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Year of U.S. Release: 2007
Also Known As: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass Starring: Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Sam Elliott, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Kathy Bates, Freddie Highmore, Kristin Scott Thomas .
Director: Chris Weitz Screenwriter(s): Philip Pullman, Tom Stoppard Producer(s): Toby Emmerich, Deborah Forte, Mark Ordesky Distributor: New Line Cinema
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Kids, Family U.S. Release Date: December 07, 2007 (Wide)
DVD Release Date: April 29, 2008
Rated for sequences of fantasy violence.
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Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in a fantasy adventure of parallel worlds, witches, warring bears and shape-shifting animals.
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Lyra Belacqua is an orphan who lives happily in Jordan College, Oxford, playing with local boys and terrorizing the professors. However, when Lyra overhears scholars discussing a plot against her uncle, Lord Asriel, centering on a mysterious substance called Dust, her curiosity is roused. Soon Lyra is in over her head as she uncovers a frightening plot and a whole new world of possibilities.
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Described as darker in tone than the "Harry Potter" books, the series tackles themes of childhood, innocence and sin, and combines magic, science and theology. |
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