Nicole Kidman and Eva Green The
Golden
Compass Movie Statues
Nicole Mary
Kidman, AC (born 20 June 1967) is a American-born Australian
actress, model,
singer and humanitarian.
In 2006, Kidman was made a Companion of the Order of Australia,
Australia's highest civilian honour.
In 2006, she was also the highest-paid actress in the motion picture
industry.
Kidman's breakthrough
was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm. Her
performances in films such as Days
Of Thunder (1990), To Die For
(1995) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) won her critical
acclaim, and her performance in The Hours (2002)
was acknowledged with several notable film awards including the Academy
Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. In
2003, Kidman received her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. She
is also known for her marriage to Tom Cruise and her current marriage
to country musician Keith Urban. As a result of being born to
Australian parents in Hawaii, Kidman has dual citizenship of Australia
and the United States.
Ize'Stuff / Stuff -
Movie Stuff - Fantasy Stuff
The
Golden Compass Statues
The
Golden Compass is
a
2007 fantasy film based on Northern Lights the 1st novel in Philip
Pullman's trilogy His
Dark
Materials. It stars Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Eva Green. The story
concerns Lyra, an orphan living in a fantastical
parallel
universe in which a dogmatic theocracy called the Magisterium threatens
to
dominate the world. When Lyra's friend is kidnapped, she travels to the
far
North in an attempt to rescue him and rejoin her uncle.
Based on
author Philip Pullman's bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden
Compass
tells the first story in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The
Golden
Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world
where
people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight
wars, and
Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the center of the story is Lyra
(played by
newcomer Dakota Blue Richards), a 12-year-old girl who starts out
trying to
rescue a friend who's been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known
as the
Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world,
but ours
as well. The Golden Compass stars an ensemble cast that includes Nicole
Kidman,
Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, and Ian McShane. The film is written and
directed by
Chris Weitz (About A Boy, Antz) and produced by Deborah Forte and Bill
Carraro
(Frequency). It is executive produced by Andrew Miano and Paul Weitz
Nicole Kidman Golden Compass
Magisterium Mrs. Coulter Tonner Doll
Eva Green Golden
Compass Serafina Pekkala Queen of the Witches Statue
Nicole Kidman Golden Compass Mrs.
Coulter with the Golden Monkey Statue
Nicole
Kidman as
Mrs. Coulte
Eva
Green as
Serafina Pekkala
Eva
Gaëlle Green (French
pronunciation: ;
born 5 July 1980) is a French actress, raised in Paris and living
partly in London. She has been noted by Vogue for
her "killer looks, intelligence and modesty", and described by The
Independent as "gothic, quirky, and sexy".
The daughter of actress
Marlène Jobert, Green performed in theatre before making her
film debut in The Dreamers (2003), which generated
controversy over her numerous nude scenes. She achieved greater fame
for her parts in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and in
the 2006 James Bond filmCasino Royale, for which she won a BAFTA. She has also modeled
for numerous brands.
