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

Orlean, the scientists, generals, and Brie watch the shuttle as Drask curses over the radio.

Scene 110 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Benedict Drask

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Begins 1:06 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 110

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.
Scenes 8–26
They discover the impact deadline and need the government and public to respond, but Orlean refuses immediate action.
Scenes 27–60
Kate and Oglethorpe take the warning outside official channels, entering the press and television world to reach the public.
Scenes 61–72
The scientists navigate conspiracy claims, arrest, and political reversal as Orlean finally announces a deflection mission.
Just before
Scene 107
An Indian teenager watches the launch from bed on his phone.
Scene 108
A family in Sudan watches the launch on television.
Scene 109
Mission Control prepares for launch.
Scene 110
This scene

110INT. WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM - DAY

President Orlean, Randall, Jason, Kate, Teddy, Air Force General Themes, THREE OTHER GENERALS and for some reason Brie Evantee are all crouched in the situation room looking at MONITORS SHOWING A MODIFIED SPACE SHUTTLE. It’s surrounded by an array of satellites and other Space Shuttles on the launch pad at Kennedy Center.

BENEDICT DRASK (O.C.)

(crackly on the radio)

What’s the hold up Mother Fuckers?

Come on, let’s fucking light this

fire cracker. You think I’ve got

all day.