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

Jason describes a social hierarchy to a rally crowd while Orlean fails to follow his point.

Scene 159 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Jason
President Orlean

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Begins 1:46 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 159

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 156
An actor at a movie junket calls for people to stop arguing and presents his film as apolitical entertainment.
Scene 157
Orlean urges her rally audience to keep their heads down and focus on daily life.
Scene 158
Randall and Kate urge other nations to launch their own deflection mission before Riley Bina performs “Just Look Up.”
Scene 159
This scene

159INT. RALLY IN GIANT BASKETBALL STADIUM - NIGHT

President Orlean is still on stage. Jason is speaking to the crowd.

JASON

Is that a rock-solid ten smokeshow

of a President or what? If she

wasn’t my mother... There’s three

types of American people. There are

you, the working class. Us, the

cool rich, and then them. I’m

sorry, but we need them. We need

them because you build us up to

fight them. The working class, the

lower. You understand?

PRESIDENT ORLEAN

No, I don’t get it.

JASON

Do you understand? I’m talking

about nutritionists. I’m talking

about personal trainers. People at

the spa, but not the ones that

check you in and not the masseuses

but they walk you down the

corridor. They’re there...