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

Drask addresses Indigenous peoples and gay people before Mission Control calls out an imminent booster ejection.

Scene 120 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Benedict Drask
Mission Coordinator

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Begins 1:09 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 120

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 117
The situation room celebrates the successful launch as Isherwell urgently summons Orlean aside.
Scene 118
Drask salutes Earth and praises white people over the radio.
Scene 119
The situation room listens uncomfortably to Drask’s remarks.
Scene 120
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120INT. SHUTTLE COCKPIT - THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE - SAME TIME

BENEDICT DRASK

I also want to say hello to all the

Indians out there. Both kinds. You

know, the ones with the elephant,

the ones with the bow and arrow.

Hey, why haven’t you guys ever

teamed up? How cool would that be?

I also want to say hi to all the

gays out there-

MISSION COORDINATOR (V.O.)

Uh, Commander. Booster ejection is

imminent.

BENEDICT DRASK

Roger that.