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

Jason admits he borrowed Drask’s supposed sacrifice line from Saving Private Ryan.

Scene 86 of 205 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

President Orlean
Jason
Kate
Randall

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 59 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 86

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 83
Orlean excuses Drask as a man of another generation while Calder says she once dated him.
Scene 84
Drask asks the children whether they have seen inside a man’s torso.
Scene 85
Drask salutes Orlean and frames the launch as a sacrifice for the planet.
Scene 86
This scene

86INT. OVAL OFFICE - TWO NIGHTS EARLIER

PRESIDENT ORLEAN

Earn the extra living my sacrifice

gives you.

JASON

I wrote that line for him.

KATE

Isn’t that from Saving Private

Ryan?

RANDALL

Yes!

JASON

No. It’s totally different.