The Golden Compass (2007)

Director:

Chris Weitz

Writers (WGA):

Chris Weitz (screenplay)
Philip Pullman (novel)

Release Date:

7 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

"It is the Alethiometer. It tells the truth. As for how to read it, you'll have to learn by yourself."

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Abduction | Binoculars | Ring | Ice Bridge | Eavesdropping

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Nicole Kidman	...	Marisa Coulter
Daniel Craig	...	Lord Asriel
Dakota Blue Richards	...	Lyra Belacqua
Ben Walker	...	Roger
Freddie Highmore	...	Pantalaimon (voice)
Ian McKellen	...	Iorek Byrnison (voice)
Eva Green	...	Serafina Pekkala
Jim Carter	...	Lord John Faa
Tom Courtenay	...	Farder Coram
Ian McShane	...	Ragnar Sturlusson (voice)
Sam Elliott	...	Lee Scoresby
Christopher Lee	...	First High Councilor
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Stelmaria (voice)
Edward de Souza	...	Second High Councilor
Kathy Bates	...	Hester (voice)
Simon McBurney	...	Fra Pavel
Jack Shepherd	...	Master
Magda Szubanski	...	Mrs. Lonsdale
Derek Jacobi	...	Magisterial Emissary
Clare Higgins	...	Ma Costa
Charlie Rowe	...	Billy Costa
Steven Loton	...	Tony Costa
Michael Antoniou	...	Kerim Costa
Mark Mottram	...	Jaxer Costa
Paul Antony-Barber	...	Bolvangar Doctor
Jason Watkins	...	Bolvangar Official
Jody Halse	...	Bolvangar Orderly
Hattie Morahan	...	Sister Clara
John Bett	...	Thorold
John Franklyn-Robbins	...	Librarian
Jonathan Laury	...	Younger Fellow
Tommy Luther	...	Jacob Huismans / Daemon Puppeteer
James Rawlings	...	Passing Scholar
Joao de Sousa	...	Hunt
Habib Nasib Nader	...	Ragnar
Theo Fraser Steele	...	Magisterial Officer
Bill Hurst	...	Police Captain
Elliot Cowan	...	Commanding Officer
Sam Hoare	...	Second-in-Command
Thomas Arnold	...	Gobbler #1
David Garrick	...	Gobbler #2
Brian Nickels	...	Gobbler #3
Gary Kane	...	Gobbler #4
Alfred Harmsworth	...	Gyptian Kid
Charles Evanson	...	Gyptian Chief #1
Patrick Cleary	...	Gyptian Chief #2
Tarek Khalil	...	Gyptian Chief #3
Madrios Ohannessian	...	Gyptian Chief #4
Sandra Wolfe	...	Gyptian Chief #5
Hewson Osbourne	...	Fellow #1
Albert Kendrick	...	Fellow #2
John Cartier	...	Fellow #3
Chris Abbott	...	Fellow #4
Alex Terentyev	...	Tartar Officer
David Forman	...	Samoyed Kidnapper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Barker	...	Gyptian Child (uncredited)
John Snowden	...	Trollesunt Fishmonger (uncredited)
John Warman	...	Majesterial Guard (uncredited)
Chris Wilson	...	Majesterial Guard (uncredited)
Liang Yang	...	Samoyed Kidnapper (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Weitz

Writing credits (WGA)
Chris Weitz		(screenplay)
Philip Pullman		(novel "Northern Lights")

Produced by
Bill Carraro	....	producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Deborah Forte	....	producer
Nikolas Korda	....	co-producer
Michael Lynne	....	executive producer
Ileen Maisel	....	executive producer
Andrew Miano	....	executive producer
Mark Ordesky	....	executive producer
Robert Shaye	....	executive producer (as Bob Shaye)
Paul Weitz	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Henry Braham		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Anne V. Coates
Peter Honess
Kevin Tent

Casting by
Lucy Bevan
Fiona Weir

Production Design by
Dennis Gassner

Art Direction by
Richard L. Johnson		(supervising art director) (as Richard Johnson)
Chris Lowe
Andy Nicholson

Set Decoration by
Anna Pinnock

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Rebecca Cole	....	key hair stylist: second unit
Rebecca Cole	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Tamsin Dorling	....	hair stylist
Tamsin Dorling	....	makeup artist
Peter King	....	hair designer
Peter King	....	makeup designer
Angela Levin	....	makeup artist: Ms. Kidman
Nuala McArdle	....	hair stylist: second unit
Nuala McArdle	....	makeup artist: second unit
Paula Price	....	hair stylist
Paula Price	....	makeup artist
Janine Schneider	....	key hair stylist (as Janine Schneider--Marsan)
Janine Schneider	....	key makeup artist (as Janine Schneider--Marsan)
Lesley Smith	....	hair stylist
Lesley Smith	....	makeup artist
Kerry Warn	....	hair designer: Ms. Kidman
Ursula Adelhelm	....	hair and makeup trainee (uncredited)
Nicola Buck	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Nikkie Grimshaw	....	trainee makeup artist (uncredited)
Lucy Sibbick	....	makeup dailies (uncredited)

