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

A distant light rushes toward the viewer in a flash, followed by images of life on Earth.

Scene 32 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 32 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 32

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.
Scene 27
After Orlean tells them to wait until after the midterms, Oglethorpe and Kate decide to leak the evidence to the press.
Just before
Scene 29
Backstage, Isherwell receives a photograph of the comet marked “Direct hit.”
Scene 30
The New York Herald editors verify the comet report and arrange legal support and media training for Randall and Kate.
Scene 31
Kate tells Phillip and a passerby that a comet will destroy Earth; Phillip panics as the couple walk on.
Scene 32
This scene

32EXT. SPACE - SAME TIME

THERE IS A BLINKING LIGHT MAYBE A COMET IN THE DISTANCE growing larger at an astonishing rate. Suddenly the light is upon us in a BLINDING MASSIVE FLASH.

WAVES crash against a giant rock. A lizard picks away at its skin. A hummingbird gets nectar from a flower.