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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Yeah. Daddy was born in Skokie, IIIinois.

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And his dad was born in Okie. Used to catch bass.

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So they run a bunch of tests and they aII come back with the same bad news. Doctors give me six months to Iive. Then I go home, turn on the TV, and they say three weeks. If you ask me, a man is not supposed to know when his time is up, it's not naturaI. That's when you find yourseIf renting a gun and buying a buIIet.

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But that ain't no way into heaven.

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Isn't that right, Dodge?

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Hmm?

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No, I guess not.

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I'm gonna go drain the snake. You wanna join me?

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No, thanks, I'm good.

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Okay, what a fucking weirdo. (CLICKS TONGUE) I think he's souIfuI. Who drives around with shoveIs? I don't trust him.

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GIen? What? He toId us his Iife story. Yes, and thank you for that, by the way. Do you know, if you actuaIIy Iistened, you might Iearn something. (SORRY WHIMPERING) Sorry needs to go out. I'II go. I wiII take him. I'm gonna take him for a sniff. Don't go anywhere.

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(SIGHING)

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I knew it as soon as I saw you.

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That detached Iook in your eyes. That vague way about you.

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You aImost had me fooIed with that Iine about your high schooI girIfriend.

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I'm sorry, I don't. . . Don't be sorry, son.

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Just kiII me quickIy.

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What? WeII, I thought we couId do it in that nice fieId, but if you're gonna shoot me in the back, then Iet's get it over with. Shoot you? I don't. . . Are we stiII speaking metaphoricaIIy? WeII, what's it gonna be, then? Knife? Piano wire? Okay, you know what? She's gonna be back any second. Don't teII me they sent a girI to do a man's job. I specificaIIy requested a maIe!

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UnIess you're some sort of team ! Is that how this works? Okay, you know what? I don't think I am who you think I am.

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WeII, that's a reIief. Because I was afraid I couId fight you off! (CONTINUES LAUGHING)

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