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

FBI agents surround Oglethorpe outside a rented office and order him to the ground.

Scene 68 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Fbi Agents
Dr. Oglethorpe

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Begins 53 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 68

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 65
Randall argues with comet deniers online while June invites him for a walk.
Scene 66
FBI agents arrive at Randall’s home and identify him.
Scene 67
Undercover FBI agents tackle and arrest Kate on her university campus.
Scene 68
This scene

68EXT. “OFFICE 4 YOU” OFFICE BUILDING - D.C. - 1 HOUR LATER

Teddy Oglethorpe exits a rent by the day office space building holding his briefcase.

Suddenly THREE BLACK SEDANS screech up to the curb and FBI AGENTS point guns at him.

FBI AGENTS

FBI! Get down on the ground!

DR. OGLETHORPE

Okay... Be cool... I just have more

skin pigmentation than you because

your ancestors migrated to northern

Europe and developed lighter skin

so as not to get vitamin-

He slowly gets on the ground.