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The Golden Compass

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

Director

Chris Weitz

Year

Genre

adventure, family, fantasy

Box Office

$70,107,728

Production

Depth of Field,New Line Cinema,Scholastic Productions,Ingenious Media

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 32 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/golden-compass

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Mrs. Coulter

Lord Asriel

Lyra

Dakota Blue Richards

Roger

Pantalaimon

Freddie Highmore

Iorek Byrnison

Serafina Pekkala

John Faa

Farder Coram

Ragnar Sturlusson

Lee Scoresby

First High Councilor

Christopher Lee

Stelmaria

Kristin Scott Thomas

Second High Councilor

Edward de Souza

Hester

Fra Pavel

Master

Mrs. Lonsdale

Magda Szubanski

Magisterial Emissary

Ma Costa

Billy Costa

Tony Costa

Kerim Costa

Michael Antoniou

Jaxer Costa

Bolvangar Doctor

Paul Antony-Barber

Bolvangar Official

Bolvangar Orderly

Sister Clara

Thorold

Librarian

John Franklyn-Robbins

Younger Fellow

Jacob Huismans

Passing Scholar

Hunt

Ragnar

Habib Nasib Nader

Magisterial Officer

Theo Fraser Steele

Police Captain

Commanding Officer

Second in Command

Gobbler

Gobbler

Gobbler

Gobbler

Gyptian Kid

Alfred Harmsworth

Gyptian Chief

Charles Evanson

Gyptian Chief

Gyptian Chief

Gyptian Chief

Madrios Ohannessian

Gyptian Chief

Fellow

Hewson Osbourne

Fellow

Fellow

Fellow

Tartar Officer

Alexander Terentyev

Samoyed Kidnapper

Student

Witch

Trollesundian

Martin Ballantyne

Gyptian Child

Scholar

Christian Black

Tartar Guard

Student

Martin Alexander Colton

Ben

Student

Clive Elkington

Magisterial Guard

Tartar Guard

Shoe Shop Customer

Michael Hennessy

Tartar Guard

Tartar Guard

Gyptian

Pamela Kempthorne

Student

Magisterium Police Officer

Magesterial Official

Barman

Tartar Nomad

Trollesund Fishmonger

Witch

Clerk of the Court

Ship's Captain

Trollesundian

Magisterial Guard

Magistrial Guard

Giant Gyptian

Spencer Wilding

Magisterial Guard

Gyptian Warrior

Samoyed Kidnapper

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Ragnar Sturlusson Iorek Byrnison Lyra Belacqua Lee Scoresby Lord Asriel First High Councilor Marisa Coulter Mrs. Coulter Master Fra Pavel Pantalaimon Hester John Faa Serafina Pekkala Magisterial Emissary

FEMALE VOICE There are many universes and many earthsparallel to each otherWorlds like yourswhere people's souls live inside their bodiesand worlds like minewhere they walk beside usas animal spirits we call daemonsAre we going to see the childI should - The Golden Compass

FEMALE VOICE There are many universes and many...

If you value your lives come no furtherWhyWe gobbled him fair and squareThis ain't no game Billy CostaDon't you know what this gate isIt's the back door to your stupid collegeSoThere's a curse on this gateYou gyptians ought to know thatCrossing this - The Golden Compass

If you value your lives come no furtherWhyWe gobbled him...

PANTALAIMON: I wish you'd listen to me once in a while. - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: I wish you'd listen to me once in a while.

Let's find a robe and get out of here. - The Golden Compass

Let's find a robe and get out of here.

PANTALAIMON: I guess we lost that bet. - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: I guess we lost that bet.

Lyra, he's leaving. - The Golden Compass

Lyra, he's leaving.

The master asked me to decant a bottle of the '99 Tokay for you, Lord Asriel. - The Golden Compass

The master asked me to decant a bottle of the '99 Tokay...

Lyra. It's poisoned. Nonsense. It ain't nonsense. I saw that man from the magisterium pour some powd - The Golden Compass

Lyra. It's poisoned. Nonsense. It ain't nonsense....

Ah, Lord Asriel. - The Golden Compass

Ah, Lord Asriel.

A world much like ours in a parallel universe coexisting with our own - The Golden Compass

A world much like ours in a parallel universe coexisting...

