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Le jour d'apres
By Roland Emmerich

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[MOTOR RATTLING]
You see how it's done?
Yeah, l think l got the hang of it.
You better. The boss will chew my head
off if these cores get messed up.

JASON:
Don't worry.

FRANK:
We're at 26 feet.
You let Jason operate the drill?
Yeah, he can handle it.

JASON:
I didn't do anything.

JACK:
Let go of the drill!
Forget it, Jack! It's too late!
[GRUNTS]
You're not gonna make it!

FRANK:
Jack!
Jack! Give me your hand!
[GRUNTlNG]
I've got you!
[ALL GROANlNG]
What were you thinking?
-What's happening?
-The whole damn shelf is breaking off!
That's what's happening!

JACK:
in these ice cores is evidence of...
...a cataclysmic climate shift
which occurred around 1 0,000 years ago.
The concentration of these natural
greenhouse gases in the ice cores...
...indicates that runaway warming
pushed Earth into an ice age...
...which lasted two centuries.
[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

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TRANSLATOR:
I'm confused.
I thought you were talking about
global warming, not an ice age.

JACK:
Yes, it is a paradox...
...but global warming can trigger
a cooling trend. Let me explain.
The Northern Hemisphere owes its
climate to the North Atlantic Current.
Heat from the sun arrives at the equator
and is carried north by the ocean.
But global warming is melting the polar
icecaps and disrupting this flow.
Eventually it will shut down.
And when that occurs...
...there goes our warm climate.
Excuse me. When do you think this
could happen, professor? When?
I don't know. Maybe in 1 00 years,
maybe in 1 000. But what l do know is...
...that if we do not act soon,
our children and grandchildren...
...will have to pay the price.
And who's going to pay the price
of the Kyoto Accord?
It would cost the world's economy
hundreds of billions of dollars.
With all due respect,
Mr. Vice President...
...the cost of doing nothing
could be even higher.
Our climate is fragile.
At the rate we're burning fossil fuels
and polluting the environment...
...the icecaps will soon disappear.
Professor Hall...
...our economy is every bit as fragile
as the environment.
Perhaps you should keep that in mind
before making sensationalist claims.
Well, the last chunk of ice

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that broke off...
...was about the size of Rhode lsland.
Some people might call that
pretty sensational.
[CROWD LAUGHlNG]

PROTESTORS:
Stop global warming!

REPORTER:
Conference in New Delhi...
...where, if you can believe it,
it's snowing.
The coldest weather on record
has thrown the city into chaos...
...with homeless people
freezing to death.
Taxi! Taxi!
I enjoyed your testimony, professor.
It was very spirited.

JACK:
here for, right? Put on a good show?
Quite. l was wondering
if l could talk to you...
...about your theory
on abrupt climate shift.
The name's Rapson. Terry Rapson.
Professor Rapson?
Of the Hedland Center?
-That's me.
-l've read your work on ocean currents.
-What do you say to a spot of tea?
-Absolutely. If we can hail a cab.
Oh.
[WHlSTLES]
Over here.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
[WlND WHlSTLlNG]
[BEEPlNG]
[MAN SNORlNG]

MAN [ON TV]:

leads 3-1 over hometown Celtic...

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...in this pivotal
Champions League match.
We return 63 minutes into
the second half as Manchester United...
-...looks to put the game out of reach.
-Oh.
Let's get back to our commentator...
...Donald MacFariand.
What? Yeah.
-l just closed my eyes for a sec, man.
-Yeah.
The baby kept us awake all night.

MAN [ON TV]:

-Yeah!
[BEEPlNG]

SlMON:
is showing a temperature drop...
...of 1 3 degrees.
-Yeah? Where is 431 1 ?
-Well, it's....
-Georges Bank.
-lt's rough seas out there.
Must have knocked it about.

DENNlS:
Kick that bloody ball. Come on!
Come on, kick it now. Kick it!
-Kick it!
-Are the lads winning?
Hello, professor. How was India?
Oh, you know what these
scientific gatherings are.
All dancing girls, wine and parties.
[LAUGHlNG]
[MAN SPEAKlNG IN JAPANESE
OVER MEGAPHONE]
[SIREN WAILlNG]
[MEN CHATTERlNG lN JAPANESE]
[CELL PHONE RlNGlNG]
WOMAN [OVER PHONE lN JAPANESE]:
MAN [lN JAPANESE]:
[GASPlNG]

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[SCREAMlNG]
[WOMAN SPEAKlNG
IN JAPANESE OVER PHONE]
REPORTER [ON TV]: The fury ofHurricane
Noeiani stunned experts yesterday...
...slamming into the island chain...
[PHONE RlNGING]
...with a force
never before witnessed.
Meteoroiogists aiready beiieve this to be
the strongest hurricane ever recorded....

