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

Paula Woods tells Adul Grelio the White House denies meeting Randall and Kate.

Scene 35 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Chief Editor Paula Woods
Adul Grelio

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Begins 32 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 35

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 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
Randall and Kate arrive at the Daily Rip studio for their interview.
Scene 35
This scene

35INT. NEW YORK HERALD OFFICE - SAME TIME

The Chief Editor Paula Woods sits in her office with Adul Grelio.

CHIEF EDITOR PAULA WOODS

The White House is denying they

even met with them.

ADUL GRELIO

Assholes will always be assholes.