That is heresy - The Golden Compass

I wouldn't recommend the Tokay gentlemenIt's corked - The Golden Compass

I wouldn't recommend the Tokay gentlemenIt's...

Yes and look at the welcome I got - The Golden Compass

Yes and look at the welcome I got

I see your daemon still changes shapeHasn't settled yetYeahThat's to do with dust isn't itWhy kids' daemons can change shapebut grownups' daemons can'tLyraDust is none of your businessNow you try and behave - The Golden Compass

I see your daemon still changes shapeHasn't settled...

Go to the NorthNorthIt's cold up there - The Golden Compass

Go to the NorthNorthIt's cold up there

Very well. - The Golden Compass

BILLY: A bet's a bet, and Lyra was supposed to show up with the gown. - The Golden Compass

BILLY: A bet's a bet, and Lyra was supposed to show up...

The scholars still refuse to hand overthe last alethiometerand now they've given Asriel all the funds he needsIf he succeeds in proving the existenceof these other worldsit will contradict centuries of teachingThere will always be freethinkers and - The Golden Compass

The scholars still refuse to hand overthe last...

LYRA: Look, Pan, it's got loads of pictures round the edge. - The Golden Compass

LYRA: Look, Pan, it's got loads of pictures round the...

What do they want with us? - The Golden Compass

What do they want with us?

PANTALAIMON: Maybe this isn't such a good idea. - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: Maybe this isn't such a good idea.

That's just one of her stupid guest lists. - The Golden Compass

That's just one of her stupid guest lists.

What are we gonna do, Pan? - The Golden Compass

What are we gonna do, Pan?

All right, then, split up. - The Golden Compass

All right, then, split up.

MAN 3: Wait up, Johnny. - The Golden Compass

MAN 3: Wait up, Johnny.

Pan! PANTALAIMON: Hurry, Lyra! - The Golden Compass

Pan! PANTALAIMON: Hurry, Lyra!

Lyra. Pan. Gyptians. - The Golden Compass

Lyra. Pan. Gyptians.

Don't fret none, Lyra. - The Golden Compass

Don't fret none, Lyra.

PANTALAIMON: Not very friendly, are they? - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: Not very friendly, are they?

So now all the clans are here, we'll head north on the next tide. - The Golden Compass

So now all the clans are here, we'll head north on the...

It's an alethiometerIt's a truth measurerA golden compassIt enables you to see what others wish to hideYou got three hands you can controlBy pointing at three symbolsyou can ask any sort of question you can imagineOnce you got your question framedthis - The Golden Compass

It's an alethiometerIt's a truth measurerA golden...

What are you doing Lyra - The Golden Compass

What are you doing Lyra

It's an hourglass. - The Golden Compass

It's an hourglass.

CLARA: Thank you, children. - The Golden Compass

CLARA: Thank you, children.

Billy Costa, why didn't you write anything? - The Golden Compass

Billy Costa, why didn't you write anything?

Can she read it? - The Golden Compass

Can she read it?

They'll seek her out like bees to honey. - The Golden Compass

They'll seek her out like bees to honey.

Svalbard. - The Golden Compass

Don't kill him. - The Golden Compass

Don't kill him.

We can work this out like gentlemen - The Golden Compass

We can work this out like gentlemen

Don't worry, Lyra. - The Golden Compass

Don't worry, Lyra.

Are you getting scared, Pan? - The Golden Compass

Are you getting scared, Pan?

Who are you? - The Golden Compass

Let me see you read it. - The Golden Compass

Let me see you read it.

Farder Coram? - The Golden Compass

Who's going to help us? - The Golden Compass

Who's going to help us?

That's some mighty fancy clockwork you got thereSHUTS ALETHIOMETERIt's just a toyUh huhWell then it's a mighty fancy toyHow'd you come by something like thatOh Lord Lee when you gonna learn to mind your own business - The Golden Compass

That's some mighty fancy clockwork you got thereSHUTS...

Whoa boy - The Golden Compass

FARDER CORAM: Iorek Byrnison? - The Golden Compass

FARDER CORAM: Iorek Byrnison?

