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

June and the Mindy sons prepare to watch Randall on television.

Scene 37 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

June
Marshall

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 34 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 37

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 34
Randall and Kate arrive at the Daily Rip studio for their interview.
Scene 35
Paula Woods tells Adul Grelio the White House denies meeting Randall and Kate.
Scene 36
Randall panics during preparation for the Daily Rip appearance while Kate tries to plan their explanation.
Scene 37
This scene

37INT. LANSING MICHIGAN - SAME TIME

June Mindy, Randall’s wife and his two sons are up early eating eggs and waiting for the Daily Rip to start.

JUNE

He just needs to breathe. And speak

up. You know?

MARSHALL

He’s got this. I know he does.