Cooper intends to return to Earth to be with his daughter, while Brand and Romilly will remain on Mann's planet for permanent habitation. But in a big twist, Mann reveals that he sent falsified data to be rescued—the planet is not fit for human life.

What was the real plan in Interstellar?

The plan had several parts: Send the Endurance through the Wormhole to find humanity a new home. Construct massive space stations on the ground capable of holding most or all of Earth's current population. Use Professor Brand's solution for gravity to launch the stations off the Earth.

What was the point of Interstellar?

Interstellar explores the existential question of what humans are willing to do to preserve life. Love and taking a leap of faith are central themes in Interstellar.

What caused the end of the world in Interstellar?

The Blight is a plague that has ravaged almost all the remaining food sources on Earth.

What did Murph figure out in Interstellar?

As an adult, Murph uses the quantum data from the watch to solve the gravity equation. She is able to understand how to harness gravity, and how to control it. As a result, humanity is able to leave Earth in vast numbers. Numerous tube-like colonies now apparently exist in the solar system.

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How did Murph realize Cooper was the ghost?

It's only when she returns to the room as an adult however that she realises the ghost is actually her father - the big clue being when Cooper wrote "STAY" in morse by knocking books off the wall while his past self was leaving for the mission, which Murph wrote down as a child and rediscovers as an adult.

Why did Dr. Mann betray Cooper?

It is then revealed that he and Professor Brand knew that Plan A was impossible and that the only contingency that allowed for human continuity was Plan B. Mann did not want Cooper to return to Earth with the Endurance, as he now needed it to reach Edmunds' planet with the remaining crew to start a colony.

What happened to Cooper's son in Interstellar?

Sadly, Jesse died from a lung ailment caused by the deteriorating conditions on Earth.

Can you explain Interstellar ending?

Cooper decides to detach TARS, an AI robot, to shed some weight and also collect the quantum data needed from inside the singularity. Cooper also sacrifices himself to increase Dr. Brand's odds of reaching the last possible habitable planet to restart the human race with the embryos that are on board.

Who put the wormhole in Interstellar?

Towards the third act of the film, Cooper comes to the speculative conclusion that the wormhole was placed there by future humans in order to ensure the survival of their species, and giving them access to the quantum-data required to complete Professor Brands equation of gravity, further granting them the ability to ...

How old was Murph when she died in Interstellar?

It took the spaceship 18 months to travel to the wormhole, then 23 years passed from exploring planet Miller. Murph said (cried) in the video to his dad that she is finally the same age as him when he left. Which tells us that she and her dad are both 35 years old toward the end of the movie.

Does Gargantua exist?

The spaceship Endurance's destination is Gargantua, a fictional supermassive black hole with a mass 100 million times that of the sun.

Does Cooper ever see Murph again?

He is then miraculously able to survive the black hole and is found by humans who are now living in space (due to his efforts). In a touching moment, he is able to reunite with Murph, who is now old and on her deathbed. Cooper is finally reunited with his daughter during the ending of the film.

What did Professor Brand lie about in Interstellar?

On his deathbed, Professor Brand confesses to Murph that he lied about his Plan A's prospects – that he failed to “reconcile relativity to quantum mechanics” and his gravity project needs much more data. She takes on the project herself and beams out the bad news to space, where Coop and Amelia receive it.

Did Cooper know there was no Plan A?

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Murph transmits a message to Cooper accusing him of knowing Plan A wasn't possible, effectively leaving her to die. Cooper tells Mann, Brand and Romilly that he's going to return to Earth to be with his children and the rest of them can stay on Mann's planet to start a colony.

Why did Romilly explode?

Mann needed the Endurance to survive and complete Plan-B with the surviving crew. Meanwhile, Romilly successfully accessed KIPP's archives, which revealed the true data of Dr. Mann's planet. Before Romilly could inform the others, the robot detonates, killing him in an explosion.

What is the saddest scene in Interstellar?

The ending is by far the saddest scene. Cooper visits Murph in the hospital when she is old and dying, and they have a moment together. Very likely to make viewers cry. A character driven mad by isolation tries to kill another character, but fails.

Who are the 5th dimensional beings in Interstellar?

The fifth-dimensional beings are not aliens; the fifth-dimensional beings are humans from the far, far, far future, who have evolved beyond the limits of the third dimension. These far future humans are now helping to create themselves by giving humanity the wormhole to a new galaxy.

Is Earth saved at the end of Interstellar?

With the blight ravaging Earth in the 21st century and no immediate solution being found to eliminate it, it is safe to speculate that Earth did not in fact survive.

Who betrayed Cooper in Interstellar?

Mann, knowing his planet could never support human life, in secret, attempts to murder Cooper, seeing his death as necessary to the completion of the mission, as Mann did not want to let Cooper leave for Earth with the Endurance, since he now needed it to get to Edmund's planet.

What happened to Cooper's wife in Interstellar?

His wife died of a cyst in her brain. Check out the scene where Cooper is at the school talking to the principal and Murph's teacher.

Why did Murph burn the crops?

When Murph burnt a section of his crop to distract him while she rescued his family to cure them, he returned to the farm where Murph exclaimed that she had found their father and that she could save the world.

Who is the villain in Interstellar?

Matt Damon in Interstellar plays the once-heroic Dr. Mann whose long isolation warps his mind until he sabotages the mission of human survival in order to save his own skin.

Who killed Romilly?

Mann faked data about his planet's viability so Endurance would rescue him. Mann breaks Cooper's spacesuit visor and leaves him to die, and flees to Endurance on a shuttle; Romilly is killed by a bomb Mann set to protect his secret.

How much time passed for Cooper in Interstellar?

First half of 2086: "Coop" is born. Around June 28, 2092: Cooper and Brand along with CASE return to Endurance to find Romilly, who reports that 23 years had passed since they left for Miller's planet. Murph works with Professor Brand at NASA. Cooper catches up on a cache of 23 years worth of video messages.