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

From space, the comet impact breaks Earth apart while a BASH ship escapes into the star field.

Scene 201 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Climax

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Begins 2:03 into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 201

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.
Scenes 123–164
The mission turns back; BASH substitutes mining for deflection, Kate is silenced, Randall’s family breaks apart, and a rival mission fails.
Scenes 165–181
Kate and Randall see the comet themselves, reconnect, and return to June’s home as the BEAD mission begins.
Just before
Scene 198
The comet tears across the sky like fabric.
Scene 199
The comet blazes overhead as people flee and fiery debris falls.
Scene 200
As the house shakes violently, the family talks about coffee and having had everything before the room collapses.
Scene 201
This scene

201EXT. SPACE

SPACE SHOT OF EARTH AS THE COMET IMPACTS. GIANT PLUMES OF MAGMA SHOOT INTO THE SKY.

SHOCKWAVES SPREAD ACROSS THE PLANET.

A CHUNK OF THE EARTH SPLITS OFF.

Incredible amounts of DEBRIS, ROCK, CARS, DIRT, AND TREES PLUME OUT in the massive explosion.

We weave and snake through pieces of buildings, Kate’s diet app announces her diet is over, a photo of President Orlean and Steven Segal. We catch a glint of metal...

Amidst the chaos ONE SPACESHIP NAVIGATES ITS WAY OUT.

As it passes us by a small BASH logo is visible on its side.

It soars out into the infinity of space. Leaving behind the new comet field that used to be planet earth.