The last three chapters of The Golden Compass were cut from the film at a very, very late stage in post-production — so late, in fact, that bits of it had already been included in the trailers, as I’ve noted here before, and also in the video game, which came out only a week or two ago. Here is a clip from the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtplnBb-dpM
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In related news, Monica Edinger at the Educating Alice blog lists several references to the deleted ending that were included in The Golden Compass: The Official Movie Quiz Book.
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