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.
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.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
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.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
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!
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World