What? We want to offer you employment. I am employed, by the townspeople. I mend broken machinery. I - The Golden Compass

What? We want to offer you employment. I am employed, by the...

I heard that bears lived to hunt and to fight - The Golden Compass

I heard that bears lived to hunt and to fight

Come, child. - The Golden Compass

LYRA: He was a prince. - The Golden Compass

LYRA: He was a prince.

Iorek Byrnison? - The Golden Compass

Iorek Byrnison?

I will serve you in your campaignuntil I am deador you have a victory - The Golden Compass

I will serve you in your campaignuntil I am deador you have...

Steady! - The Golden Compass

You figuring on joining this turkey shootYes I have a contract with the child - The Golden Compass

You figuring on joining this turkey shootYes I have a...

Oh. I would never hurt you. - The Golden Compass

Oh. I would never hurt you.

Oh, Lyra. - The Golden Compass

Careful now, boys. - The Golden Compass

Careful now, boys.

Samoyed lands. - The Golden Compass

MAN: How far do you reckon? - The Golden Compass

MAN: How far do you reckon?

What's wrong? - The Golden Compass

Where are we going? - The Golden Compass

Where are we going?

You wish to ride me - The Golden Compass

You wish to ride me

Are those birds? - The Golden Compass

Are those birds?

I will make sure the way is clear. - The Golden Compass

I will make sure the way is clear.

Lyra, no, please don't. - The Golden Compass

Lyra, no, please don't.

LYRA: Hello? - The Golden Compass

Billy. Where's his daemon? PANTALAIMON: He doesn't have a daemon. LYRA: That's... intercision. That' - The Golden Compass

Billy. Where's his daemon? PANTALAIMON: He doesn't...

Gracious God, what's this? - The Golden Compass

Gracious God, what's this?

Here, take Lyra. - The Golden Compass

Here, take Lyra.

MAN: Watch your backs! - The Golden Compass

MAN: Watch your backs!

LYRA: Pan, where are they taking us? - The Golden Compass

LYRA: Pan, where are they taking us?

PANTALAIMON: Don't worry. - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: Don't worry.

We've got to do something. - The Golden Compass

We've got to do something.

Our greetings to you great kingOr rather my greetings and not hisCHUCKLES Not whoseIorek Byrnison's Your MajestyWhat have you to dowith Iorek ByrnisonI am Iorek Byrnison's daemonROARSAnd how has the exilethe unworthy Iorek Byrnisonobtained a daemonIorek - The Golden Compass

Our greetings to you great kingOr rather my greetings and...

Truly you are great and powerful, Ragnar, for you poisoned the old king, then challenged the heir to the throne, and beat him in single combat. - The Golden Compass

Truly you are great and powerful, Ragnar, for you poisoned...

Oh, Pan, what have I done? - The Golden Compass

Oh, Pan, what have I done?

So here he is. - The Golden Compass

Oh, Iorek. - The Golden Compass

Fight well, Iorek, my dear. - The Golden Compass

Fight well, Iorek, my dear.

Is that all, whimpering cub? - The Golden Compass

Is that all, whimpering cub?

Is that all - The Golden Compass

Iorek... Iorek, I thought I'd lost you. Why? You still own my contract. And now I will take you to B - The Golden Compass

Iorek... Iorek, I thought I'd lost you. Why? You still...

It may not hold us both. - The Golden Compass

It may not hold us both.

I'm right here. - The Golden Compass

I'm right here.

IOREK: Don't look back! - The Golden Compass

IOREK: Don't look back!

IOREK: Lyra! - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: I don't like the look of this place. - The Golden Compass

PANTALAIMON: I don't like the look of this place.

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In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Chris Weitz

Writer: Chris Weitz, Philip Pullman

Production: Depth of Field,New Line Cinema,Scholastic Productions,Ingenious Media

Genre: adventure, family, fantasy

Year: 2007

MetaScore: 51/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: $70,107,728

Released: 07 Dec 2007

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 32 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/golden-compass

Also watch: Eragon, Stardust, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Lions for Lambs, Bewitched, Australia, Bridge to Terabithia, Enchanted, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Happy Feet, Inkheart, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Invasion, Jumper, Zoe, Summer of '42, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Casino Royale, Beowulf