The golden compass

Resource Information

The work The golden compass represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The golden compass

Statement of responsibility

New Line Cinema presents ; in association with Ingenious Film Partners ; directed by Chris Weitz ; screenplay by Chris Weitz ; produced by Deborah Forte, Bill Carraro ; a Scholastic Production ; a Depth of Field Production

Creator

• Golden compass (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Jacobi, Derek
• Walker, Ben, 1993-
• Pullman, Philip, 1946-
• Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
• Carraro, William C.
• Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015
• Lynne, Michael, 1941-2019
• Richards, Dakota Blue, 1994-
• Scott-Thomas, Kristin, 1960-
• Maisel, Ileen
• McBurney, Simon
• Braham, Henry, 1965-
• Weitz, Chris, 1969-
• McKellen, Ian
• Szubanski, Magda
• McShane, Ian, 1942-
• Miano, Andrew
• Weitz, Paul, 1966-
• Ordesky, Mark, 1963-
• Scholastic Productions
• Courtenay, Tom
• Craig, Daniel, 1968-
• New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Elliott, Sam, 1944-
• Emmerich, Toby
• New Line Cinema Corporation
• Forte, Deborah
• Bates, Kathy, 1948-
• Green, Eva, 1980-
• Carter, Jim, 1948-
• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
• Higgins, Clare, 1955-
• Depth of Field (Firm)
• Highmore, Freddie, 1992-

Actor

• Green, Eva, 1980-
• Bates, Kathy, 1948-
• Carter, Jim, 1948-
• Walker, Ben, 1993-
• Szubanski, Magda
• Scott-Thomas, Kristin, 1960-
• Richards, Dakota Blue, 1994-
• Jacobi, Derek
• Highmore, Freddie, 1992-
• Higgins, Clare, 1955-
• Courtenay, Tom
• McShane, Ian, 1942-
• McKellen, Ian
• McBurney, Simon
• Craig, Daniel, 1968-
• Elliott, Sam, 1944-
• Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015
• Kidman, Nicole, 1967-

Film director

• Weitz, Chris, 1969-

Film producer

• Emmerich, Toby
• Lynne, Michael, 1941-2019
• Maisel, Ileen
• Miano, Andrew
• Ordesky, Mark, 1963-
• Weitz, Paul, 1966-
• Braham, Henry, 1965-
• Forte, Deborah
• Carraro, William C.

Presenter

• New Line Cinema Corporation
• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)

Production company

• Scholastic Productions
• Depth of Field (Firm)
• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)

Publisher

• New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Weitz, Chris, 1969-

Subject

• Human experimentation in psychology
• Human experimentation in psychology -- Drama
• Human experimentation in psychology -- Drama
• Human experimentation in psychology -- Drama
• Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
• Plurality of worlds
• Plurality of worlds -- Drama
• Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thriller -- Feature
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Witches
• Witches -- Drama
• Witches -- Drama
• Witches -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure films
• Alliances
• Alliances -- Drama
• Alliances -- Drama
• Alliances -- Drama
• Brujos -- Teatro
• Brújula -- Teatro
• Compass
• Compass -- Drama
• Compass -- Drama
• Compass -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Family -- Feature
• Family -- Feature
• Fantasy -- Feature
• Fantasy -- Feature
• Fantasy -- Feature
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- Great Britain
• Feature films -- United States
• Film adaptations

Genre

• Family
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Thriller
• Teatro
• Spanish language materials
• Materiales en español
• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Feature
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy
• Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Adventure films
• Adventure
• Action and adventure films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

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

Awards note

Academy award, 2008: winner for achievement in visual effects, 2008.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Production designer, Dennis Gassner ; editors, Peter Honess, Anne V. Coates, Kevin Tent ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; music by Alexandre Desplat ; senior visual effects supervisor, Michael Fink ; visual effects producer, Susan MacLeod ; casting by Fiona Weir and Lucy Bevan ;executive producers, Bob Shaye, Michael Lynne, Toby Emmerich, Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel, Andrew Miano, Paul Weitz ; director of photography, Henry Braham

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; sequences of fantasy violence

Language note

English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

PN1995.9.F36

LC item number

G65346 2008

PerformerNote

Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Christopher Lee, Tom Courtenay, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Freddie Highmore, Kathy Bates, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Walker, Simon McBurney, Jim Carter, Clare Higgins, Jack Shepherd, Magda Szubanski, Daniel Craig

Runtime

113

Target audience

general

Technique

animation and live action