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Release Date:
7 December 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
"It is the Alethiometer. It tells the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself." more
Plot:
In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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26 nominations
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(417 articles)
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A real let down
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nicole Kidman | ... | Mrs. Coulter |
 | Daniel Craig | ... | Lord Asriel |
 | Dakota Blue Richards | ... | Lyra |
 | Ben Walker | ... | Roger |
 | Freddie Highmore | ... | Pantalaimon (voice) |
 | Ian McKellen | ... | Iorek Byrnison (voice) |
 | Eva Green | ... | Serafina Pekkala |
| Jim Carter | ... | John Faa |
| Tom Courtenay | ... | Farder Coram |
 | Ian McShane | ... | Ragnar Sturlusson (voice) |
 | Sam Elliott | ... | Lee Scoresby |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | First High Councilor |
 | Kristin Scott Thomas | ... | Stelmaria (voice) |
| Edward de Souza | ... | Second High Councilor |
 | Kathy Bates | ... | Hester (voice) |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence.
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Runtime:
113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:All |
Ireland:12A |
Finland:K-11 |
Sweden:11 |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
UK:PG |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Singapore:PG |
Malaysia:U |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Argentina:13 |
Germany:12 |
Australia:PG |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #43880) |
Brazil:10 |
New Zealand:PG |
Netherlands:12
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Some scenes were shot in Norway, in places such as Bergen and Svalbard, but none of the actors were allowed to perform there, as the producers couldn't find an insurance company that would allow crew members to walk around with shotguns and because the actors could fall ill due to the extreme temperatures.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Iorek, with Lyra atop of him, is bounding across an arctic plane, the CGI breaks down for a second, for his left hind leg flickers as he runs.
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Quotes:
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Serafina Pekkala: There are many universes and many Earths parallel to each other. Worlds like yours, where people's souls live inside their bodies, and worlds like mine, where they walk beside us, as animal spirits we call daemons.
Stelmaria: Are we going to see the child?
Lord Asriel: I should think so.
Serafina Pekkala: So many worlds. But connecting them all is Dust. Dust was here before the witches of the air, the Gyptians of the water, and the bears of the ice. In my world, scholars invented an alethiometer - a golden compass - and it showed them all that was hidden. But the ruling power, fearing any truth but their own, destroyed these devices and forbade the very mention of Dust. One compass remains, however, and only one who can read it.
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Serafina Pekkala: There are many universes and many Earths parallel to each other. Worlds like yours, where people's souls live inside their bodies, and worlds like mine, where they walk beside us, as animal spirits we call daemons.
Stelmaria: Are we going to see the child?
Lord Asriel: I should think so.
Serafina Pekkala: So many worlds. But connecting them all is Dust. Dust was here before the witches of the air, the Gyptians of the water, and the bears of the ice. In my world, scholars invented an alethiometer - a golden compass - and it showed them all that was hidden. But the ruling power, fearing any truth but their own, destroyed these devices and forbade the very mention of Dust. One compass remains, however, and only one who can read it.
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Referenced in Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV)
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Lyra
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Having seen the Golden Compass I can honestly say Im hoping they don't make a follow up.
The story was truncated beyond the necessity involved in translating a book to film, the intricacies of the characters (especially Lyra) were swept over with a series of single scene expositions, that despite the talents of all the actors involved failed to accurately portray their persona's or motivations.
Whether or not you agree with Pullmans subtext in the book or not, the film failed miserably to deliver any semblance of the authors story.
On the plus side the Daemons and other effects were expertly achieved, fantastically voiced. The actors did their best with what came across as a disjointed, amateurish script. Key plot hocks were evaded, key sub text elements were missing and the directors clear priority of not offending any member of a dogmatic organised religion shone through the entire production.
In a few words: Great actors and effects in an unworthy script that was neither a faithful production of Pullmans work nor anything other than a flawed attempt to achieve box office takings.