The Golden Compass
Based on author Philip Pullman??™s bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman??™s His Dark Materials trilogy. The Golden Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people??™s souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the center of the story is Lyra (played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards), a 12-year-old girl who starts out trying to rescue a friend who??™s been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well.
