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　　What inspired the scientific concepts in Interstellar? Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne’s studies inspired the scientific concepts in the science-fiction film Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan. Thorne’s work has covered concepts such as string theory, gravity waves, black holes, and wormholes.

　　How many Oscars did Interstellar win? Interstellar (2014) won one Academy Award, for best visual effects. Overall, it received five nominations at the 2015 Academy Awards, including for original score, sound mixing, sound editing, and production design.

　　“Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.” Those words, spoken by the protagonist of the American science-fiction drama Interstellar (2014), effectively serve as the film’s mission statement. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar follows the heroic attempt by a group of scientists and astronauts to save the human species from going extinct on a dying Earth by finding a habitable planet in the far cosmos. It also is a tear-jerking melodrama that explores how despair and resignation can be overcome by passion and love. The film opened to critical and box office success and has been ...(100 of 1384 words)

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