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Studio: New Line Cinema
Release Date: Nov 28, 2007
Running Time: 118 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
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 set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. 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.
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Lyra Belacqua
Serafina Pekkala
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Lee Scoresby
Farder Coram
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Although this might be a tad convoluted and distant for the younger set, The Golden Compass is still a truly fantastical journey filled with wondrous imagery. A real visual treat. Story Based on the first of Philip Pullman's bestselling fantasy trilogy, The Golden Compass follows along the same lines as the Harry Potter series. It is set in a parallel universe very much like our own, but not quite, in which there are witches who fly the skies, armored ice bears who rule the north, and individual… 
PETER TRAVERS -
December 14, 2007
The Catholic League thinks it’s anti-Catholic. Admirers of Philip Pullman’s 1995 His Dark Materials trilogy, of which The Golden Compass is the first part, think Chris Weitz’s film guts the backbone of the book. Me, I just think it blows. What does it matter if you spend millions on a movie - love the talking, battling bears! - if the effects are cheesy, the story runs off on tangents and after watching the movie fail utterly to be the next Lord of the Rings, you just want to go home. One wag…
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