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Original Debut: 12/06/2007
DVD Released: 04/28/2008

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Earnings: $68.3 Million
Genre: Adventure
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Ian McShane, Sam Elliott, Tom Courtenay, Adam Godley

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Catholic League president Bill Donohue discussed the league’s reaction to the upcoming movie, “The Golden Compass”:

“New Line Cinema and Scholastic Entertainment have paired to produce ‘The Golden Compass,’ a children’s fantasy that is based on the first book of a trilogy by militant English atheist Philip Pullman. The trilogy, His Dark Materials, was written to promote atheism and denigrate Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism. The target audience is children and adolescents. Each book becomes progressively more aggressive in its denigration of Christianity and promotion of atheism: The Subtle Knife is more provocative than The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass is the most in-your-face assault on Christian sensibilities of the three volumes.

“Atheism for kids. That is what Philip Pullman sells. It is his hope that ‘The Golden Compass,’ which stars Nicole Kidman will entice parents to buy his trilogy as a Christmas gift. It is our hope that the film fails to meet box office expectations and that his books attract few buyers. We are doing much more than hoping—we are conducting a nationwide two-month protest of Pullman’s work and the film. To that end, we have prepared a booklet, ‘The Golden Compass: Agenda Unmasked,’ that tears the mask off the movie.

“It is not our position that the movie will strike Christian parents as troubling. Then why the protest? Even though the film is based on the least offensive of the three books, and even though it is clear that the producers are watering down the most despicable elements—so as to make money and not anger Christians—the fact remains that the movie is bait for the books. To be specific, if unsuspecting Christian parents take their children to see the movie, they may very well find it engaging and then buy Pullman’s books for Christmas. That’s the problem.

“We are fighting a deceitful stealth campaign on the part of the film’s producers. Our goal is to educate Christians so that they know exactly what the film’s pernicious agenda really is.”

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	snookumsnort
	The feeling I had after watching this was similar to the one after I watched Eragon: not sure if I look forward to watching a sequel. It was good enough to keep me watching the movie till the end but I wish they just ended it right then and there. Nicole Kidman makes a pretty villain and the storyline has the potential to be interesting. The special effects are great. But I... (more) The feeling I had after watching this was similar to the one after I watched Eragon: not sure if I look forward to watching a sequel. It was good enough to keep me watching the movie till the end but I wish they just ended it right then and there. Nicole Kidman makes a pretty villain and the storyline has the potential to be interesting. The special effects are great. But I was watching the show waiting for something magical to happen. This movie just doesn't make any connection, like the way LOTR did, the way all fantasy movies should. (close)

	fidget
	I guess I am alone in really enjoying this one? I thought it was a great film and I didn't find the plot too difficult to follow. I look forward to a sequel.

	Lunatik21
	[quote=fidget;68285]I guess I am alone in really enjoying this one? I thought it was a great film and I didn't find the plot too difficult to follow. I look forward to a sequel.[/quote] I loved it too! As someone who read "The Subtle Knife" (Next movie in line in the series) I cant WAIT for it to come out because this was an awesome movie. And because it did so well in the box... (more) [quote=fidget;68285]I guess I am alone in really enjoying this one? I thought it was a great film and I didn't find the plot too difficult to follow. I look forward to a sequel.[/quote] I loved it too! As someone who read "The Subtle Knife" (Next movie in line in the series) I cant WAIT for it to come out because this was an awesome movie. And because it did so well in the box office (despite what others say), The next two movies will be even MORE controversial because he doesnt want to change the plot at all in the next two movies. All In all my ONLY beef about Golden Compass is that it ended too abruptly lol (close)

	racherracher99
	well not a good movie either but I expected daniel grags role yourfreemoviedownloads.com

	jennifer12
	i love this one "the Chronicles of Narnia "

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