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The Golden Compass

New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 7, 2007

Summary: Based on author Philip Pullman's bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The Golden Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches coexist. At the center of the story is Lyra, a 12-year-old girl who starts out trying to rescue a friend who's been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers--and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well. (New Line Cinema)

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Runtime:	113 min
Rating:	Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence.
Production:	Ingenious Film Partners
Genres:	Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Countries:	USA, UK
Languages:	English, French, Russian, Icelandic
Home Release Date:	Apr 29, 2008

Director	Credit
Chris Weitz	Director

Writer	Credit
Chris Weitz	Screenplay
Philip Pullman	Novel "Northern Lights"

Principal Cast	Credit
Dakota Blue Richards	Lyra
Daniel Craig	Lord Asriel
Nicole Kidman	Mrs. Coulter

Cast	Credit
Ben Walker	Roger
Christopher Lee	First High Councilor
Edward de Souza	Second High Councilor
Eva Green	Serafina Pekkala
Freddie Highmore	Pantalaimon
Ian McKellen	Iorek Byrnison
Ian McShane	Ragnar Sturlusson
Jim Carter	John Faa
Kathy Bates	Hester
Kristin Scott Thomas	Stelmaria
Sam Elliott	Lee Scoresby
Tom Courtenay	Farder Coram

Producer	Credit
Andrew Miano	Executive Producer
Bill Carraro	Producer
Deborah Forte	Producer: New Line Cinema
Ileen Maisel	Executive Producer
Mark Ordesky	Executive Producer
Michael Lynne	Executive Producer
Nikolas Korda	Co-Producer
Paul Weitz	Executive Producer
Robert Shaye	Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich	Executive Producer