The Golden Compass: Book vs. Movie
Chris Weitz's 2007 film The Golden Compass adapts Philip Pullman's Northern Lights, published under the film's title in the US. Dakota Blue Richards plays Lyra, who travels north to search for kidnapped children.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- Year
- 1995
- Pages
- 448Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 13 hr 17 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Ruth Wilson
- Series
- His Dark Materials, book 1
Lyra Belacqua grows up among Oxford scholars in a world where people's souls take animal form as daemons. When children begin disappearing, including her friend Roger, she travels north carrying an instrument that can reveal the truth. Witches, armored bears and rival adults become entangled in her search, while research into a mysterious substance called Dust puts the missing children in greater danger.
- Director
- Chris Weitz
- Writer
- Chris Weitz
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 1 hr 49 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott
- Genre
- action, fantasy, science fiction
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Lyra leaves the shelter of Jordan College for life with the glamorous Mrs. Coulter, carrying a golden instrument she has been told to keep secret. Learning that her missing friend may be caught in a scheme involving kidnapped children, she heads north. An armored bear and a band of travelers help her reach the remote facility where the children are held.
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