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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Oh.

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(SIGHS)

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I'm ready to go downstairs now.

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Oh?

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Wait here a tick. Okay.

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He's gone. Took my Pet Sounds with him. I shouId've seen that coming.

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Mmm.

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So. . .

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What are you doing with the rest of your Iife?

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Oh, um. . .

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LittIe of this, IittIe of that. ProbabIy catching up on some "me" time.

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Find God. Maybe move around some chairs.

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(CHUCKLES) WeII, maybe I'II run into you at a support group or an orgy or something. Yeah, that sounds nice.

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Uh. . .

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What's that? That's your maiI.

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Why do you have it? Oh, you know how the maiIman wouId sometimes put the maiI in the wrong box? Uh-huh. WeII, over time, say Iike. . . WeII, three years, I mean, it. . . (CHUCKLES) God, it reaIIy adds up, doesn't it?

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Isn't it funny? I mean, how we've Iived so cIose and we've never said hi. Oh, but I did meet your roommate a few times. My roommate? You mean Linda? Linda. Linda, right. And her boyfriend, what was his name? Oh, God, they seemed so happy together. What was his name? I haven't seen them in a whiIe. Are they aII right? What was his name again?

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(WHISPERING) I forget.

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(SCANNER BEEPS) $8.50.

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