\t\tDuncan and Will are at Cannes for BridgeToTheStars.net this week. Today has been a hectic day – a photo shoot and press conference for Duncan, whilst Will had the privilage of personally questioning the cast in a roundtables event. We’ll have much, much more on this later. For now, we’re going to present you with a transcript we slaved over long into the night this evening, only to be presented with the full trailer upon going online. You can now view most of the footage yourself, but not all of it is in the trailer and a transcript it useful anyway, so enjoy.<\/p>\n
We’ve also posted a review of the footage and noted some significant elements – which also apply to the trailer.<\/p>\n
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New Line have been showing footage at Cannes of their most important film this year \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c The Golden Compass. The footage was around 10 minutes in length and featured brand new scenes, plus updates from the footage shown at the January set visit. Now we\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2ve been to see the reel twice, we\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2ve typed up a full and accurate transcript of the footage for you to enjoy. You can head straight there to read it, but here are our thoughts on the footage as a whole.<\/p>\n
The footage essentially runs through the storyline of the film chronologically, all the way to its conclusion. Previewed in one of Cannes\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2 many cinemas, the footage is almost overwhelming. The most bombastic scenes from the book have been chosen for the trailer and come to full life here on the big screen \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c Iorek bursting out the Trollesund priest\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s house and slamming his forefeet onto the floor with a resounding boom, du-du-du \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c this film is clearly going to be a visceral experience at the cinema.<\/p>\n
Dakota Blue Richards takes centre stage in the footage. The public has heard only one line from her so far \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c in the leaked teaser trailer \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c but here she has much more to do, interacting with Mrs Coulter, Iorek and others. The good news is that her acting seems to be quite good \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c it\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s hard to judge on such little evidence, particular with no time for much physical emoting, but she delivers her lines capable. We don\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2t have a young Anakin from Star Wars Episode 1 on our hands. Dakota has some vintage Lyra moments to savour \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c declaring \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u2026\u00e2\u20ac\u0153no-one can make me a lady\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u009d and spitting off a Jordan college roof. This is echoed towards the end of the film, where Lyra spits at the ground in front of the line of Tartar soldiers preventing the children escaping Bolvangar. It\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s a nice way to wrap the film neatly around.<\/p>\n
With the CGI now almost fully in place, design decisions made by the film\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s various artists become clearer. Lyra\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s London is really nothing like the Victorian-esque city suggested in the book; Mrs Coulter and Lyra\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s ride in to the city on the Sky Ferry (a zeppelin) introduces us to the cityscape in dramatic fashion and, whilst some may still not like the more futuristic imagination of Lyra\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s world, the aesthetic is nothing if not striking.<\/p>\n
The Magisterium\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s tower is the epitome of this design. The tower itself is huge, lording it over London and visible from anywhere in the city. In one scene, we see Mrs Coulter and Fra Pavel walking and talking in a long avenue filled with glass and trees, with the tower looming in the distance behind them. It\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s fantastical and obviously meant to emphasis the sheer power of the Magisterium. As to who exactly the Magisterium are \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c Church, fascists or just plain dogmatists \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c we\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2ll have more tomorrow in our interviews with Chris Weitz and Daniel Craig especially. There was a scene shown in the footage which seemed to be a film addition: Fra Pavel and a man dubbed as \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u2026\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magisterium Emissary\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u009d \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c the leader of the Magisterium in Brytain \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c talk at the top of the tower, almost in the clouds. The Emissary\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s actor is named in our guide-books as Derek Jacobi and it\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s unclear whether he\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s actually playing a character from the book or not \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c he seems a Father McPhail type figure if that is the case.<\/p>\n
A proper sighting of Lee Scoresby\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s balloon also elicited relief. The toy prototype resembles a sci-fi monstrosity and promotional images of the balloon \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c for example, on the movie tie-in books \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c had it the same. However, on screen, the balloon is a much more sedate affair. It is a large canopy, held up by a balloon on either side \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c the balloons however are not shiny and silver, but more realistic and drab, with electric bolts flickering around their bottom as they power the craft along. It\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s not a traditional balloon by any means, but again, it\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s visually striking \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c and not as ridiculous as first feared.<\/p>\n
