PRINCIPAL CAST

Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Ian McShane, Sam Elliott, Tom Courtenay, Adam Godley, Nonso Anozie, Clare Higgins

DIRECTOR

Chris Weitz

WRITER

Philip Pullman, Chris Weitz

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 an exciting fantasy adventure, 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 (played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards), 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.

BOX OFFICE

$70.1 Million

GENRE

Adventure/Fantasy

RATING

Rated PG-13
sequences of fantasy violence

STUDIO

New Line