The Golden Compass (film) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-06

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00:02:21 1 Plot
00:12:25 2 Cast
00:15:23 2.1 Voice cast
00:17:43 3 Production
00:17:52 3.1 Development
00:22:06 3.2 Filming
00:22:50 3.3 Design
00:24:07 4 Differences from the novel
00:30:23 5 Controversies
00:38:06 6 Release
00:38:39 6.1 Home media
00:40:57 7 Reception
00:41:06 7.1 Box office
00:43:26 7.2 Critical response
00:49:09 7.3 Accolades
00:50:12 8 Cancelled sequels
00:53:13 9 Music
00:53:47 10 Video game



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The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film based on Northern Lights, the first novel in Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. Written and directed by Chris Weitz, it stars Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, and Ian McKellen. The project was announced in February 2002, but difficulties over the script and the selection of a director caused significant delays. At US$180 million, it was one of New Line Cinema's most expensive projects ever, and its disappointing results in the US contributed to New Line's February 2008 restructuring.The film depicts the adventures of Lyra Belacqua, an orphan living in a parallel universe where a dogmatic ruling power called the Magisterium opposes free inquiry. Children in that universe are being kidnapped by an unknown group called the Gobblers who are supported by the Magisterium. Lyra joins a tribe of sea-farers on a trip to the far North, the land of the armoured polar bears, in search of the missing children.
Before its release, the film received criticism from secularist organisations and fans of His Dark Materials for the dilution of elements of the story which were critical of religion, as well as from some religious organisations for the source material's anti-Catholic themes. The studio ordered significant changes late in post-production, which Weitz later called a "terrible" experience. Although the film's visual effects (which Weitz has called the film's "most successful element") won both a BAFTA and an Academy Award, critical reception was mixed and revenue lower than anticipated.