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

The screenplay marks the following afternoon outside the White House; no characters or action appear in this scene.

Scene 25 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 18 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 25

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.
Scene 8
Independent calculations agree the comet will hit Earth in six months and fourteen days.
Just before
Scene 22
Randall’s wife, June, is introduced as earthy, sharp, and the rock of the family.
Scene 23
Randall congratulates Marshall on his LSAT score and checks in with Evan about his medication.
Scene 24
Kate and Phillip argue over his mother’s question about Kate and his proposed lunch timeline.
Scene 25
This scene

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25EXT. WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON DC - THE NEXT AFTERNOON