Article: An Up-Close Look at a High-Flying Hero: Cowboys & Indians Magazine Profiles 'Golden Compass' Star Sam Elliott.

DALLAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- You might be surprised to find a down-to- earth fellow like Sam Elliott piloting a hot-air balloon through the otherworldly fantasy of "The Golden Compass." Indeed, the veteran actor says even he was a bit amazed to see himself smack dab in the middle of a parallel universe where talking bears wage war, human souls manifest themselves as animals -- and a courtly Texas cowboy named Lee Scoresby flies to the aid of a young damsel in distress.

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Elliott is perfectly cast as Scoresby, the extraordinary aeronaut in "Golden Compass," a New Line Cinema release set to ...

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