Absent for so long from promotional images, we at least see daemons in the flesh. Scenes which were previewed earlier with characters talking to thin air have been brought to life, and daemons scrury and scamper all over the place. There are some humourous moments with the daemons \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c as seen in the transcript \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c and they seem to have been handled well thus far in fitting them into existing shots. One vexing question has also been answered about daemons \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c just how they\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2ll be shown to talk on film. The answer: lip-synching. It can be corny and the jury is still out, but the little shown seemed bearable, with the mouths not making the full movements, just enough to indicate talking. Iorek is done much the same, as all the armoured bears will be.<\/p>\n
One omission was noted \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c the witches do not seem to fly upon their cloudpines at all. Their lovely floating motion of flying is seen some more, but for all we looked, we could not see any cloudpines in evidence and their legs did not seem to be positioned such to wrap around one. It\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s possible they will be added in digitally later, but with so much of the CGI done, it\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s odd that they haven\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2t been already, if they are going to be.<\/p>\n
The footage ends with a real cruncher. After the logo has faded, we seen Iorek Byrnison burst upward and rip Ragnar\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s (Iofur\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s) jaw clean off. The clip cuts too quickly to see the bloody aftermath (if any) but it gives a small taste of how powerful the epic bear flight \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c the real action climax of the film \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c is shaping up to be. Much more can be written about even this brief reel of footage, but the feelings we\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2re left with after watching it are definitely ones of optimism. New Line seem to have a clear direction in mind for the film and the cohesive vision is sure to generate an enjoyable film at the very least.<\/p>\n
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Then at once the camera flys over the sprawling metropolis of London, to the left, a red and gold Zeppelin hums through the shot.<\/p>\n
\nAs before, the dark shape of the New Line logo revolved onto the screen, heralded by the epic score.<\/p>\n
Seraphina Pekkala glides wistfully over white mountains towards the shot, arms outstretched, and without cloudpine. Whe then see an armourless Ragnar(Iofur) sitting on an icey throne, his claws tap the cold metal. <\/p>\n
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A cat moves stealthly along a Jordan College Corridor. We then see feet walking, Lyra\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s feet. A mouse pads along beside them. It turns.
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NARRATOR
\nAnd Daemons, physical manifestations of people\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s souls,
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Mouse Pantalaimon shifts into a grey, furry wildcat and hisses at the real cat, it scarpers away. Then Pan catches up with Lyra.
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PANTALAIMON
\nIt was as if she had never seen a Daemon before.
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Lyra grins.
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LYRA
\nCome on Pan.<\/p>\n
—<\/center>
\nFra Pavel enters a spotless, cold room in the London Magisterium Tower. In the centre sits the Magisterial Emmissary played by Derek Jacobi.
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NARRATOR
\nIt is a world dominated by the Magisterium, which intends to control everything.
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Lyra climbs the stairs and emerges in the exspansive dininng area of Jordan College, laid tables line the left and right, and the Master\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s is visible in the distance.
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NARRATOR
\nWhere the curiosity of a child \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a6 will endanger that.
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Lyra is in the retiring room inspecting the projector, she hears a noise. She darts into the wardrobe. Grey, bristling Stelmaria barges through the door and begins to prowl through the room. A confident and assertive Asriel follows her, and a butler follows him.<\/p>\n
Asriel addresses the scholars, clustered around the projector table. Only a small portion of the projection is visible. Lyra peeks through a pane of glass.
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SCHOLAR
\nIs that light going up or coming down?<\/p>\n
ASRIEL <\/p>\n
It is not light, it is Dust. I intend to follow the Dust upstream. To another world. Where there is no Magisterium.<\/p>\n
FRA PAVEL
\n(coldly)That is heresy.<\/p>\n
ASRIEL
\nThat is the truth.<\/p>\n
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Lyra is sitting in at the High Table, facing the Master himself. The table is fully laid and seated, behind her, the other tables are also populated by lines of black suited men.<\/p>\n
Mrs Coulter walks elegantly towards the Masters table
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MASTER <\/p>\n
(To Lyra)Your metaphysics tutor has mentioned to me that you have not been following your classes. Sometimes it\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s best to do what other people tell you.<\/p>\n
MRS COULTER
\nI would disagree.<\/p>\n
LYRA
\n(Quietly to Pan) She put him in his place.