LUCY:
Are you gonna get that?
REPORTER [ON TV]:
lt wili leave a wake of death....
-Hello?
-l just saw that Sam got an F in calculus.

LUCY:
I get a copy of his report card too.
Sam is a straight-A student.
He doesn't fail classes.

LUCY:
I don't have time to talk about this now.

JACK:
Well, maybe you ought to make time.
Excuse me, I'm not the one who's away
for months and months at a time.

JACK:
I just don't understand.

LUCY:
him to the airport in the morning?
Sam's getting on a plane?
He joined
the Scholastic Decathlon Team.
-They're competing in New York.

JACK:
-Yeah, I think there's a girl involved.

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JACK:

LUCY:
Can you pick him up at 8:30?
I gotta go because I'm on cail tonight.
Don't be late. l don't want
him taking a taxi again.
All right. Okay. l'll be there.
Okay? l'll be there.
[SIGHS]

WOMAN [OVER PA]:

This morning's weather staff meeting...
...has been moved to Room B.
Jack?
I know you're good at rubbing people
the wrong way...
...but why would you aggravate
the vice president?
Because my 1 7-year-old kid
knows more science than he does.
Your 1 7-year-old kid
does not control our budget.
-Who cares if he hates you.
-My son doesn't hate me.
If Raymond Becker pulls our budget--

JACK:
-Wait-- Will you--? Jack.
[HORN HONKlNG]
Oh, my God.
-l'm sorry l'm late.

SAM:
That's okay. l'll take care of it.

SAM:
-Here you go.

JACK:
I'm not angry. l'm disappointed.

SAM:

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-How can there be two sides?
I got every question right on the final.
Mr. Spengler failed me...
-...because l didn't write the solutions.
-Why not?
I do them in my head.
-Did you tell him that?
-l did. He didn't believe me.
He said if he can't do them in his head,
I'm cheating.
Ridiculous. How can he fail you
for being smarter than he is?
That's what l said.
You did?
-How'd he take it?
-He flunked me, remember?
Oh, yeah.
Sam, l'm sorry.
I jumped to conclusions.
I'm gonna call this guy
and have a word with him.
We'll straighten this out.

MAN:
Hey, you can't park there.
-Don't worry about it.

JACK:
Sam.
FLIGHT DIRECTOR [OVER RADlO]:
Parker, this is Houston.
We're seeing some bad weather
over Canaverai.
It doesn't look iike you're coming back
this week.
Your wife's gonna give me an earful.
Roger that.

HIDEKl:
at this storm system. lt's enormous.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
You all right?
He's afraid of flying.
I'm fine.

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[BEEPS]
Statistically, the chance of a plane
going down because of turbulence...
...is less than, what, one in a billion?
Or is it a million?
-l can't remember if it's a--
-Shut up, Brian.
Listen, Sam...
...don't pay attention to him, okay?
Everything's fine.
They're still serving drinks.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[BEEPS]

PlLOT [OVER PA]:

we're gonna have a bumpy ride...
...for the next few minutes.
Please fasten your seat belts
and put your tray tables...
...and seats in their upright positions
untii we get through this. Thank you.
Whoa!

STEWARDESS:
Grab it. Watch out!
[GASPlNG]
[PASSENGERS SCREAMING]

LAURA:
Sam?
-Sam.
-Hm?
Can l have my hand back?
I can't believe l'll be alone
with my mom.
Be patient with her. She's been
looking forward to this holiday.
I know.
I love you.
I love you too.
Hey.
Hey, hello. Bye-bye.

MAN [ON TV]:

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weather remains a mystery...
...aithough some meteorologists
believe sunspots are to biame.
-Hundreds are missing....

RAPSON:
[COMPUTER BEEPING]
There's a buoy registering
a 1 3-degree drop in temperature.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
That buoy malfunctioned the other day.
I'll see if there are ships near
Georges Bank to get it.
This buoy isn't in Georges Bank.
It's just off Greenland.

SlMON:
What?
-What are the odds of two buoys failing?
-Remote.
Make that three.
[HORNS HONKING]

LUTHER:
York City. Traffic jam, 1 0 blocks long.
Look here, Buddha. These people,
and their cars, and their exhaust...
...and they're polluting the atmosphere.

LAURA:
Excuse me, sir. We're really late.
We're almost there.
-We're only two blocks away.
-Let's walk.
[DOG BARKlNG]
[BIRDS CHIRPlNG]
[SEAL BARKING]
[BEAR ROARING]
What's gotten into them?

