Don't Look Up (2021) — Screenplay
Two low-level astronomers desperately tour the media circus to convince a skeptical world that an extinction-level comet is heading straight for Earth.
- Written by
- Adam McKay
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
- Studio
- Netflix
- Length
- 158 pages
This screenplay is a masterclass in tonal tightrope-walking, blending absurdist comedy with a mounting sense of dread. Study McKay's razor-sharp satirical dialogue and use of ensemble POV to expose institutional apathy, and observe how pacing accelerates from bureaucratic frustration to global panic. It's a bold, unsettling mirror held up to modern media culture.
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