INTERSTELLAR (2014)
The future of mankind may rest on the shoulders of astronauts and getting to other planets or galaxies. Yet the technology doesn’t exist yet, giving Chris the ability to tell a new-style story of adventures through space. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, the lead astronaut on a scientific space team who’re sent through a wormhole to find a new home for mankind. It’s not just about the astro team, though – the movie shows what their families are going through back on Earth, waiting for their return.
It’s heart-breaking, heart wrenching and possibly a glimpse at just how far mankind will need to go in years to come when we’ve destroyed Earth. Throw in amazing CGI special effects and a brilliant screenplay and you’ve got the space ride of your life as the astronauts’ journey is told side-by-side with that of their families on Earth, showing the heart-breaking events that families of real-life space travellers go through when their loved ones blast off into space.
• Chris consulted real-life Theoretical Physicist Dr Kip Thorne to be scientifically accurate and use only possible/ plausible scientific fact in the movie. Any idea from Chris’s team that would violate established physical laws was immediately thrown out.
• It won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects in 2015.
• Listen carefully for the ticking sound – it happens every 1.25 seconds and represents a full Earth day passing. While the astronauts are gone for four years in the movie, more than 70 years pass by on Earth.