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Everyone at the table rises to greet Mrs Coulter. She takes a seat beside Lyra.
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MRS COULTER
\n(Magnanimous, Kind) I\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2ll be heading North soon again Lyra, and I\u00c3\u0192\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00b4ll need an assistant.
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Pan, an Ermine, sitting on her knee changes from brown to white. (Awww)
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LYRA
\n(Smiling) Me? The North?<\/p>\n
MASTER
\nI am not sure that is in accordance to Lord Asriel\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s wishes for Lyra\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s education.<\/p>\n
MRS COULTER
\n(Cold smile) Let me deal with Asriel.<\/p>\n
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Lyra and Asriel walking in a small garden of Jordan. Stelmaria clasps Pan in her jaws, then throws him off as she exists the shot.<\/p>\n
ASRIEL
\nListen to the Master Lyra. I won\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2t have you scurrying around like a street urchin!<\/p>\n
LYRA
\n(Defiant) But you never do as you are told!
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Lord Asriel walks away, Stelmaira stalks after him.
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ASRIEL
\nTry and behave.<\/p>\n
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Lyra and Roger are walking across the roof of Jordan college, balancing on a ledge. Pan is a wildcat, Sal is a plummer terrier. Sal slips on the ledge and slides down, then shifts into a sparrow and flutters around them.
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LYRA
\n(Eating a plum)Lord Asriel wants to take me to the North, but first I am going to spy on the Gobblers for him.<\/p>\n
ROGER
\nThe Gobblers only take poor kids, if they were to take you, everybody would go looking for you. You\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2re a lady!<\/p>\n
LYRA
\n(Indignant, finishing the plum)Nobody can make me a lady!
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Lyra spits out the plum seed, it hurtles down off the roof and hits a passing scholar, causing him to drop his books.<\/p>\n
LYRA <\/p>\n
If you were taken, I\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2d come and rescue you.<\/p>\n
Roger grins.
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—<\/p>\n
<\/center>
\nRoger walks down a damp alley. Sal barks in her Terrier form as a golden monkey perches on the alley wall. Sal shifts into a butterfly then flutters up into the monkeys hands. The monkey then cruelly pinches it\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s wings.
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ROGER
\n(In pain) Let us go!<\/p>\n
—
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
The Master hands Lyra the small pouch containing the alethiometer.
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MASTER <\/p>\n
This is an alethiometer. Lord Asriel wanted you to have it. Keep it to yourself. It is important to keep it hidden, Mrs Coulter must not know about it \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a6
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra and Mrs. Coulter emerge out onto a green expanse within the grounds of Jordan College, a Red and Gold Magisterium Zeppelin hovers waiting for them.<\/p>\n
The Zeppelin soars over green, fields and farms. London looms on the horizon. The Zeppelin is now flying over London, Lyra and Mrs Coulter stand together in the tip window looking out.<\/p>\n
—
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra and Mrs Coulter arrive at her Luxurious flat, servants line the white, spotless rooms. Wherein we see Lyra being fitted with her light blue dress. Then, she is sitting with Mrs Coulter getting her fingernails done.
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—
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Mrs Coulter stands beside Fra Pavel under the looming Magisterial Tower.<\/p>\n
MRS COULTER
\nLyra has the Alethiometer.<\/p>\n
FRA PAVEL
\nCan she read it?<\/p>\n
MRS COULTER
\nOf course not.<\/p>\n
FRA PAVEL
\nAre you sure? Are you familiar with the Witches’ Prophecy?<\/p>\n
MRS COULTER
\nYou think Lyra is the child that the prophecy speaks of? That\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s impossible.
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra lies on her bed, reading the alethiometer.
