The Golden Compass A Film Study Guide for Catholics

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The Golden Compass is Book I of Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy; Part II … religious themes in their book, Shedding Light on His Dark Materials: …

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The Golden Compass: A Film Study Guide for Catholics
By Sr. Rose Pacatte, FSP
November 25, 2007
New Line Cinema’s latest contribution to the fantasy film genre is director/writer Chris Weitz’s (About a Boy) The Golden Compass, based on the 1995 award-winning book of the same title by Phillip Pullman. New Line was the studio behind director Peter Jackson’s interpretation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings, and it may have another hit trilogy on its hands, beginning with The Golden Compass.
The Golden Compass is Book I of Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy; Part II is The Subtle Knife (1997) and Part III The Amber Spyglass (2000.) Over 15 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide. As author Pullman notes, he has borrowed from every book he has ever read to create this best-selling and controversial trilogy and these include the fantasy writings and mythic imagination of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein.
The Golden Compass is a very exciting film about a young girl, Lyra and her animal-shaped spirit companion, Pan, voiced by Freddie Highmore (called a daemon in the film)…

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