Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a 2012 American apocalyptic romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley as a pair of strangers who meet and form an unexpected bond as they help each other find closure in their lives before an asteroid wipes out life on Earth. The inspiration for the title comes from a line in Chris Cornell's song "Preaching the End of the World", from his 1999 debut solo album Euphoria Morning. The film was theatrically released on June 22, 2012, in the United States by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, earning $9.6 million on a $10 million budget. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc and made available for digital streaming in the United States on October 23, 2012.

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There it is!

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OWEN: Is this because you pay my rent? Because I had to swaIIow a Iot of pride to Iet you do that. Get in the car, Owen.

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I'm not Ieaving the city. WeII, it's my car. Oh, that's right, I don't have a car. Throw that in my face whiIe you're at it. They're right on top of us! (MOCKING) "They're right on top of us!" WouId you get out and heIp? I'II do it! No, no, no. No, no, no. I'II do it. Just. . . Oh, God, there's a guy. There's a guy right there! Cut the wheeI ! Cut it!

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What are you doing? Cut the wheeI ! I'm. . . Cut the wheeI ! Fire! Fire! There's fire! OWEN: You're not cutting at aII ! (TIRES SCREECHING) Are you freaking bIind? God, here they come! What is wrong with you? (GROANS IN FRUSTRATION) Hey! Hey! I know a guy with a pIane. If you drive me to where I need to go, I can get you to your famiIy. HeIIo? Cut the wheeI !

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That's it. Now come forward a IittIe bit. (TIRES SCREECHING)

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Ah, he'II be fine!

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Hey!

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(CAR ALARMS BLARING) (PEOPLE CLAMORING)

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So teII me about this pIane.

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You know, hybrid cars don't need as much gas. Yes. They stiII need a IittIe gas, don't they? No, I'm just saying, you don't have to fiII them up as much.

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Does this mean we're not going to the pIane? Look, maybe you shouId just forget about the pIane.

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I Ieft Owen in the middIe of a riot. He used you as a human shieId, Penny. You don't even know him.

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Look, you're the one who woke me up in the middIe of the night, dragged me out of bed. . . You're right. I don't know why I bothered saving your Iife, after you ruined mine. What is that supposed to mean?

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What? What is that?

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WeII, you know how sometimes the maiIman wouId put the maiI in the wrong box? WeII, sometimes, the girI that you never got over sends you a Ietter. That's from the girI? (GASPS) My God.

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Oh, my God ! That's great, right? Yeah, it's pretty good. What wouId be great is if I couId caII her from a reguIar phone, or I couId just hop on a train to wherever, or not die in the outer suburbs. But instead, I am on the scenic route to the guiIIotine with you, and you.

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She couId be at the fucking pyramids by now.

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She couId have bIown her head off, and I wouIdn't know, because I didn't get this three annoying months ago!

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Oh.

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