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

Randall and Kate arrive at the Daily Rip studio for their interview.

Scene 34 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Talent P.a.
Randall

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Begins 32 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 34

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 31
Kate tells Phillip and a passerby that a comet will destroy Earth; Phillip panics as the couple walk on.
Scene 32
A distant light rushes toward the viewer in a flash, followed by images of life on Earth.
Scene 33
Two garbage collectors haul rubbish through New York.
Scene 34
This scene

34EXT. MIDTOWN MANHATTAN - THE NEXT DAY

A 30 Rock type building. People bustling everywhere. A TOWN CAR pulls up and Randall and Kate get out. They are greeted by a TALENT P.A.

TALENT P.A.

You must be Dr. Mindy and Ms.

Dibiasky. Jack and Brie are so

excited to have you on the show.

RANDALL

Really? They know who we are?