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

Dr. Jocelyn Calder walks quickly down a NASA headquarters hallway in a sharp business suit.

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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.

Just before
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Kate Dibiasky photographs a faint object at the Subaru telescope, enlarges it, and recognizes a comet.
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Randall, Kate, and the graduate students calculate the comet’s orbit; Randall sends the others away after the alarming result.
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3INT. NASA HEADQUARTERS - HALLWAY - MINUTES LATER - MORNING

L/3 “NASA HEADQUARTERS, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA 10:42 AM”

DR. JOCELYN CALDER, early 50s and political player, comes walking down a hallway fast in a sharp business suit.