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

Kate, Randall, and Oglethorpe wait outside the Oval Office as Jason calls them inside.

Scene 71 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Kate
Jason

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Begins 54 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 71

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 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
The screenplay marks the White House exterior six hours later, at night; no characters or action appear in this scene.
Scene 71
This scene

71INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE OVAL OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Teddy Oglethorpe, Randall and Kate are seated in the hallway outside the Oval Office. Two SECRET SERVICE AGENTS stand guard.

Air Force General Themes, the General from their first White House visit walks by with TWO CONTRACTORS.

KATE

Watch out for him. He’ll charge you

for free shit.

Jason, President Orlean’s son, peaks out of the Oval Office.

JASON

Gentleman, you can come in.