring Pullman's vision to screen..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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 ... |
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