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2014 American science fiction movie directed by Christopher Nolan about a crew of astronauts searching for a new home for a dying human society.

Interstellar is a 2014 American science fiction movie directed by Christopher Nolan about a crew of astronauts searching for a new home for a dying human society.

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How does the high gravity on Miller's planet create big waves?

In Interstellar the gravity on Millers planet was about 130% of earth's gravity, which made everything heavy. Shouldn't the waves be low, fast and heavy as well?
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In what time does Interstellar take place?

Any ideas on the timeline of Interstellar's plot? How many years from now does the story take place? We know that it begins in near future, but any approximations or clues about "how many years from now?"
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How was Cooper confident about landing his Ranger on Miller's planet?

When Cooper enters Miller's planet in Interstellar, how does he know that he can land the ranger on the water surface? Also, when Brand and Doyle hop out of the ranger to collect data, how are they so sure as hell that they can walk and not swim?
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Why this way of making earth uninhabitable in Interstellar?

In Interstellar we see that in Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. However, current projections are the scarcity of oil, pollution of air, global warming etc. Based on this it…
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Significance of Dr. Brand's poem

Do not go gentle into that good night; Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light These are famous lines from a poem by Dylan Thomas. These lines are delivered multiple times by Dr. Brand in…
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How much of a gravitational time dilation did the three planets in Interstellar experience?

In Interstellar, there are multiple planets that are accessible via a worm hole/gravitational anomaly near Saturn. Of twelve, only 3 were considered the most promising, and the ones that returned a signal from the survey missions. All 3 orbited a…
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How many years away from Earth did Cooper experience in Interstellar?

Same as in the title: how many years did Cooper experience away from Earth? In the end they waste 23+ years on the water planet and 51+ years when the Endurance gets almost destroyed, but while for people on Earth 70+ years pass, I would like to…
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In Interstellar, why did NASA hold Coop away from his daughter when he first was brought into the NASA facility?

There is a short scene where Coop is being guarded by a TARS (maybe it was the other machine) after arriving at the NASA facility in the middle of the night. Why was he kept alone in that room, away from his daughter, rather than just being brought…
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Is Gargantua a black hole or a wormhole?

I will write the events in sequence but in a brief manner. Later on questions will be asked. Correct me if I'm wrong anywhere. First of all Cooper and his crew go through a wormhole that is near Saturn into another system (Gargantua's system) where…
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Shouldn't there be an age difference between Cooper and Brand?

As we all know, going near a black hole (Gargantua in this case) slows down time, according to the theory of relativity. So when Cooper comes out of the black hole, after spending a fair bit of time there, shouldn't he be much older than Brand who…
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How can a small girl solve codes, she even decoded "STAY" word 100% correctly, but how?

In Interstellar, how can the small girl solve codes? She even decoded correctly and accurately the "STAY" word but how? In The Imitation Game, the boy learnt codes from his school days, that's why he became a codebreaker, it makes sense. But in…
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Why no stars in Interstellar?

Sometimes when they fly in space there are stars around but sometimes there are no stars at all. Why is that? For example, when they are flying alongside Saturn, we see the rings of Saturn, but not a single star in space. I can understand if there…
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How did Dr. Brand decelerate when reaching Edmunds' Planet?

At the end of Interstellar all fuel from main engines of the Landers and Rangers was used to escape Gargantua's (the black hole) gravity well. They accelerated enough to break free. So how did Dr. Brand slow down when she got to Edmunds' Planet? The…
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What is the meaning of this reaction given by Lois?

In Interstellar (2014), what is the meaning of this reaction given by Lois? The actual scene goes like this: Boy Coop: [Coughs] Boy Coop: The dust Murph: Lois, I have a friend who, could look at his lungs. Lois: [Inexperienced actress…
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Time machine in Interstellar movie

I've read these Stack Exchange articles and am assuming that Interstellar could be a time travel movie. Cooper's Time in Space & Time travel in Interstellar explained. Wikipedia states that, Time travel is the concept of movement between certain…
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