The Golden Compass There are worlds beyond our own. The compass will show the way. Release date: 2007-12-04 Genres: Adventure, Fantasy Actors: Kristin Scott Thomas, Jim Carter, Jason Watkins, Edward de Souza, Clare Higgins, Freddie Highmore, Spencer Wilding, Thomas Arnold, Dakota Blue Richards, Ian McShane, Eva Green, Nicole Kidman, John Snowden, Elliot Cowan, Kathy Bates, Daniel Craig, Charlie Rowe, Sam Elliott, Ben Walker, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Tom Courtenay, Derek Jacobi, Jack Shepherd, Simon McBurney, Hattie Morahan, John Franklyn-Robbins, Paul Antony-Barber, Magda Szubanski, Jody Halse, Sam Hoare, Kevin Hudson, Alexander Terentyev, Alexander Terentyev, Habib Nasib Nader, John Bett, Bill Hurst, Theo Fraser Steele, James Rawlings, Alfred Harmsworth, Steven Loton, Tarek Khalil, Jonathan Laury, Patrick Cleary, Michael Antoniou, Hewson Osbourne, Charles Evanson, Sandra Wolfe, Madrios Ohannessian, Joao de Sousa, Albert Kenrick, Tommy Luther Budget: $180,000,000Revenue: $372,200,000 Runtime: 1 h. 53 min. Score: 6.1/10 Votes: 4,656 Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America Companies: Depth of Field, New Line Cinema, Scholastic Productions, Ingenious Media Available* : Overview: 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.