CESAR:
They're all worked up today.
[WOLVES HOWLING]
In 1 532, Spanish conquistador

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Francisco Pizarro...
...defeated this Incan emperor at the
Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca.
What is his name? Time.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
Montezuma.
No, no, Montezuma was in Mexico,
not Peru.
It's, like, Anta-something.
-Atahualpa?
-That's it!

REFEREE:
Time's up. Correct answers, please.
That's five points for Woodmont
and five points for Pinehurst Academy.
[CROWD APPLAUDlNG]
Next question.
In what year did Louis Quatorze
ascend to the throne of France?
[MUSlC PLAYlNG]
[CHATTERlNG]
This place is so retro, it might actually
be cool if it were on purpose.
Mm.
Yeah, look at all these nerds.
Hey.
You look beautiful.
Thanks. This place is incredible.
Do you believe this is their cafeteria?
You played a great first round.
So did you.
These are my teammates,
Sam and Brian.
-l'm Laura.
-Oh, I'm J.D.
-Your school's amazing.
-Would you like a tour?
Sure. That'd be great.
Could you hold this for a sec?
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
Man, you got some serious competition.

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SAM:
Please.
-And I'll bet he's really rich too.
-Shut up.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
[PHONE RlNGING]
-Who is it?

RAPSON:
Sorry to cail you so early.
No, professor, it's all right.
What is it?

RAPSON:
something extraordinary.
Extraordinary and disturbing, that is.
You recall what you said in New Delhi
about how polar melting...
...might disrupt
the North Atlantic Current?

JACK:
Yes.

RAPSON:
Well...
...l think it's happening.
What do you mean?

RAPSON:
registered a 1 3-degree drop...
...in surface temperature.
I've sent you an e-mail.
Hold on.

RAPSON:
At first we thought it was a malfunction.
But there are four more across the
North Atlantic showing the same thing.

JACK:
This is unbelievable.
You predicted it would happen.

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JACK:
This is too fast.
There are no forecast models
remotely capable...
...of plotting this scenario, except yours.
My model is a reconstruction
of a prehistoric climate shift.
It's not a forecast model.

RAPSON:
It's the closest thing we have.
Nothing like this has ever
happened before.
At least not in the last 1 0,000 years.
[WlND WHlSTLlNG]
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]

TOMMY [ON TV]:

the sweil off Hurricane Noelani is incredible.
These waves are even bigger
than i imagined. Just take a look.
[PHONE RlNGING]
Shouldn't you be monitoring
the weather?
This is L.A. What weather?
Wait. What's that noise?

BOB:
What noise?
[MOTOR HUMMlNG]
[PHONE RlNGING]
[SIGHS]
Honey, l'll be right back.
REPORTER [ON TV]:
The Coast Guard closed the beaches...
...as waves have grown
too big for surfers.
-L.A. Weather Center.

MAN:
I'm in the middle of something.
What do you need?
[GRUNTlNG]

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TOMMY:
of golf balls coming down here.

MAN [ON TV]:

system along the coast...
...is creating a cycionic system
across the L.A. Basin.
[PHONE RlNGING]

JEFF:
-Boss, turn on The Weather Channel.
I think we have to issue
a tornado warning.
What are you talking about?
REPORTER [ON TV]: Palmdale and
Lancaster are reporting wind speeds....
Hold on a second.
REPORTER [ON TV]:
Conditions unusual for California.
[WlND WHlSTLlNG]
We're building a forecast model,
we need-- What?
Priority access to the mainframe
for two days, maybe three.
-ls that it? Anything else?
-We need it immediately.
I'd say you've lost your mind...
...but you've been this way
for the past 20 years.

JACK:
Tom, this is important.

JANET:
you're building?

GOMEZ:
Janet's a hurricane specialist with NASA.
Jack's a paleoclimatologist, and l
have absolutely no idea what he's up to.
Booker. What's going on here?

BOOKER:
warning in Los Angeles.

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REPORTER 1 [ON TV]: Breaking news as
we prepare to go live to Los Angeles.
Report's just coming in.
Reports are coming in about extreme
weather in the area.
Okay, we're now going iive
to our Fox affiliate in Los Angeies.
REPORTER 2 ON [TV]: We have live
coverage now from our Fox 1 1 chopper.
Are you there, Bart?
Yes, l'm here. These tornadoes
are forming so fast--

PlLOT:
-What? Oh! Oh, my God.
Lisa, are you getting this on camera?
This tornado just erased
the Hollywood sign.
The Holiywood sign is gone.
It's just shredded.

LlSA:
Bart, what can you see? ls anyone hurt?

