", — Director Chris Weitz on his initial departure from the project, Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film, Best Family Feature Film (Fantasy or Musical), Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress, This page was last edited on 8 February 2021, at 09:45. 2011 | Suitable for 12 years and over | CC. The alethiometer was invented by Pavel Khunrath in Prague in the 17th century. "[83] Although producer Deborah Forte had, in March 2008, expressed optimism that the sequels would be made,[84] by October 2008, the two planned sequels were officially placed on hold, according to New Line Cinema, because of financial concerns during the global recession. In the morning, just before Lyra's departure, the Master comes to Lyra's little upper room in college and gives her a strange golden instrument called an alethiometer, or "golden compass". "[28] The film gives more prominence to scenes showing the Magisterium officials' perspective than the novel. Lyra overhears Mrs Coulter telling the station scientists that Asriel escaped and has set up a laboratory. 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"[57] This proposed cut would presumably not include the original ending: MTV reported in December 2007 that Weitz hoped to include that material at the beginning of a possible The Subtle Knife adaptation, and that a Compass Director's Cut might feature "a moment" of it as a "teaser. The Golden Compass recap: how a literary triumph was turned to dust Philip Pullman's garlanded His Dark Materials trilogy should have been cinematic gold. Lesson . Since Weitz was an admirer of Stoppard's work, he decided not to read the adaptation in case he "subconsciously poached things from him. Tucker felt the film would thematically be about Lyra "looking for a family",[6] and Pullman agreed: "He has plenty of very good ideas, and he isn't daunted by the technical challenges. On deck … When Lyra casually mentions Dust, Mrs Coulter sternly warns her to never mention it again. Lyra later discovers that Mrs Coulter is head of the General Oblation Board and realizes they are the "Gobblers.". Celebrate Black History Month with IMDb's exclusive galleries, recommendations, videos, and more. "[82], In February 2008, Weitz told The Daily Yomiuri, a Japanese newspaper, that he still hoped for the sequels' production: "at first it looked like we were down for the count because in the U.S. [the film] underperformed, but then internationally it performed [better] than expectations. In an alternate Earth, a powerful church called the Magisterium strictly controls the populace's beliefs and teachings. A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. To investigate the suffix: -ous. "[27] In addition to removing the novel's unsettling ending, the film reverses the order in which Lyra travels to Bolvangar, the Gobbler's outpost, and then Svalbard, the armoured bears' kingdom. To explore expanded noun phrases. 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. [6] Weitz said "I'm both the first and third director on the film â€¦ but I did a lot of growing in the interim. Welcome to my Roadmap for The Golden Compass. He advises her to hire him and his friend Iorek Byrnison, an armoured bear that Lee has come to rescue. "[36], On October 7, 2007, the Catholic League called for a boycott of the film. The Golden Compass was nominated for the National Movie Award for Best Family Film, but lost to Disney/Pixar's WALL-E. French composer Alexandre Desplat composed the film's music. after a point, he unrepentantly becomes jesus. Both the TV series and the film are based on Philip Pullman’s … "[58] Cast members Craig and Green have echoed this hope for such a DVD cut;[58][dead link] so far, however, no extended version has been released, as of 2014. [45] Some religious scholars have challenged the view that the story carries atheistic themes,[46][47] while in November 2007, a review of the film by the director and staff reviewer of the Office for Film and Broadcasting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) appeared on the website of the Catholic News Service and in Catholic newspapers across the country. [79] The film's soundtrack album was released on January 22, 2008, by WaterTower Music. "[66] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 51, based on 33 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Find out where The Golden Compass (2007) is streaming, if The Golden Compass (2007) is on Netflix, and get news and updates, on Decider. [1] Despite this, the film's fortunes rebounded as its performance outside the United States was described as "stellar" by Variety,[62] and as "astonishing" by New Line. the golden compass trilogy seems like a natural progression in christian literature. The Golden Compass comes to life in this trailer from TGS 2007. Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence, His Dark Materials: Every Episode Of Season 2 Ranked According To IMDb, Nicole Kidman Rumored To Be Getting Her Own Aquaman Spinoff Series, His Dark Materials third and final season a go at HBO, Everything Coming to IMDb TV in July 2020, 45 Young Adult Movies As Ranked by Teen IMDb Users, The Worst Yoga Award Winner for Worst Foreign Film. Few individuals can decipher its symbols. Children in that universe are being kidnapped by an unknown group called the Gobblers who are supported by the Magisterium. The Magisterium has seized or destroyed all other alethiometers, and Lyra is warned to keep hers a secret. He tells her that it is capable of telling the truth, but he can't tell her much about how it works. [56], Shortly before the film's release, Weitz suggested that an extended cut of the film could be released on DVD, saying "I'd really love to do a fuller cut of the film"; he further speculated that such a version "could probably end up at two-and-a-half hours. Current Battle Ends 2/28. Caught spying, Lyra and Pan are thrown into the intercision chamber but Mrs Coulter rescues her. To identify key characters and events in the plot. "[42] Denny Wayman of the Free Methodist Church made the assertion that The Golden Compass is a "film trying to preach an atheistic message. "[54] The planned film trilogy has not been continued, prompting actor Sam Elliott to blame censorship and the Catholic Church. That's original sin. When Mrs Coulter's dæmon attempts to steal the alethiometer, Lyra and Pan escape with it into the streets. [45][52][53] Sales were in fact poor; one week after the film's release, Roger Ebert said of the Catholic campaign, "any bad buzz on a family film can be mortal, and that seems to have been the case this time. [67], Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said that the film "crams so many events, characters, ... twists and turns, sumptuously appointed rooms and ethereally strange vistas ... that [it] risks losing you in the whirl" and that while The Golden Compass is "an honorable work," it is "hampered by its fealty to the book and its madly rushed pace. However, New Line president Toby Emmerich stressed that production of the second and third films was dependent on the financial success of The Golden Compass. In July 2009, Weitz told a Comic Con audience that the film had been "recut by [New Line], and my experience with it ended being quite a terrible one";[4] he also told Time magazine that he had felt that by "being faithful to the book I was working at odds with the studio. Lyra Belacqua, whose dæmon is named Pantalaimon or "Pan", is an orphan being raised at Jordan College in Oxford. Lesson . Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Asriel later gives a presentation to other scholars regarding his discovery that Dust existing in the North Pole links infinite worlds. [60], The North American opening weekend return was "a little disappointing" for New Line Cinema,[61] earning US$25.8 million with total domestic box-office of $70 million compared to an estimated $180 million production budget. The Golden Compass Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. Her uncle, Lord Asriel, a noted explorer and scholar, has been absent seeking the elusive Dust, a cosmic particle that the Magisterium forbids to be mentioned. Is there something during / at the end of the credits . http://www.bassmovies.com/movies/390/the-golden-compasshttp://www.bassmovies.comThe Golden Compass2007 [49] On December 19, 2007, the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, published an editorial in which it denounced the film as godless. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Iorek, Scoresby, the Gyptians, and flying witches led by Serafina join the battle. The Golden Compass - Mixed outcomes. [38] He cited Pullman telling The Washington Post in 2001 that he is trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief. [74] In July 2009, after this possibility had been exhausted, Weitz told Time magazine that he thought the film's special effects ended up being its "most successful element. In July 2003, Tom Stoppard was commissioned to write the screenplay. It was intended to be used for astrological purposes, such as measuring the influences of the planets.The experimental theologian discovered that an alloy of two particular rare metals could be used to create a needle that pointed towards the truth. 2. 18m video. The Golden Compass is heavy on plot. Set in a parallel universe, it features the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as "Dust".