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

Randall argues with comet deniers online while June invites him for a walk.

Scene 65 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Randall
June Mindy
June

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Begins 51 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 65

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 62
A cable-news anchor teases a scandal involving a compromising photograph.
Scene 63
Dalia reports that President Orlean sent Sheriff Conlon an intimate photo as protests and online reactions spread.
Scene 64
Senator Lerner announces that his party is preparing a formal censure of Orlean.
Scene 65
This scene

65INT. DR. MINDY HOME - DAY

Randall is on his home computer arguing with people on Diddly (Twitter). He has grown into his Daily Rip look nicely.

RANDALL

My God honey, this guy doesn’t even

know what a heliocentric orbit is

and he’s calling me a crackpot. He

says Jewish billionaires invented

the comet so the government can

confiscate our liberty and our

guns. #DontBeScared.

June passes by the doorway.

JUNE MINDY

You’ve been on that site a lot

lately.

RANDALL

I’ve got over a quarter million

subscribers. I’ve got to use my

voice to get the truth out there,

right?

JUNE

I’m going for a walk if you want to

come.

RANDALL

(talks while typing)

It’s called “the scientific

method.” It’s what created the the

computer you’re typing your half

witted conspiracy theories on. What

do you think about that?

JUNE MINDY (O.C.)

Randall!

RANDALL

Yeah, honey?

JUNE MINDY

Someone is here to see you!

RANDALL

Who?