Interstellar (2014)

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

Director:

Christopher Nolan

Writers:

Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan

Stars:

Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain

Top Rated Movies #29 | Won 1 Oscar. Another 43 wins & 148 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ellen Burstyn	...	Murph (Older)
Matthew McConaughey	...	Cooper
Mackenzie Foy	...	Murph (10 Yrs.)
John Lithgow	...	Donald
Timothée Chalamet	...	Tom (15 Yrs.)
David Oyelowo	...	School Principal
Collette Wolfe	...	Ms. Hanley
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Boots (as Francis Xavier McCarthy)
Bill Irwin	...	TARS (voice)
Anne Hathaway	...	Brand
Andrew Borba	...	Smith
Wes Bentley	...	Doyle
William Devane	...	Williams
Michael Caine	...	Professor Brand
David Gyasi	...	Romilly

Storyline

Earth's future has been riddled by disasters, famines, and droughts. There is only one way to ensure mankind's survival: Interstellar travel. A newly discovered wormhole in the far reaches of our solar system allows a team of astronauts to go where no man has gone before, a planet that may have the right environment to sustain human life.

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Plot Keywords:

astronaut | saving the world | relativity | gravity | nasa | 

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Taglines:

Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some intense perilous action and brief strong language.

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Lithgow also appeared in 2010 (1984), the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which was the inspiration of this movie and is beloved by Writer, Producer, and Director Christopher Nolan.

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Goofs

No one can survive the g-force necessary to produce 7 years of time dilation per hour. The trip to Miller's planet and back would also consume a prohibitive amount of fuel.

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Quotes

Cooper: Okay. Now you need to tell me what your plan is to save the world.
Dr. Brand: We're not meant to save the world. We're meant to leave it.
Cooper: [looks up, sees space ships] Rangers.
Dr. Brand: The last components of our one versatile ship in orbit, the Endurance. Our final expedition.
Cooper: You sent people out there looking for a new home?
Dr. Brand: The Lazarus missions.
Cooper: That sounds cheerful.
Dr. Brand: Lazarus came back from the dead.
Cooper: Sure, but he had to die in the first place. There's not a planet in our solar system that can sustain life and the nearest ...
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Crazy Credits

"This motion picture was shot and finished on film"

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Alternate Versions

The 70mm IMAX version is two minutes shorter than the regular 70mm, Digital IMAX, 35mm, and digital projection versions. This is because the end credits are played in an abbreviated slide-show form (rather than scrolling from bottom to top), due to the size capacity of the IMAX platters, which can hold a maximum of 167 minutes of film.

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: The Griffin Winter Games (2018)

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Soundtracks

Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night
(uncredited)
Written by Dylan Thomas

User Reviews

Excellent Movie

I judge a movie by how long it takes me to realize I need the bathroom, how long the movie can hold my interest and how convincing the events unfolding are. Well, I watched this movie all the way through with no bathroom breaks. My interest was grabbed from the start and held all the way through. Being old enough, and lucky enough to have watched the premiere of 2001 A Space Odyssey - and viewed it several times since - of course I made comparisons, and there were a few, but this movie tells an excellent stand alone story that is both riveting and believable. I'm not going to give away any secrets but anyone who watches the last five minutes or so without a lump in their throat and a tear in their eye, well you're a critic, you're not enjoying the movie because you're too busy looking for bloopers and faults. Were there bloopers and faults? The darn movie was so riveting if there were any I didn't notice them!

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Steven Spielberg Space Project

Filming Locations:

Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$165,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$47,510,360, 9 November 2014

Gross USA:

$188,020,017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$696,264,079

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

169 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital IMAX 6-Track Dolby Surround 7.1 Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Color:

Color (FotoKem)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1