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The Golden Compass Free FREE THE GOLDEN COMPASS PDF Philip Pullman | 351 pages | 09 Sep 2003 | Random House Children's Books | 9780440238133 | English | New York, NY, United States The Golden Compass 2 release date, last news, review The project was announced in Februarybut difficulties over the script and the selection of a director caused significant delays. The film depicts the adventures of Lyra Belacquaan orphan The Golden Compass in a parallel universe where a dogmatic ruling power called The Golden Compass Magisterium opposes free inquiry. Children in that universe are being kidnapped by The Golden Compass unknown group called the Gobblers who are supported by the Magisterium. Lyra joins a tribe of seafarers on a trip to The Golden Compass far North, the land of the armoured polar bearsin search of the missing children. Before its release, the film received criticism from secularist organisations and fans of the His Dark Materials trilogy for the dilution of elements of the story which were critical of religion, as well The Golden Compass from some religious organisations for the source material's anti-religious themes. The studio ordered significant changes late in post-production, which Weitz later called a "terrible" experience. The story is set in an alternate Earth dominated by a powerful church called the Magisterium that strictly controls the populace's beliefs and teachings. Her uncle, Lord Asriela noted explorer and scholar, has been absent seeking the elusive Dusta cosmic particle that the Magisterium forbids to be mentioned. When Asriel returns to Oxford, Lyra saves his life after seeing a visiting Magisterium agent spike his wine with an unidentified poison. Asriel later gives a presentation to other scholars regarding his discovery The Golden Compass Dust existing in the North Pole links infinite worlds. Asriel receives a grant for The Golden Compass expedition. If his theory is proven, it could severely undermine The Golden Compass Magisterium's hold on the world. Lyra meets Mrs. Coulter The Golden Compass, a wealthy, powerful woman presented as "a friend of the college. Coulter takes an interest in Lyra and invites her to stay in her home. Before they leave for a retrofuturistic Londonthe Master of the college entrusts Lyra with her uncle's alethiometer, a compass-like artifact that reveals the truth. Few individuals can decipher its symbols. The Magisterium has seized or destroyed all other alethiometers, and Lyra is warned to keep hers a secret, especially from Mrs. Lyra notices the alethiometer continuously points to a symbol of a lady, a lightning bolt, and an infant, though she is unable to comprehend its meaning. When Lyra casually mentions Dust, Mrs. Coulter The Golden Compass warns her never to bring it up again. Kidnappers called Gobblers have been snatching poor, orphaned, and Gyptian children, including Lyra's friends Rogeran Oxford servant boy, and Billy Costa, a young Gyptian. Gobblers pursue her, but she is saved by Ma Costa, Billy's mother. Lyra The Golden Compass taken to the Gyptian king, John Faa, whose ship is heading north to rescue the captured children. Lyra shows the alethiometer to a wise Gyptian elder named Farder Coram and discovers she is able to decipher the device. One is batted away but the other is caught and sealed in a can by Farder Coram, who says the spy-fly has a stinger filled with a sleeping poison. The witch queen, The Golden Compass Pekkalavisits Lyra and tells her the missing children are in an experimental station called Bolvangar. At a northern port, Lyra is befriended by a Texan aeronaut named Lee Scoresby. He The Golden Compass her to hire him and his friend Iorek Byrnisonan armoured bear that Lee has come to rescue. Once a prince of the armoured bears, Iorek is now exiled in shame, the local townspeople having tricked him out of his The Golden Compass. Lyra uses the alethiometer to locate Iorek's armour. After recovering it, Iorek joins the Gyptian trek northward, along with Scoresby. Lyra, astride Iorek, goes to an abandoned building the alethiometer pointed her toward. The Gobblers are experimenting on the kidnapped children using a procedure called " intercision. Iorek and Lee follow her in Lee's airship. Lyra is taken to the bear king Ragnar Sturlusson. Knowing Iorek will be outnumbered, Lyra tricks Ragnar into fighting Iorek one-on-one. Ragnar, who usurped Iorek's throne, initially appears to be winning; Iorek feigns weakness and kills Ragnar, avenging his father and regaining his kingdom. Iorek carries Lyra to Bolvangar, but only Lyra crosses a narrow ice bridge before it collapses. The Golden Compass reaching the station, Lyra is welcomed in and reunited with Roger. She reveals she is Lyra's mother but was forced to give her up; Lyra realises that