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The Golden Compass

2007 · TMDB 6.1

Directed by Chris Weitz

In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

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Chris Weitz's adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, produced by New Line Cinema as the studio struggled to follow the enormous success of The Lord of the Rings.

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