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The Golden Compass
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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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By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic
Posted 12/06/2007
Hogworts, Middle Earth, Narnia . . . what is it about the British psyche that has, over the last half-century, produced such a literary lode of fantastic realms, fantastic scenarios? And what has put resilient, resourceful kids - or hobbits (kids with furry feet) - at the epicenter as heroes? » Read more
 
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MPAA rating:
PG-13
for sequences of fantasy violence
Cast:
Dakota Blue Richards; Nicole Kidman; Adam Godley; Tom Courtenay; Ben Walker; Nonso Anozie; Simon McBurney; Jim Carter; Eva Green; Sam Elliott
Directed by:
Chris Weitz
On the web:
 
The Golden Compass Official Site
Genre:
Action, Adventure; Drama; SciFi, Fantasy
Running time:
01:53
Release date:
2007
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