2008
In a future Earth ravaged by blight, former pilot Cooper joins a NASA mission through a wormhole near Saturn to find a new habitable planet, leaving his daughter Murph behind. Their journey leads them to a system orbiting a black hole, where they face perilous discoveries and sabotage, ultimately falling towards Gargantua. After being guided to a space station by mysterious beings, Cooper returns to Earth through a wormhole, while Amelia continues her mission. Two hundred years later, Cooper awakens on a space station, having enabled humanity's survival, and sets off to find Amelia and continue their exploration.
Save the Cat beat sheet
Interstellar follows former pilot Cooper as he joins a secret mission through a wormhole to find humanity a new home, while his daughter Murph grows up calling him back on Earth.
Open full beat sheetCooper is listed as Protagonist, Engineer, Pilot. A former engineer and pilot turned farmer, father of Tom and Murph. In the parsed data, Cooper is connected to 133 scenes, 286 dialogue lines, 310 text mentions, first appearing around scene 5.
133 scenes / 286 dialogue linesAmelia Brand is listed as Scientist, Biologist. Tough, bright scientist, daughter of Brand's Father. In the parsed data, Amelia Brand is connected to 78 scenes, 174 dialogue lines, 174 text mentions, first appearing around scene 36.
78 scenes / 174 dialogue linesDoyle is listed as Engineer. Engineer on the mission, 40s. In the parsed data, Doyle is connected to 44 scenes, 65 dialogue lines, 67 text mentions, first appearing around scene 38.
44 scenes / 65 dialogue linesMurph is listed as Cooper's daughter. Cooper's younger daughter, 10. In the parsed data, Murph is connected to 33 scenes, 32 dialogue lines, 48 text mentions, first appearing around scene 5.
33 scenes / 32 dialogue linesRoth is listed as Physicist. Brilliant and blunt physicist, 50s. In the parsed data, Roth is connected to 28 scenes, 56 dialogue lines, 69 text mentions, first appearing around scene 50.
28 scenes / 56 dialogue linesTars is listed as Robot. Military spec robot with a sarcastic personality. In the parsed data, Tars is connected to 24 scenes, 36 dialogue lines, 44 text mentions, first appearing around scene 35.
24 scenes / 36 dialogue linesCase is listed as Robot, Mission Leader. Leader of the mission, designed to inspire respect. In the parsed data, Case is connected to 18 scenes, 55 dialogue lines, 67 text mentions, first appearing around scene 41.
18 scenes / 55 dialogue linesTom is listed as Cooper's son. Cooper's older son, 15. In the parsed data, Tom is connected to 9 scenes, 11 dialogue lines, 17 text mentions, first appearing around scene 6.
9 scenes / 11 dialogue linesDonald is listed as Cooper's father-in-law. Cooper's father-in-law, 60s. In the parsed data, Donald is connected to 7 scenes, 15 dialogue lines, 15 text mentions, first appearing around scene 6.
7 scenes / 15 dialogue linesBrand's Father is listed as Scientist. Amelia Brand's father, former assistant to Ansen. In the parsed data, Brand's Father is connected to 4 scenes, 8 dialogue lines, 9 text mentions, first appearing around scene 38.
4 scenes / 8 dialogue linesAssistant is listed as Ansen's Assistant. Ansen's assistant, 30s. In the parsed data, Assistant is connected to 4 scenes, 6 dialogue lines, 6 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
4 scenes / 6 dialogue linesLiu is listed as Robot Marine. Chinese robot marine. In the parsed data, Liu is connected to 3 scenes, 10 dialogue lines, 11 text mentions, first appearing around scene 96.
3 scenes / 10 dialogue linesAnsen is listed as Scientist. Director of LIGO, 60s. In the parsed data, Ansen is connected to 3 scenes, 10 dialogue lines, 10 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
3 scenes / 10 dialogue linesRiggs is listed as Farmer. Farmer in Galveston. In the parsed data, Riggs is connected to 3 scenes, 5 dialogue lines, 5 text mentions, first appearing around scene 17.
3 scenes / 5 dialogue linesMs. Kelly is listed as Teacher. Murph's teacher, 30s. In the parsed data, Ms. Kelly is connected to 2 scenes, 7 dialogue lines, 8 text mentions, first appearing around scene 12.
2 scenes / 7 dialogue linesPrincipal is listed as School Principal. Principal of the county school, 40s. In the parsed data, Principal is connected to 2 scenes, 6 dialogue lines, 6 text mentions, first appearing around scene 12.