\n
LYRA
\nIt\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s telling us that Mrs Coulter is behind the Gobblers, and that if we give the alethiometer to her, everyone will die. (the last symbol the alethiometer lands on is the Hourglass, with the skull above)
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Seeing Mrs Coulter enter the room, Lyra tucks away the alethiometer under her pillow as Coulter rests on the end of her bed.
\n
—<\/p>\n
<\/center>
\nLyra and Mrs Coulter are sitting in her flat across from one another.
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MRS COULTER
\nI know the Master gave you something before you left. An alethiometer. I want you to give it to me. If you do not give it to me, I will be displeased.
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Mrs Coulter\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s Daemon leaps on top of Pan \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c in wildcat form \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c and grapples with the younger Daemon. Mrs Coulter herself grabs Lyra\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s wrist, hard.
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LYRA
\nLet him go! It hurts!
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra slams the window of Mrs Coulter’s apartment from outside fiercely, leaving Coulter in despairing anger behind the glass as her daughter flees into London.
\n
MRS COULTER
\nLyra!
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra runs through the dark London streets, still wearing her blue dress, past vendors and shady denizens. <\/p>\n
Gyptians appear, gruff, rifle wielding, one man cocks his gun.
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FRA PAVEL
\n(To Magisterial Emissary) The word is out about the Lyra child.<\/p>\n
LYRA
\n(To the Gyptians) I need to go to the North.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
SERAFINA
\n(To Lyra) The Magisterium were not able to expand their power further before, but things are changing. The witches haven\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2t decided what side they are on yet, so I don\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2t know if the next time I will face you we’ll be friends, or enemies.<\/p>\n
—
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lord Asriel talks to Lyra in his Svalbard \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u2039\u00c5\u201cprison\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2, with Roger tailing behind.
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LORD ASRIEL
\nHow did you get here?<\/p>\n
LYRA
\nI tricked Mrs Coulter.<\/p>\n
LORD ASRIEL
\nI\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2d like to learn that trick.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
LEE
\n(To Lyra)If I were you, I would hire myself an armoured bear.<\/p>\n
—
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Iorek explodes through the priest\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s house with a thunderous crash. He rears up on his hind legs and lets forth a mighty roar, before pounding down on his front legs. The crowd shuffles backwards, soldiers level their rifles, and Lyra takes a rearward step, before running forward.
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LYRA
\nIorek Byrnison! Please don’t fight! If you do, these people will be killed and it’ll only make rescuing the kids harder!
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
The barrel of a gun from offscreen juts into the police captain\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s cheek \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c the camera follows the barrel to reveal Lee Scoresby. <\/p>\n
The police captain freezes and sways uneasily, aware of the barrel in his face.
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LEE
\nNo need for a dust up \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a6 Howdy Iorek! Y\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2 joining us on this turkey shoot?<\/p>\n
IOREK
\nI have a contract with the child.
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra gives a furtive look.<\/p>\n
Arctic landscape and clouds roll by.
\n
NARRATOR
\nThe Magisterium wants to control every world,
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra stands in the snow outside Bolvangar, walking ahead of the line of freed children facing off against a line of Tartar guards. She spits defiantly in the snow as the Tartar leader gazes on.
\n
NARRATOR
\nNothing will stop them.
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
Lyra and Serafina are engaged in battle in the fields outside Bolvangar. The camera tracks a witch flying up in an arc before swinging down and firing an arrow into the melee. Other witches are visible in the sky, also joined in battle. A guard faces Lyra, from his right, Serafina materialises (possibly using the deception spell) then impales him with her knife. A flash of the scene where Lyra falls from the balloon. <\/p>\n
Lyra races across the snow to rescue Roger from Lord Asriel\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s clutches, but his device to break through the Northern Lights fires at the boy and the screen fades to white. <\/p>\n
Bursting back out from the black screen, Iorek leaps forwards and rips Ragnar\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s (Iofur\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2s) jaw clean off and the clip cuts abruptly.<\/p>\n
The footage finishes on The Golden Compass logo; the \u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u2039\u00c5\u201co\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u0161\u00c2\u00ac\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u20ac\u017e\u00c2\u00a2 is formed from a spinning alethiometer as last seen in the leaked teaser trailer.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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