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

Randall recognizes Drask as the man who abused children during a White House exercise event.

Scene 81 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Randall
President Orlean

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Begins 58 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 81

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.
Scenes 61–72
The scientists navigate conspiracy claims, arrest, and political reversal as Orlean finally announces a deflection mission.
Just before
Scene 78
Orlean describes launching decommissioned shuttles and satellites carrying nuclear explosives to divert the comet.
Scene 79
Orlean asks for a pilot, and Oglethorpe explains that Washington wants a hero despite Randall’s preference for remote controls.
Scene 80
Orlean introduces Benedict Drask as the mission’s pilot.
Scene 81
This scene

81INT. OVAL OFFICE - TWO NIGHTS EARLIER

RANDALL

I’m sorry, isn’t he the mercenary

gentleman who screamed at all those

children on the White House lawn?

PRESIDENT ORLEAN

Yes, he was given the honor of

leading the Presidential Initiative

to get kids to exercise.