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

The screenplay marks the White House exterior six hours later, at night; no characters or action appear in this scene.

Scene 70 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 54 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 70

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 67
Undercover FBI agents tackle and arrest Kate on her university campus.
Scene 68
FBI agents surround Oglethorpe outside a rented office and order him to the ground.
Scene 69
Under a hood in a sedan, Kate curses the agents transporting her.
Scene 70
This scene

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70EXT. WHITE HOUSE - SIX HOURS LATER - NIGHT