Asriel is her father. When Mrs. Coulter wants the alethiometer, Lyra instead gives her the can containing the spy-fly. Lyra destroys the machine, setting off a series of explosions. Iorek, Scoresby, the Gyptians, and flying witches led by Serafina join the battle. The Tartars are defeated and the children rescued. Confirming Serafina's prophecy of an upcoming war with Lyra at the centre, Lyra is determined to fight the The Golden Compass, who plot to control all the other worlds in the universe. In JulyTom Stoppard was commissioned to write the screenplay. Since Weitz was an admirer of Stoppard's work, he decided not to read the adaptation in case he "subconsciously poached things from him. After a subsequent interview in which Weitz said the novel's attacks on organised religion would have to be softened, The Golden Compass was criticised by some fans, [5] and on December 15,Weitz announced his resignation as director of the trilogy, citing the enormous technical challenges of the epic. Tucker felt the film The Golden Compass thematically be about Lyra "looking for a family", [6] and Pullman agreed: "He has plenty of very good ideas, and he isn't daunted by the technical challenges. But the best thing from the point of view of all who care about the story is his awareness that it isn't about computer graphics; it isn't about fantastic adventures in amazing-looking worlds; it's about Lyra. According to producer Deborah ForteTucker wanted to make a smaller, less exciting film than New Line wanted. Since his The Golden Compass, blueprints, production design and visual effects strategies had been put into position, and while Weitz admitted that his fears did not vanish, the project suddenly seemed feasible for the director. Filming began at Shepperton Studios on September 4,[6] with additional sequences shot in Switzerland and Norway. Production designer Dennis Gassner says of his work on the film:. The whole project is about translation—translation from something you would understand into something that is in a different vernacular. So, it's a new signature, looking into another world that seems familiar but is still unique. There's a term I use—called 'cludging'—it's taking one element and combining it with another element to make something new. It's a hybrid or amalgamation, and that's what this movie is about from a design perspective. It's about amalgamating ideas and concepts and The Golden Compass and physical environments. Numerous scenes from the novel did not feature in the film or were markedly changed. On December 7,The Golden Compass York magazine reviewed draft scripts from both Stoppard and Weitz; both were significantly longer than the final version, and Weitz's draft which, unlike Stoppard's, did not feature significant additions to the source material was pronounced the best of the three. The magazine concluded that instead of a "likely three hours of running time" that included such scenes as Mrs. Coulter's London party and Lyra's meeting with a witch representative, the studio had opted for a "failed" length of under 2 hours in order to maximise revenue. On October 9,Weitz revealed that the final 3 chapters from Northern Lights had been moved to the film's potential sequel, The Subtle Knifein order to provide "the most promising conclusion to the first film and the best possible beginning to the second," [24] though he also said less than a month later that there had been "tremendous marketing pressure" to create "an upbeat ending. In JulyWeitz told a Comic Con audience that the film had been "recut by [New Line], and my experience with it ended being quite a terrible one"; [4] he also told Time magazine that he had felt that by "being The Golden Compass to the book I was working at odds with the studio. In the book, the Jordan College Master reluctantly poisons Lord Asriel's wine; in the film a visiting Magisterium official undertakes more willingly this action. The alethiometer is mentioned multiple times throughout the film as a The Golden Compass compass. Billy has the daemon Ratter, which is Tony's in the book. Billy features in the first scene of the film, whereas, in the book, he is first seen at Bolvangar, and is saved before ever having to go through The Golden Compass. Tasha Robinson of The A. Club argued that through the use of a spoken introduction and other exposition-filled dialogue, the film fails by "baldly revealing up front everything that the novel is trying to get you to wonder about and to explore slowly. The novel rarely mentions explicitly the Magisterium's intentions, relying on the gossip of others, and the The Golden Compass of Mrs. Although the character of Mrs. Coulter has black hair in the novel, Pullman responded to the blonde Kidman's portrayal by saying "I was clearly wrong.
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