Production Management
Simon Cullen	....	location unit manager
Leonhard Gmür	....	production manager: Switzerland
Nikolas Korda	....	unit production manager
Claudia Kossik	....	unit manager
Siobhan Lyons	....	production manager: second unit
Hermione Ninnim	....	production manager
Sara Romilly	....	post-production supervisor
Michael Solinger	....	post-production supervisor
Stefan Zürcher	....	production manager: Switzerland

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vic Armstrong	....	second unit director
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director: second unit
Rob Burgess	....	second assistant director: second unit
David Daniels	....	first assistant director: second unit
William Dodds	....	second assistant director (as Will Dodds)
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	third assistant director: second unit (as Frazer Fennell-Ball)
Michael L. Fink	....	second unit director (as Michael Fink)
Richard Goodwin	....	second assistant director
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Stewart Hamilton	....	third assistant director: second unit
Barney Hughes	....	second second assistant director: second unit (as Barnaby Hughes)
Dan John	....	second assistant director: second unit
Peter MacDonald	....	second unit director
Michael Michael	....	second assistant director: crowd
Carolyn Milner	....	third assistant director: second unit
Terry Needham	....	first assistant director
David Pinkus	....	third assistant director: crowd
Kim Whittaker	....	second second assistant director
Dan Channing-Williams	....	third assistant director: dailies (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert Allen	....	construction buyer
Giles Asbury	....	storyboard artist
Celia Barnett	....	specialist researcher
Linda Bergkvist	....	conceptual artist
Alice Biddle	....	draughtsperson
Alex Boswell	....	chargehand second unit props
John Botton	....	dressing props
Virginie Bourdin	....	concept artist
Matthew Broderick	....	props
Tim Browning	....	draughtsman
Miraphora Caruso	....	graphic artist
Roy Chapman	....	chargehand dressing props
John Chisholm	....	set dresser
Temple Clark	....	storyboard artist
Fergus Clegg	....	assistant set decorator
Guy Cope	....	construction rigger
Laura Davison	....	prop manufacturing buyer
Judy Ducker	....	production buyer
Colin Ellis	....	dressing props
James Enright	....	prop manufacturing supervisor
Andy Evans	....	construction manager
Kemény Ferenc	....	props
Gavin Fitch	....	assistant art director
James Foster	....	stand-by art director
Kim Frederiksen	....	junior concept artist
Barry Gibbs	....	property master
Hayley Gibbs	....	props coordinator
Gary Gleeson	....	head painter
Gordon Grant	....	prop making office assistant
Kate Grimble	....	draughtsperson
Ted Haigh	....	graphic designer
Jonathan Holbrook	....	painter
Jason Hopperton	....	dressing props
Michael Anthony Jackson	....	storyboard artist
Gary Jopling	....	junior draughtsman
Robert M. Kalafut	....	previz artist
Sevendalino Khay	....	concept artist
Charles Leatherland	....	draughtsperson
Emily Lutyens	....	assistant production buyer
Chris McBride	....	computer & video supervisor
James McKeown	....	prop modeller
Gurel Mehmet	....	concept artist
Jonathan 'Jonse' Millward	....	storyboard artist
Joe Monks	....	supervising painter
Neil Murrum	....	dressing props
Sophie Newman	....	assistant set decorator
Mitch Niclas	....	chargehand stand-by props
Cyrille Nomberg	....	conceptual artist
Darryl Paterson	....	assistant property master
Carl Peters	....	props
Heather Pollington	....	graphic artist
Tyrone Reed	....	chargehand stagehand
Dean Roberts	....	storyboard artist
Matthew Robinson	....	draughtsman
Neil Ross	....	conceptual artist
Lee Sandales	....	assistant set decorator
Will Savage	....	art department assistant
Tino Schaedler	....	art director: digital sets
Christian Scheurer	....	visual consultant
François Schuiten	....	conceptual artist: architecture
Toby Shears	....	supervising mould maker
Tamazin Simmonds	....	art department coordinator
Aaron Sims	....	concept artist
Peter Watson	....	chargehand dressing prop
Zoe Wilson	....	construction coordinator
Ashley Winter	....	draughtsman
Helen Xenopoulos	....	assistant art director
Ian Young	....	dressing props
Liam Georgensen	....	art department work experience (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Ross Adams	....	sound effects editor
Niv Adiri	....	sound designer
Philippe Amouroux	....	foley recordist
Sándor Balla	....	assistant sound: Hungary
Ben Barker	....	sound effects editor
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Damien Bera	....	foley engineer
Andrew Caller	....	sound mix technician
Ed Colyer	....	adr mixer
Jeff Dalmaine	....	sound engineer
Tony Dawe	....	production sound mixer
Assia Dnednia	....	foley artist
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue editor
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Danny Freemantle	....	assistant sound editor
Glenn Freemantle	....	sound designer
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Glen Gathard	....	assistant adr mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Lee Herrick	....	adr supervisor
Robert Ireland	....	sound effects editor
Philip Jenkins	....	sound mix technician
Gary Keller	....	playback engineer
Andy Kennedy	....	sound designer
Mike King	....	sound engineer
Neil Kingsbury	....	sound mixer: Hungary
Stuart McCutcheon	....	boom operator: second unit
John Mooney	....	sound mixer: second unit
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matt Price	....	boom operator: second unit
György Rajna	....	boom operator: Hungary
Tom Sayers	....	sound designer
Paul Schwartz	....	boom operator: second unit
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Tristan Tarrant	....	boom operator
