In a future Earth,
devastation has come through drought and famine. Crop blight has left corn as the only crop that will grow. Huge dust storms circle the Earth and
people become sick because of dirt in their lungs and they die. Everyone believes NASA did not
make any of the space journeys they have claimed and the people would not tolerate money being spent by NASA.
Cooper learns that NASA has sent twelve explorers to different planets to
the other end of our galaxy near Saturn. They were sent to collect data and to find a new place for mankind to
live. There is a wormhole and Gargantua,
a massive black hole in this area.
Cooper is a former NASA pilot and they want him to take the Endurance to
retrieve the data on the planets.
Cooper’s daughter Murph begs him not to go but he feels he doesn’t have a choice.
This film is very
interesting and it was established from the beginning in the making of the film that
nothing in the movie would violate established physical laws. Any speculations would be based on
science and not fantasy. The main points emphasized are time and gravity plus the loneliness of being in
space without other human companions. 3
½* (I liked this movie)
169
min, Adventure directed by Christopher Nolan with Matthew McConaughey, Anne
Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Andrew Borba, Wes
Bentley, William Devane, Michael Caine.
Note: Imdb 8.7 out of 10, 71% critic 85%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3 ½*.
Special
Note: Academy Award nominations
were for Best Visual Effects, Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and
Production Design. An award was
received for Best Visual Effects.
The filming took place in Alberta, Canada, Iceland and Los Angeles,
California. Production designer Nathan
Crowley planted 500 acres of corn to be used in the scenes with a cornfield on
Cooper’s farm. Giant dust clouds
similar to the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s were made by using large fans to blow
cellulose-based synthetic dust.
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