There is a crisis in Brytain as a group nicknamed the ' Gobblers' go around and take poor children. In Lyra's world, a world both similar and different to our own, there is a dominant organisation, the Magisterium. 3 Differences between the novel and the film.Although the film's visual effects (which Weitz has called the film's 'most successful element') won both a BAFTA and an Academy Award, critical reception was mixed and revenue lower than anticipated. The studio ordered significant changes late in post-production, which Weitz later called a 'terrible' experience.

Catholic League due to perceived anti-Catholic themes. With a budget of $180 million, it is one of New Line's biggest-budget projects ever after a series of box office disappointments preceding the release.īefore its release the film received criticism from both secular organisations and fans of His Dark Materials for the dilution of the religious elements from the novels, and also theist organisations - in particular, it was the subject of a boycott campaign by the U.S. The project was announced in February 2002, following the success of other recent adaptations of fantasy epics. The film was released on 5 December, 2007 by New Line Cinema. The Golden Compass is the film adaptation of Northern Lights, the first book of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. The compass will show the way.' -Official tagline

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