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

A crowd watches from miles away as Orlean thanks Drask over the radio.

Scene 111 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

President Orlean

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Begins 1:07 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 111

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 108
A family in Sudan watches the launch on television.
Scene 109
Mission Control prepares for launch.
Scene 110
Orlean, the scientists, generals, and Brie watch the shuttle as Drask curses over the radio.
Scene 111
This scene

111EXT. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 3 MILES AWAY - SAME TIME

A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE watch from a distance with binoculars and phones raised.

PRESIDENT ORLEAN (V.O.)

Commander Drask, this is your

President speaking. Your nation

thanks you. Your planet thanks you.

Your God, and I, thank you.