2 scenes / 6 dialogue linesNSA Agent is listed as Government Official. NSA agent overseeing the LIGO project. In the parsed data, NSA Agent is connected to 1 scene, 8 dialogue lines, 8 text mentions, first appearing around scene 3.
1 scenes / 8 dialogue linesA man enters an empty control room, sees a strange signal on the monitors, and drops his coffee.
CooperAnsen and his assistant discuss a serious situation while military helicopters land outside.
Ansen, AssistantAnsen briefs NSA agents on the discovery of a wormhole.
Ansen, Assistant, NSA AgentAnsen reflects on the discovery with his assistant after the agents leave.
Ansen, AssistantCooper helps a stranded bus of baseball players.
Cooper, Tom, MurphCooper and his family watch a satellite burn up in the sky.
Cooper, Tom, Murph, DonaldCooper and Donald discuss the quality of baseball.
Cooper, DonaldCooper and Donald discuss the blight and the school conference.
Cooper, DonaldCooper deals with a flat tire and a low-flying drone.
Cooper, Tom, MurphCooper chases the drone through the cornfields.
Cooper, Tom, MurphCooper recovers the drone's control module.
Cooper, Tom, MurphCooper meets with the principal and teacher regarding his children's education.
Cooper, Principal, Ms. KellyCooper meets with Ms. Kelly and the Principal to discuss Murph's school issues and the curriculum.
Cooper, Principal, Ms. KellyCooper sits in his truck, frustrated, and receives a call from a CB operator about Riggs's tractors.
CooperCooper prepares his Piper Cub for flight.
CooperCooper flies his plane toward the coast.
CooperCooper lands and meets Riggs to investigate the malfunctioning farm equipment.
Cooper, RiggsCooper discovers a space probe in a crater.
Cooper, RiggsCooper attempts to open the probe while Donald and the children watch.
Cooper, Tom, Murph, DonaldCooper and Donald discuss the past and Cooper's place in the world.
Cooper, DonaldCooper is woken by a piercing noise from the probe.
CooperCooper and his children investigate the noise.
Cooper, Tom, MurphCooper tries to stop the probe from screaming.
Cooper, MurphCooper and his children move the probe outside.
Cooper, Tom, MurphCooper wakes up to the muffled sound of the probe.
CooperCooper and Murph decide to take the probe back.
Cooper, MurphCooper retrieves the probe from the well.
CooperCooper and Murph fly to California.
Cooper, MurphCooper flies along the coast.
CooperCooper flies over the ruins of Los Angeles.
CooperCooper lands to refuel.
CooperCooper refuels the plane.
CooperCooper and Murph approach Santa Cruz Island.
Cooper, MurphCooper and Murph land on the island.
Cooper, MurphCooper and Murph discover an underground facility and a robot.
Cooper, Murph, TarsAmelia Brand confronts Cooper.
Cooper, Murph, Amelia Brand, TarsBrand takes Cooper and Murph into the underground bunker.
Cooper, Murph, Amelia BrandCooper meets the team and sees the rocket.
Cooper, Murph, Amelia Brand, Brand's Father, DoyleCooper and Murph are held in a machine shop.
Cooper, Murph, TarsBrand takes Cooper to meet her father.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper and Brand walk toward the rocket base where they meet Case, the mission leader.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, CaseCase and Brand's Father explain the wormhole mission to Cooper and offer him a spot.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Brand's Father, CaseBrand shows Cooper the dying crops and explains the true nature of the mission.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper returns Murph to the plane.
Cooper, Murph, Amelia BrandDonald encourages Cooper to take the mission.
Cooper, DonaldCooper says goodbye to Murph.
Cooper, MurphCooper arrives at the bunker and meets Tars and Doyle.
Cooper, Donald, Tars, DoyleCooper and Brand salvage parts from a sunken submarine.
Cooper, Amelia BrandBrand explains the ant colony experiment to Cooper.
Cooper, Amelia BrandThe crew discusses the mission trajectory and the black hole Gargantua.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Doyle, Case, RothCooper prepares Tars for the mission.
Cooper, Tars, Brand's FatherThe crew launches into space.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper reassembles Tars in his new body.
Cooper, TarsCooper, Brand, and Tars stow colonization equipment. Cooper injures his hand due to zero-gravity physics.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, TarsCase stitches Cooper's hand and discusses human psychology and survival.
