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

BASH alerts continue buying songs on the Mindy family’s phones as June asks who the celebrities are.

Scene 50 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Marshall
June

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Begins 40 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 50

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 47
At Autopsy, Phillip and colleagues brainstorm headlines about Riley and Chello’s reunion.
Scene 48
DJ Chello proposes to Riley on the live show, and she accepts.
Scene 49
Oglethorpe reacts to the celebrity proposal while petting his cat.
Scene 50
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50INT. THE MINDY HOME - LANSING MICHIGAN - SAME TIME

Notifications are popping up on all their phones.

MARSHALL

It just bought another.

JUNE

Who are these people again?

MARSHALL

Mom they’re like the biggest names

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