Don't Look Up · written by Adam McKay · 2021

The C-5 crosses from night into day.

Scene 11 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 9 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 11

After PhD candidate Kate Dibiasky discovers a comet on a direct collision course with Earth, she and Professor Randall Mindy try to persuade a politically distracted President, a media-saturated public, and a powerful technology company to stop it before impact.

Scenes 1–7
Kate and Randall work within the familiar routine of astronomy and university research.
Just before
Scene 8
Kate, Randall, Calder, and Oglethorpe confirm a direct Earth impact in six months and fourteen days; Calder orders the team to Washington.
Scene 9
A captain directs Kate and Randall onto the only available flight to Washington.
Scene 10
Kate and Randall sit alone in the vast cargo hold of the C-5.
Scene 11
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11EXT. C-5 IN THE SKY - NIGHT TO DAY