The Golden Compass (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
by Chris Weitz
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Actor: Daniel Craig, Jim Carter, John Bett, Kathy Bates, Tom CourtenayDirector: Chris Weitz
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Henry Braham
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Icelandic (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line Home Video
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- In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, a young girl sets out on a quest to save her friend. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating:?PG-13 Age:?794043120114 UPC:?794043120114 Manufacturer No:?1000037811
Movie Reviews of The Golden Compass (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
Movie Review: Golden Compass
Summary: 3 Stars
It is very entertaining and worth the watch. The only disappointment, is the ending. It really leaves on hanging and making them try to figure it out. It is a good watch and special effects are great.
Summary of The Golden Compass (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North a young girl sets out on a quest to save her friend.System Requirements:Running Time: 113 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?794043120114 Manufacturer No:?1000037811A fantasy epic with more than a passing resemblance to the Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia film franchises, The Golden Compass takes place in an alternate universe where each human's soul is embodied in a companion animal called a daemon. Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards), an orphan who's lived most of her life among the scholars at Oxford, is intrigued when her uncle, Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig), announces his plans to travel north to investigate the source of some mysterious particles called Dust. Lyra has little hope of following her uncle until a mysterious woman named Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman, at her most icily beautiful) asks Lyra to travel north as her personal assistant. All is not as it seems, however, and the disappearance of Lyra's friend Roger (Ben Walker) sets her on a dizzying adventure. She does have an alethiometer, or golden compass, that can help her see the truth, and a number of companions, including her shape-shifting daemon, Pantalaimion (voiced by Freddie Highmore of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), polar-bear warrior Iorek Byrnison (voiced by Ian McKellen), Texas aeronaut Lee Scoresby (Sam Elliott), and witch queen Serafina Pekkala (Craig's Casino Royale co-star, Eva Green). Even before its release, The Golden Compass was the subject of controversy over its perceived anti-religious themes. While it does involve an oppressive institution called the Magisterium, it's not overtly religious, particularly to a young viewer. The movie's PG-13 rating should be taken seriously, however. Suitable for an older audience than Narnia (though younger than The Lord of the Rings), it deals with complex concepts, violence (though largely bloodless) and implied death, children and animals in peril, and an unrelentingly ominous and unsettling mood.
Despite a few changes and rearrangements, the overall plot of the movie is remarkably faithful to its source material, the first installment of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. It doesn't finish the book, however, and--much like The Fellowship of the Ring did--leaves the viewer hanging in anticipation of the next film, The Subtle Knife, due in 2009. So even though The Golden Compass is impressive--especially with its spot-on cast and terrific visual effects--we probably won't know its full emotional impact until the story is complete. --David Horiuchi
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