A Visual Treat of Pure Gold ; the Golden Compass (Cert Pg, 108 Mins, Entertainment in Video, Family/Action/Drama, Also Available to Buy On Dvd Pounds 22.99/ Special Edition Dvd Pounds 24.99/Blu-Ray Pounds 29.99) Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Sam Elliott, Ben Walker, Charlie Rowe, Jack Shepherd, and the Voices of Freddie Highmore, Sir Ian Mckellen. ****

Evening Chronicle › April 25, 2008

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CHRIS Weitz's visually stunning adaptation of Northern Lights by Philip Pullman - the first part of the His Dark Materials saga - focuses on young Lyra Belacqua (Richards), who has been entrusted into the care of the scholars at Jordan College, Oxford, by her globe-trotting uncle Lord Asriel (Craig).

The girl and her animal-spirit companion, or "daemon", Pantalaimon (voiced by Highmore) soon find themselves embroiled in mystery when her pals Roger (Walker) and Billy (Rowe) disappear without trace.

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A Visual Treat of Pure Gold ; the Golden Compass (Cert Pg, 108 Mins, Entertainment in Video, Family/Action/Drama, Also Available to Buy On Dvd Pounds 22.99/ Special Edition Dvd Pounds 24.99/Blu-Ray Pounds 29.99) Starring: Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Sam Elliott, Ben Walker, Charlie Rowe, Jack Shepherd, and the Voices of Freddie Highmore, Sir Ian Mckellen. ****

Soon after, the enigmatic Mrs Coulter (Kidman) arrives to spirit Lyra away f...

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