Longview, Alberta
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Longview is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Canadian Rockies foothills, on Cowboy Trail, 32 km west of High River and 64 km south of Calgary. Highwood River flows west of t
Longview seen across the Highwood River
Looking south in Longview on Highway 22
Panorama of Longview looking south on Highway 22
Post office and village hall
Interstellar (film)
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Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother, Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaug
Longview, Alberta
…film Unforgiven was filmed in and around Longview, as was the television film starring Tom Selleck, Monte Walsh. In 2013, scenes from the movie Interstellar were filmed in Longview. The school, where Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) learns that “the world needs farmers” at the parent-teacher conference, and the…
Theatrical release poster
The Dust Bowl phenomenon of the 1930s, as documented by Ken Burns in The Dust Bowl (2012), served as inspiration for the blight.
The Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland was used as a filming location for Interstellar, doubling for Mann's planet.
Kip Thorne, theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, conceived and executive produced the film and served as scientific consultant.