Cooper, CaseCooper records a message for his sons but deletes it.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper and Brand discuss the mission and the black hole system.
Cooper, Amelia BrandThe Endurance reaches the wormhole and deploys the comms relay.
Cooper, CaseThe crew prepares for transit through the wormhole.
Cooper, Doyle, Case, TarsThe ship enters the wormhole and experiences gravitational distortions.
Cooper, Doyle, Case, Tars, Roth, Amelia BrandThe Endurance emerges on the other side of the wormhole.
Cooper, Doyle, Case, Roth, Amelia BrandThe ship is pulled into the swirl of a black hole.
Cooper, Doyle, Case, Roth, Amelia Brand, TarsThe Endurance spirals away from the black hole Pantagruel, and the crew finds a tiny ice planet.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothThe crew arrives at the ice planet and discovers a local signal from probes.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothBrand insists on bringing Doyle to the surface.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, DoyleThe team lands and discovers a Chinese base camp.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothThe team finds the captured probes and realizes the Chinese mission failed.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Doyle, RothCooper and Brand discover the base has been there for thirty years.
Cooper, Amelia BrandThe team realizes a neutron star is about to expose them to lethal radiation.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothThe team descends into the ice and discovers living microbes.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothThe team falls into a massive cavern and lands in an inland sea.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothThe team survives the fall and begins to explore the environment.
Cooper, Amelia Brand, Tars, Doyle, RothCooper and Brand explore the jungle and encounter moving plant life.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper and Brand flee from the moving jungle.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCase, Doyle, and Roth take shelter from the moving jungle.
Tars, Doyle, RothCooper and Brand fall over a waterfall while fleeing.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper and Brand are swept away by a river and fall over a waterfall, barely surviving.
Cooper, Amelia BrandBrand pulls Cooper from the water and they retreat to a nearby cave.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper and Brand hide in a cave while fractal creatures battle outside and eventually enter the cave.
Cooper, Amelia BrandCooper and Brand discuss the nature of the creatures and their own mission while warming up.
Cooper, Amelia BrandHi, Dad. I'm sorry it's been awhile. Grandpa died last week. We buried him out in the back forty, next to Mom. Where we'd have buried you, if you'd ever come back. Murph was there for the funeral. It's been a few years since I've seen him. He's been down in the Gulf Coast. He's an engineer. I guess someone followed in your footsteps after all. You're not listening to this. I know that. All of these messages are just out there, drifting in the darkness. You're gone. You're never coming back. And I've known that for a long time. Lois says -- that's my wife, Dad -- she says I have to let you go. So I am. Wherever you are, I hope you're at peace. Goodbye, Dad.
I was in Denver during the first year of the famine. I was just a kid. We kept waiting for someone to come help us. People starved to death sitting on the ground, waiting for someone to come. I only made it because I realized that nobody was coming to save us. We were on our own. Honestly? After the things I saw... you want to know why I don't believe that someone would be trying to help us? Because I'm not sure we're worth saving.
Yes, I do. If it worked, the Chinese would have suddenly discovered all of these incredible technologies. But they never made it. You can't go back, Cooper. You can slow things down, but you can't ever go back. Our home is gone. You listened to all of those messages from your family. If you had made it back, we would already know. There would already be some evidence.
Hello, Dad. You sonofabitch. It's your 60th birthday today. Thought I would celebrate with you a bit. I guess I understand why you left. The corn is dying now, too. Tom says there's less and less at harvest every year. Rot's setting in. I guess you were right for clearing out while you had the chance. Good luck, old man. I hope you made it. I really do.
No. You're missing the bigger picture. The robots had strict mission parameters. They were told to build a colony and report back. They tried to. But they failed. Like us they were fixated on this place. They didn't realize they had already found something that would save us all. This. This is the prize.
I still think we're making a lot of assumptions. About the wormhole. About the planet. The critical orbit here is incredibly dangerous. It's like walking on the rim of the volcano. Too fast and we get thrown off at close to the speed of light. Too slow and we get pulled into the hole and crushed.
Don't you see? Earth's gravity is like a prison. But this is like a master key. If we could build more of these, we could turn down the earth's gravitational field enough to save millions of people. We wouldn't have to pick a handful of people to survive. With this we can save everyone.
It found something. Very thin nitrogen-based atmosphere. Trace radiation. Surface is ninety percent frozen water. Ten percent rock -- sedimentary composition similar to limestone. Wow. Pockets of oxygen below the surface. Lots and lots of oxygen. This could be the one, boss.
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