The Science of Interstellar

2014 · 51 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 679 VOTES · DIR. Gail Willumsen

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Overview

Matthew McConaughey narrates a fascinating look at Christopher Nolan's sci-fi film, 'Interstellar', including scientific foundations, the work of consulting Scientist Kip Thorne, basic film themes, the science behind the search for planets capable of hosting life, space-time and the theory of relativity, the science of wormholes and black holes, crafting the film's visuals based on real scientific observation, the birth of the universe, the Dust Bowl and the evolution of dust as a toxin, the likelihood of future dust storms, the prospects of escaping a dying or doomed planet and the possibilities of colonizing Mars.

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Dialogue Timeline — 548 lines

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00:00:02 Humans are natural born explorers.
00:02:08 and they worked with me to see if the science was well incorporated.
00:03:33 Sounds like a job for the explorers of tomorrow. But
00:05:01 Every planet orbiting an illuminous object is casting a shadow out into space
00:06:47 Five planets orbiting this M-type star and the outermost planet is Kepler-186f.
00:08:40 Until about a century ago scientists believed that space and time were entirely separate.
00:10:41 For example, the GPS system is a very, very precise set
00:12:03 of time, while the twin he left behind would endure hours of waiting for Sean's return.
00:13:59 Almost all the forms of matter we know have positive mass and exert gravity.
00:15:32 and disappearing down the drain as it were. And
00:16:46 You can't just think about your family, now you have to think bigger than that.
00:18:51 light can't get out from the interior.
00:20:18 buzzing with gas, dust and millions of stars.
00:22:05 of our Sun at the centre of our Milky Way.
00:23:39 descriptions you'll find in most books that you read
00:25:36 - I just, I feel uncomfortable with the wormhole
00:27:08 and you plug that idea into the equations that Einstein gives us.
00:28:44 waves, they would've warped this primordial light
00:30:13 predicted by Einstein.
00:32:31 In a few billion years, our Sun will expand as it begins to die.
00:35:01 This impulse to build unimaginable machines and use them to blast off into.. into space.
00:36:49 And that will take Elon closer to a more ambitious goal:
00:38:53 A fleet of robots that clean up space junk.
04:00:01 -I remember growing up as a kid

Cast & Characters

Matthew McConaughey Narrator Kip Thorne Self - California Institute of Technology Christopher Nolan Self - Director Christopher Nolan Writer, Interstellar Jonathan Nolan Self - Writer, Interstellar Emma Thomas Self - Producer, Interstellar Natalie Batalha Self - NASA Ames Research Center Sean Carroll Self - California Instititute of Technology Paul J. Franklin Self - Visual Effects Supervisor Andrea Ghez Self - UCLA

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed548
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line04:00:01

Production Record

DirectorGail Willumsen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes679