The Golden Compass
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Chris Weitz
David Garrick
Jack Shepherd
Mark Mottram
Alfred Harmsworth
Derek Jacobi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Lyra Belacqua lives in a parallel world in which human souls take the form of lifelong animal companions called daemons. Dark forces are at work in the girl's world, and many children have been kidnapped by beings known as Gobblers. Lyra vows to save her best friend, Roger, after he disappears too. She sets out with her daemon, a tribe of seafarers, a witch, an ice bear and a Texas airman on an epic quest to rescue Roger and save her world.
Director
Chris Weitz
Cast
David Garrick
Jack Shepherd
Mark Mottram
Alfred Harmsworth
Derek Jacobi
Nicole Kidman
Sandra Wolfe
Hewson Osbourne
Michael Ormiston
Kristin Scott Thomas
Paul Antony-barber
John Franklyn-robbins
Simon Mcburney
Sam Elliott
Christopher Lee
Eva Green
Joao De Sousa
Bill Hurst
Tarek Khalil
James Rawlings
Patrick Cleary
Tommy Luther
Edward De Souza
Gary Kane
Daniel Craig
Freddie Highmore
Habib Nasib Nader
Alex Terentyev
Brian Nickels
Theo Fraser Steele
Michael Antoniou
Magda Szubanski
Kathy Bates
Jody Halse
Chris Abbott
Charles Evanson
Jason Watkins
Ben Walker
John Cartier
Tom Courtenay
Madrios Ohannessian
Dakota Blue Richards
Jonathan Laury
Clare Higgins
Ian Mcshane
John Bett
Hattie Morahan
Elliot Cowan
David Forman
Albert Kenrick
Jim Carter
Steven Loton
Ian Mckellen
Sam Hoare
Thomas Arnold
Crew
Donovan A. Scott
Hugo Adams
Susan Adams
Niv Adiri
Patrick Aegerter
Kiran Ahlawat
Imran Ahmed
Tanseer Ahmed
Ben Aickin
Amit Aidasani
Amit Aidasani
Erik Akutagawa
Niklas Aldergren
Kim Aldis
Jesse Alexander
Jennifer Alford
Mir Zafar Ali
Jonathan Allen
Paul Allen
Rob Allen
Simon Allen
Simon Allen
John Alley
Christian Von Allmen
Sandro Alpinice
Liliana Amato
Peter Ambühl
Sean Amlaner
Phillippe Amouroux
Stella Ampatzi
Monika Amstutz
Balaji Anbalagan
John R. Anderson
Clemens Andrae
Ted Andre
Beth Andrus
Charise E Angone
Stan Apperley
David Appleby
Helen Appleby
David Arch
Zoran Arizanovic
Georgina Armstrong
Vic Armstrong
Vic Armstrong
Wendy Armstrong
Joe Arnold
Ron Arredondo
Giles Asbury
Johnny Ash
Rosie Ashforth
Saqib Ashraf
Thomas Asquith
Atanas Atanasov
David Atkinson
Kate Attwooll
Theo Von Atzigen
Rob Au
David Aulds
Kunal Ayer
John Ayres
Nina Ayres
Sergio Ayrosa
Elena Azuola
Colleen Bachman
Michael Backauskas
Jason Baecke
Richard Baer
Aniket Bage
Jen Bahan
Mark Bailey
Negin Bairami
Bhavika Bajpai
Dimitri Bakalov
Christopher Baker
Jason Baker
Anand Balasubramaniam
Felix Balbas
Adam Balentine
Daniel Balgoyen
Bill Ball
Gavin Ball
Vicky Ball
Samson Bamimore
Christoph Banal
Sachin Bangera
George Banks
Michelle Barber
Cassandra Barbour
Harry Bardak
Craig Bardsley
Giacomo Bargellesi
Ben Barker
Janice Barlow
Celia Barnett
Matthew Barnett
Louis Baron
Tony Barraza
John Barrett
Craig Barron
Helen Barron
Edward Barton
Keith Barton
Eric Bates
Robin Baynton
Eric Beaver
Art Becerra
Nicolas Becker
Nick Bedford
William Beenham
Melissa Beery
Steve Begg
Brian Begun
Otis A Bell
Barry Bellotti
Camille Benda
Emma Bendell
Jay Benedict
Michele Benigna
John Benn
Andrew Bennett
Andrew Bennett
Malcolm Bensted
Bryan Bentley
Linda Bergkvist
Chris Bergman
Erika Bermingham
Erika Bermingham
Beverly Bernacki
Scott Berri
Lucy Bevan
Jarnail Bhachu
Abhishek Bharadwaj
Nikhil Bhatnagar
Debaprasad Bhowmik
Carl Bianco
Karen Bicknell
Alice Biddle
Emil Bidiuc
Paul Birkett
Paul Birkett
Nic Birmingham
Daniel Birnbaum
Antoine Birot
Michael Blain
David Blyth
Ilona Blythe
Terry Blyther
Joel Bodin
Martin Body
Tanja Boening
Lou Bogue
Adi Bohren
Michael Bomagat
Eric Bonilla
Alessandro Bonora
Christina Boon
Tiffany Borchardt
Remo Borciani
Michael Borhi
Stephen Borneman
Roland Boss
Alex Boswell
John Botton
Kevin Bouchez
Virginie Bourdin
Yanick Bourgie
Jennifer Bourne
Matthew Bovington
Jim Bowers
Tom Bowes
Dave Bowman
Peter Bowmar
Harry Boxell
Edward Derian Boyke
Gavin Boyle
Richard Boyle
Tom Boyle
Jeremy Braben
Jeremy Braben
Sherie Bradfute
Mark Bradley
Ryan Bradley
Tom Bradley
Richard Bradshaw
Henry Braham
Henry Braham
Sam Breckman
Christopher Brennan
Martin Brennan
Edward Brett
Michael Breymann
David Brickley
Daniel Brimer
Barry Britnell
John Britto
Rob Brock
Adam Broderick
Adam Broderick
Matthew Broderick
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Visual Effects
Best Visual Effects
Award Nominations
Set Decoration
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2007 award for Excellence in Fantasy Film by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG).
Winner of the 2007 award for Excellence In Production Design For A Fantasy Feature Film by the Art Directors Guild (ADG).
Released in United States Winter December 7, 2007
Released in United States on Video April 29, 2008
Based on the novel "Northern Lights" by Philip Pullman; published by Scholastic January 1995.
Chris Weitz was previously attached to direct. Anand Tucker replaced Weitz, but then dropped out due to creative differences. Chris Weitz came back on board to replace Tucker.
The book series by Philip Pullman, originally published by Scholastic, consists of: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", and "The Amber Spyglass".
Novel is the first in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
Literary Sale Date: 02/05/2002
Tom Stoppard wrote the first adaptation of the book. Chris Weitz was then brought on board to do a rewrite and direct. When Weitz dropped out of the project, David Lindsay-Abaire was hired to do a new adaptation draft.
Released in United States Winter December 7, 2007
Released in United States on Video April 29, 2008
Winner of the 2007 award for Best Special Visual Effects by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