Rachael Tate	....	adr recordist
Mark Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Denise Yarde	....	sound assistant
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Brendan Nicholson	....	preview re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Simon Cockren	....	special effects floor supervisor: second unit
Gary Cohen	....	special effects senior technician
Terence J. Cox	....	special effects senior technician
Peter Fern	....	senior technician
Andy Hunt	....	sculptor
Mark Meddings	....	special effects coordinator
Trevor Neighbour	....	special effects workshop supervisor
James Payton	....	snow technician
Stefano Pepin	....	special effects floor supervisor: first unit
Andrew Ryan	....	special effects assistant
Marc Toscano	....	lighting look development
Marc Toscano	....	senior lighter
Trevor Wood	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Heather Abels	....	CG artist: Matte World Digital
Eri Adachi	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Jude Adamson	....	lighting educator (as Judith Adamson)
Kiran Ahlawat	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Imran Ahmed	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Tanseer Ahmed	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Ben Aickin	....	digital compositor: Framestore-CFC
Amit Aidasani	....	education and training: Rhythm & Hues
Amit Aidasani	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Shish Aikat	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	scanning and recording: Rhythm & Hues
Jesse Alexander	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Mir Z. Ali	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Luke Allen	....	production assistant: Framestore CFC
Simon J. Allen	....	digital effects artist
Sean Amlaner	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Stella Ampatzi	....	digital effects artist
Balaji Anbalagan	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Ted Andre	....	senior compositor: Digital Domain
Beth Andrus	....	production accountant: Rhythm & Hues
Chih-Jen Chang Andy	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Charise E. Angone	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Cindy Aragon-Trevino	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Zoran Arizanovic	....	digital effects artist
Joe Arnold	....	lead creature matchmove technical director
Ronald Arredondo	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Rosie Ashforth	....	character animator: Framestore-CFC
Saqib Ashraf	....	tracking: Cinesite
Tohda Asuka	....	technical director lighting
Atanas Atanasow	....	digital modeller: Framestore CFC (as Atanas Atanasov)
Kate Attwooll	....	tracker: Cinesite
David Aulds	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Rob Au	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Kunal Ayer	....	lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues
Sergio Ayrosa	....	digital compositor
Erika Bach	....	3D scanning assistant coordinator
Colleen Bachman	....	post manager
Michael Backauskas	....	editor: Rhythm & Hues
Aniket Bage	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Jen Bahan	....	technical animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Joseph Bailey	....	digital compositor
Mark Stuart Bailey	....	technical director
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Negin Bairami	....	lead texture painter
Graeme Baitz	....	roto lead: Rainmaker
Bhavika Bajpai	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Dimitri Bakalov	....	3D muscling: Cinesite
Anand Balasubramaniam	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Felix Balbas	....	lead rigger: Framestore-cfc
Adam Balentine	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Bill Ball	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Samson Bamimore	....	systems operations supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Banal	....	system administrator: Rhythm & Hues
Sachin Bangera	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
George Banks	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Giacomo Bargellesi	....	digital compositor: Framestore-CFC
Janice Barlow	....	dustbuster: Digital Domain
Tony Barraza	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Keith Barton	....	technical support: Cinesite
Richie Basilan	....	rotoscope
Eric Bates	....	senior animator: Cinesite
Allen Battino	....	visual development artist
Scott E. Baxter	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Eric M. Beaver	....	lead compositor
Art Becerra	....	production accountant: Rhythm & Hues
Susanne Becker	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Melissa Beery	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Steven Begg	....	visual effects plate supervisor (as Steve Begg)
Brian Begun	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Michele Benigna	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Bryan Bentley	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jordan Benwick	....	compositor
Lee Berger	....	president film division: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Bergman	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Erika Bermingham	....	camera animator: Framestore-CFC
Beverly Bernacki	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Rodrigo Bernardo	....	systems engineer
Scott Berri	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Jarnail Bhachu	....	digital paint & roto artist: Framestore CFC
Jeetendra G. Bhagtani	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues, India
Abhishek Bharadwaj	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Nikhil Bhatnagar	....	render I/O coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Debaprasad Bhowmik	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Emil Bidiuc	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Paul Birkett	....	lead roto artist: Cinesite UK
