The Golden Compass Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Dec. 21, 2008

The Golden Compass

Release Date: Friday, December 7, 2007

Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in a fantasy adventure of parallel worlds, witches, warring bears and shape-shifting animals.

Director: Chris Weitz

Starring: Nicole Kidman • Dakota Blue Richards • Daniel Craig • Eva Green • Sam Elliott

PG-13 Action N/A

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Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in a fantasy adventure of parallel worlds, witches, warring bears and shape-shifting animals.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: 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.

Action Adventure Drama Family Fantasy Sci-Fi Kids

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Golden Compass.

Nicole Kidman
Holland, Babygirl
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Dakota Blue Richards
The Secret of Moonacre
Daniel Craig
Queer, Knives Out
Eva Green
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Dark Shadows
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Sam Elliott
The Good Dinosaur, The Big Bang
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Ian McKellen
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Ian McShane
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Coraline (15th Anniversary re-release)
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Kathy Bates
Titanic - 25 Year Anniversary, The Blind Side
Freddie Highmore
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Astro Boy
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Kristin Scott Thomas
The Kitchen Boy, Suite Francaise

Crew Behind the Film

The The Golden Compass behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Chris Weitz last directed They Listen and Afraid.

Director: Chris Weitz
Screenwriters: Philip Pullman
Tom Stoppard
Producers: Toby Emmerich
Deborah Forte
Mark Ordesky

Studio: New Line Cinema
Production Companies: —

Production Details

What we know about the The Golden Compass movie production.

Key Facts

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.

Production Updates for The Golden Compass

Dec 2004

Completed

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sequences of fantasy violence
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
Language: English

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Release Dates

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The Golden Compass was released in on Friday, December 7, 2007. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including Juno, Revolver and Atonement.

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Sun., Dec. 21, 2008 2008-12-21

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