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

Kate and Randall urge people online to look up and see the comet for themselves.

Scene 152 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Kate
Randall
Riley Bina
People

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Begins 1:41 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 152

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.
Scenes 73–122
Their warning appears to win official action and a national launch, though Randall’s celebrity role and BASH’s access undermine the effort.
Scene 123
The shuttles turn back toward Earth, revealing that the administration has halted its announced defense.
Just before
Scene 149
Kate spots the comet above the roof and interrupts her makeout with Yule.
Scene 150
Randall stops in traffic, sees the comet, and gets out to show the surrounding drivers.
Scene 151
Kate and Randall confirm by phone that they both see the comet as Yule prays and strangers look up.
Scene 152
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KATE (SOT)

Go outside - into your yard, on

your roof, onto your sidewalk, and

just look up into the sky...

RANDALL (SOT)

...The star’s going to appear

fuzzy. It’s got a long streak

coming off of it. That’s the

comet’s tail.

KATE (SOT)

It’s real and it’s coming. If

anyone tells you any different,

they’re full of shit. Just look up

into the sky!