The Golden Compass

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The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel "Northern Lights," set in a parallel universe where a young girl embarks on a perilous journey involving armored bears, witches, and a mysterious substance called Dust.

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instanceOf adventure film
fantasy film
film
film adaptation
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
basedOn Northern Lights
basedOnWorkBy Philip Pullman
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide approximately 372 million US dollars
castMember Christopher Lee
Clare Higgins
Daniel Craig
Edward de Souza
Eva Green
Freddie Highmore
Ian McKellen
Ian McShane
Jim Carter
Kathy Bates
Kristin Scott Thomas
Nicole Kidman
Sam Elliott
Tom Courtenay
cinematographer Henry Braham
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States of America
director Chris Weitz
distributor New Line Cinema
editor Anne V. Coates
featuresCharacters witches
featuresConcept Dust
featuresSpecies armored bears
genre adventure
fantasy
hasSequelPlannedAs The Subtle Knife
surface form: The Subtle Knife (unproduced film sequel)
mainCharacter Lyra Belacqua
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Alexandre Desplat
narratedBy Ian McKellen
nominatedFor BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries His Dark Materials
producer Andrew Adamson
Bill Carraro
Debra Hayward
Ileen Maisel
Mark Ordesky
Toby Emmerich
productionCompany New Line Cinema
Scholastic Corporation
surface form: Scholastic Productions
protagonistPortrayedBy Dakota Blue Richards
releaseDate 2007-12-07
releaseYear 2007
runtimeMinutes 113
screenwriter Chris Weitz
setting parallel universe
subjectMatter authoritarianism
organized religion

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