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

Dalia reports that President Orlean sent Sheriff Conlon an intimate photo as protests and online reactions spread.

Scene 63 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Dalia Hensfield
Sarah Benterman

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Begins 50 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 63

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.
Scenes 27–60
Kate and Oglethorpe take the warning outside official channels, entering the press and television world to reach the public.
Just before
Scene 60
The Herald quantifies the broadcast’s low engagement, reveals Kate became a meme and Randall a sex symbol, and tells them NASA disputes the impact; Kate discovers Phillip’s article about sleeping with her and breaks down.
Scene 61
A shadow darkens a tranquil view of the planets.
Scene 62
A cable-news anchor teases a scandal involving a compromising photograph.
Scene 63
This scene

63EXT. WHITE HOUSE LAWN - NIGHT

A reporter DALIA HENSFIELD, 43, in front of the White House fence.

DALIA HENSFIELD (SOT)

--President Orlean sent her Supreme

Court nominee Sheriff Conlon a cell

phone picture of her private part.

SOCIAL MEDIA MONTAGE: Shots of citizens protesting. People posting opinions on social media.

SARAH BENTERMAN

Isn’t she the same person that said

if poor people don’t want to be

poor they should pick better

Lottery numbers? She actually said

that!

DALIA HENSFIELD

The source also confirmed that the

pair have been having an affair for

years--