Interstellar (movie)

***Interstellar*** is a 2014 British-American epic science fiction movie directed, co-written and produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine, Mackenzie Foy, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, and John Lithgow. It was released on November 5, 2014.

## Plot

In the mid-21st century, humanity is under threat of extinction from dust storms resulting in crops dying, Joseph Cooper, a widowed, former NASA pilot who raises Murph, his daughter and Tom, his son on a farm.

After a dust storm hits there town and farm, an open window results in a strange pattern being created, Murph finds its a code and decodes it and arrives at a secret NASA facility, before there arrested. The facilities' head professor, John Brand explains to Murph that 48 years earlier, a mysterious wormhole appeared near Saturn and they believe it leads to habitable planets orbiting a black hole names Gargantua.

An expedition named Lazarus, was sent and passed through the wormhole with NASA explorers and are reporting desirable, results from 3 plants - Miller, Mann and Edmunds are looking positive. Cooper enlists to pilot the 2nd expedition Endurance, which aims to colonize one of the three planets using frozen embryos while on earth the Professor and the facility work to solve an issue for earths mass exodus.

Murph, sadenned refuses to see Cooper despite Coopers promise to come home and leaves a watch to compare there relative time when the 2 reunite. Along side Cooper, 5 crew members come, Amelia Brand the daughter of Proffessor Brand, Romilly and Doyle and 2 robots TARS and CASE, they launch on a 2 year voyager to the wormhole crossing through it.

In the new galaxy, Cooper, Doyle and Brand uses Endurances landers to visit Millers planet but discovers the wreckage of Millers expedition, the planets proximity to Gargantua causes massive tidal waves and severe time dialtion. Unfortunately, during their escape Dolly is killed by a wave, once back on Endurance its revealed there 3 hour stay was 23 years long as a result of time dialation.

Cooper watches as his son, Tom grows up, marry, has his own son and lose him when no longer sending any messages, eventually Cooper finds a message from Murph, now an adult and the same age of Cooper. Murph now works with Professor Brand as a scientist, meanwhile on Endurance it revealed they only have enough fuel for one planet, Cooper and Romily decide to visit Mann's planets despite Brands objections.

They visit Mann's planet but unfortunately enroute, a message reveals Professor Brand dies, on earth on Brands deathbed he confesses that the exodus plan couldn't be solved and humanity is doomed. they reach Manns planet and wake the explorer Mann, who explain colonization is possible on the surface despite the harsh cold environment, but during a scouting mission Mann, attempts to kill Cooper but fails and reveals the data was false in his hopes he could be rescued, he steals and a booby trap set by Mann kills Romilly.

Brand rescues Cooper, and returns to Endurance, when Mann docks, he rushes it causing an accident killing Mann and damaging Endurance causing a spin

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Interstellar
- **director**: Christopher Nolan
- **music**: Hans Zimmer
- **cinematography**: Hoyte van Hoytema
- **editing**: Lee Smith (editor), Lee Smith
- **runtime**: 169 minutes
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $165 million
- **gross**: $696.3 million