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The Golden Compass
Fantasy film with a runtime of 115 minutes, released in 2007. Presented in English.
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Synopsis
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Dakota Blue Richards star in Chris Weitz's family fantasy-adventure, based on the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Twelve-year-old orphan Lyra Belacqua lives in an Oxford college, where the academic and domestic staff do their best to push her enquiring mind down conventional educational routes and quell her tomboy tendencies; it's a losing battle. One day, having sneaked into a private meeting of the college's dons, Lyra learns of mysterious events taking place in the Arctic. Soon after, amid news of mysterious child abductors called the 'Gobblers', her best friend Roger vanishes. The fearless Lyra sets off, determined to rescue her playmate. But Lyra's is a parallel universe: one with VIctorian-style technology; where people's souls take the form of character-suggesting visible animals; witches and talking, armoured polar bears rule the cold lands of the north; and an organisation called The Magisterium aims to assert its authority over everyone. Lyra's journey will prove a dangerous one; one that uncovers the terrible truth that links the Gobblers and the Arctic phenomenon she heard about in the safety of Oxford. Also starring Eva Green, and the voices of Freddie Highmore and Ian McKellan. Sadly, it now looks as though the following two films in the series are fated not to be made. Even so, this stands as a stirring, thoughtful family adventure that's reasonably true to Pullman's masterpiece.
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Cast
- Nicole Kidman
- Daniel Craig
- Dakota Blue Richards
- Sam Elliott
- Ben Walker
- Eva Green
- Christopher Lee
- Tom Courtenay
- Derek Jacobi
- Adam Godley
- Simon McBurney
- Jim Carter
- Clare Higgins
- Nonso Anozie
- Jack Shepherd
- Magda Szubanski
- Edward De Souza
- Charlie Rowe
- Michael Antoniou
- Hattie Morahan
- John Bett
- John Franklyn-Robbins
- Jason Watkins
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Kathy Bates
- Ian McShane
- Ian McKellen
- Freddie Highmore
- Mark Mottram
- Paul Antony-Barber
- Jody Halse
- Peter Honess
- Kevin Tent
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Bill Westenhofer
- Tom Sayers
- Anna Pinnock
- Robert Stromberg
- Tony Dawe
- Ben Morris
- Dafydd Archard
- Chris Brenczewski
- Michael Fink
- Mark Ordesky
- Dennis Gassner
- Trevor Wood
- Richard L. Johnson
- Michael Lynne
- Lucy Bevan
- Hugo Adams
- Philippe Amouroux
- Freddie Highmore
- Toby Emmerich
- Mark Taylor
- Henry Braham
- Ian McKellen
- Paul Weitz
- Andrew Miano
- Chris Weitz
- Fiona Weir
- Niv Adiri
- Andy Nicholson
- Mark Meddings
- Nina Armstrong
- Glenn Freemantle
- Frank Petzold
- Chris Lowe
- Kathy Bates
- Anne V. Coates
- Paul Jennings
- Nikolas Korda
- Philip Pullman
- Janine Schneider
- Ian McShane
- Peter King
- Robert Shaye
- Ruth Myers
- Ileen Maisel
