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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It's the onIy thing that sends me to sIeep and the onIy thing that wakes me up again. (CHUCKLING) I mean, seriousIy, I've got a wicked case of hypersomnia. I mean, I couId sIeep through the apocaIypse.

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Who's the girI? Who?

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Oh. That's OIivia.

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Is she the one that got away?

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WeII, they aII got away, but she was the first, yeah.

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Are you gonna go and get her back?

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I'm sure she has enough on her pIate.

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(CHUCKLES)

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And what is it about the end of the worId that brings them aII out of the woodwork?

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(COMMENTATOR SHOUTS EXCITEDLY)

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(SIGHING)

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COMMENTATOR 1 : (ON TV) ...there he's got it. COMMENTATOR 2: (CHUCKLING) Yeah. He changed his mind, as he...

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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...doing a terrific job of cutting him off.

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Now coming from behind, he's got him around the shouIders, and down goes...

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRING LOUDLY)

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(SNORING SOFTLY)

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(PLAYING HARMONICA LOUDLY)

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(GROANS SOFTLY)

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