Nic Birmingham	....	lighting technical director: Cinesite
Daniel Birnbaum	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Antoine Birot	....	animator
Michael Blain	....	fur software developer
Joel Bodin	....	digital artist
Martin Body	....	lead rotoscope artist
Tanja Boening	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Michael Bomagat	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Eric Bonilla	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Alessandro Bonora	....	lead creature modeller: Framestore CFC
Christina Boon	....	digital artist
Swapnil Borawake	....	match move technical director
Tiffany Borchardt	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Borhi	....	character surfacing technical director
Yanick Bourgie	....	digital matte painter: Cinesite
Jennifer Bourne	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Jim Bowers	....	digital matte painter
Andy Bowman	....	motion control technician
David A.T. Bowman	....	lead sequence compositor
Peter Bowmar	....	effects technical director
Edward Derian Boyke	....	render I/O coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Gavin Boyle	....	senior camera layout artist: Framestore CFC
Richard Boyle	....	3D animator
Rick Boyle	....	character muscling and rigging effects technical director: Cinesite
John Bozzalla	....	manager of production services
Jeremy Braben	....	director of photography: Svalbard
Sherie Bradfute	....	software: Rhythm & Hues
Ryan Bradley	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Tom Bradley	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Christian Breitling	....	software developer
David Brickley	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Daniel Brimer	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
John Britto	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Danielle Brooks	....	CG artist: Rainmaker UK
Seth Brower	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Mark A. Brown	....	vice president of technology: Rhythm & Hues
Matt Brown	....	technical animator
Harry Russell Brutsche	....	lighting lead: Rhythm & Hues
Marc Bryant	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Alexandra Bryman	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jud Bumpas	....	pipeline setup: Rhythm & Hues
Simon Bunker	....	shader writer: Cinesite
Delphine Buratti	....	lead compositor: Rainmaker UK
Derek Burgess	....	visual effects editor
Ross Burgess	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Jose Burgos	....	technical director: Framestore
Shannan Burkley	....	matte painter
Ivan Busquets	....	digital compositor
Andrew Butler	....	visual effects
Robert Byrne	....	lighting technical director: Framestore CFC
Howard Cabalfin	....	rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Rommel S. Calderon	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Bill Campbell	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Howard R. Campbell	....	lighting technical director: Tippett Studio
Kevin Campbell	....	technical manager
Sue Campbell	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Warwick Campbell	....	2D sequence lead: Cinesite
Parl Carman	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Cashore	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Anjelica Casillas	....	digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Mei-Ming Casino	....	visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Marie Celaya	....	character animator: Framestore CFC
M.B. Chaitanya	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Chambers	....	digital compositor
Shyam Chand	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Serena Chang	....	digital artist
Jessica Chan	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Jo-Wan Chao	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Chapman	....	effects lead: Rhythm & Hues
Pascal Chappuis	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Mark Chataway	....	creature technical director
Lucinda Chee	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Raymond Chen	....	co-visual effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Yeen-Shi Chen	....	modeling lead: Rhythm & Hues
Ili Chiang	....	digital artist
Ili Chiang	....	look development, lighting & shading
Arun P. Chidambaram	....	educator
Raymond Chih	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Hitesh Chikate	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues
Kunal Chindarkar	....	rotoscope/background prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Vikas Chirate	....	system administrator: Rhythm & Hues
Vinny Chirayil	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Jung-Yoon Choi	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Jeremy Cho	....	lead rotoscope artist
Sandesh Chonkar	....	matchmover: Rhythm & Hues
Craig Chun	....	modeling lead: Rhythm & Hues
Lisa Clarity	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Craig A. Clark	....	digital artist
Jacob Clark	....	effects technical director
Scott Claus	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Clemens	....	digital compositor
Dylan Cole	....	matte painter
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Daniel Collins	....	systems operator: Rhythm & Hues
Miodrag Colombo	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Sean Comer	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Shaun Comly	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Emanuele Comotti	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Meagan Condito	....	digital production administrator
Dan Copping	....	senior layout artist
Laurent Cordier	....	texture artist: Cinesite
Ivan Cornell	....	system administrator: Rainmaker UK
Carol Corwin	....	visual effects producer
Brenton Cottman	....	lead matte painter: Digital Domai