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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Now I feeI bad.

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(STAMMERING) Fuck. Look, guiIt isn't a feeIing that I'm comfortabIe with.

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WeII, fortunateIy you won't have Iong to Iive with it. (CAR APPROACHING)

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What are you doing? Penny, this reaIIy doesn't invoIve you. I said I was gonna get you there, I'm gonna get you there, so. . . Where was the Iast pIace you saw her? Where was she 1 8 years ago?

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Look, you don't need to spend the Iast few days of your Iife with a totaI stranger. You're not a totaI stranger, and these aren't my Iast days. Oh, you're a survivaIist. No, I'm not a survivaIist. I'm an optimist.

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HeIIo! You having some troubIe? Do you know where the nearest gas station is? Yeah, but dieseI is aII they got Ieft. Where you headed?

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Where we headed, Dodge?

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Somerset.

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Somerset. Wherever that is.

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I think HuntsviIIe might be as far as I'm going. Great! Thank you !

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GLEN: So, what's your piIgrimage? Because everybody's headed somewhere. WeII, I'm going to see my famiIy, and he's. . .

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He's Iooking for someone.

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Who is it you're Iooking for?

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His high schooI sweetheart. Is that right? WeII, there's no greater search than that of Iost Iove, I'II give you that.

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You married? No, darIing, I never did waIk the pIank. There was a speciaI Iady.

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My Rita passed seven years back.

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You know, it's aII about who you Iay down with when the Iights go out. Takes Ionger than it shouId to figure that part. Truth is, it's nice to have some company for a change. Even strangers.

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Why don't you teII us your Iife story? Then we won't be strangers anymore. GLEN: Yeah? WeII, sure. Let's see. I was born in. . .

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Wait a minute. I shouId probabIy teII Daddy's Iife story first, so there's some context. Okay.

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Uptime? Groovy!

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