BART:
There is so much damage.
And there are people down there
taking pictures.
Hey, what the hell are you guys doing?
Go for cover!
You can't stay here! Get out of here!

TOMMY:
two actual tornadoes...
...striking Los Angeles
International Airport.
Wait. lt looks like they've joined
and formed one large tornado.

CAMERAMAN:
-Oh, my God!
Holy shit!
REPORTER [ON TV]: I'd like to urge our
viewers to stay away....

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-Jeff, where are you?
-l'm on Yucca and Vine.
-l'm on my way.
-You're on TV. You're in the middle of it.
God! Oh, my God!
You gotta get out of there, man.

BART:
That bus got dropped on that Porsche!
[DlAL TONE BUZZING]
I hope no one was in that car.
REPORTER 2 [ON TV]: For our national
audience joining us...
...we are going live to downtown
Los Angeies right now. Tommy?
If you look over there behind me,
that's a tornado.
Yes, a twister in Los Angeles.
It's one of many tornadoes
that are destroying our city.
There's another one.
That's the Los Angeles skyline.
It's unbelievable! lt's huge!
I've never seen anything like it.
[GASPlNG]
What's happening?
It looks like some sort of...
...huge, horrific, terrifying nightmare--

CAMERAMAN:
-This is the real thing.
[ELECTRlClTY CRACKLlNG]
[WlND WHlSTLlNG]
[INDlSTlNCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]
[CAR ALARM BLARING]
Yes, l'm looking at it right now.
[CHATTER OVER TV]
-Yes, it is.

BLAKE:
I'll call you back.
Mr. President, Los Angeles has been
devastated by a series of tornadoes.
On top of that, the FAA wants your

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approval to suspend all air traffic.
-What do you think we should do?
-Until we can figure it out...
...l don't think we have much choice, sir.
REPORTER [ON TV]: What you're seeing
is what's left of downtown Los Angeies.
Hey, man, l just got off the phone
with my mom.
Excuse me. I'm really sorry,
but we need to change the channel.
[CROWD YELLlNG]
REPORTER [ON TV]: The FAA haS
grounded ali air traffic in the United States.
Unfortunately, the order came too late
for two planes...
...brought down by severe turbulence
in the Midwest.
-The first fiight....
-So much for "one in a billion."
[CHATTERlNG]
All right. All right, listen up, everybody.
Listen up, please.
We've got a lot of work to do,
and we don't have much time...
...so let's get started, please. Vorsteen?
All our grid models are worthless.
I don't think grid models
are gonna be a lot of help here.
Canadians report tremendous circulation
moving from the Arctic.
In Siberia, there's a low-pressure system
never before seen.
And Australia just saw
the strongest typhoon ever recorded.

LANSON:
These are interconnected?

BOOKER:
We have to consider the possibility.
The only force strong enough to affect
global weather is the sun.
-What's NASA have to say?
-We've already checked.

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Solar output is normal.

JACK:
What about the North Atlantic Current?

VORSTEEN:
What about it?
I got a call last night from
Professor Rapson at the Hedland Center.
He thinks the current has changed.
[CHATTERlNG]
Oh, come on, Jack.
How could that be?
The current depends upon a balance
of salt and freshwater.
-We all know that.
-Yes...
...but no one knows
how much freshwater...
...has been dumped into the ocean
because of melting polar ice.
I think we've hit a critical
desalinization point.
[CHATTERlNG]
It would explain what's driving
this extreme weather.
Hedland had some
pretty convincing data.
They've asked me to feed it
into my paleoclimate model...
...to track the next events.
Are you suggesting these weather
anomalies are gonna continue?
Not just continue. Get worse.
I think we're on the verge
of a major climate shift.
[CHATTERlNG]

JACK:
the Administration?
What do you expect me to tell them?
The government has
to make preparations.
-You have a theory.

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-Give me the mainframe. l'll prove it.
No.
You have 48 hours.

JANET:
-Yes.
-l think your theory may be correct.
-Walk with me.
Just a few weeks ago, l monitored
the strongest hurricane on record.
The hail, the tornadoes, it all fits.
Can your model factor in
storm scenarios?
-We haven't had the time.
-Well, maybe I can help.
-Welcome aboard.
-Thanks.
Hi, l'm Jason.
-Hi.
-Hi.
Ow.

LUCY:
Do you have Peter's CT scan results?
Yeah. The treatments
shrunk the tumor 20 percent.
-ls his eyesight better today?
-No. No change.
[MONITOR BEEPlNG]
-Hi, Peter. How are you doing today?
-A little better.
Good.
Let me listen here.
Can you read that?
No, but I remember the story
from the pictures.
You do?
My mother used to read it to me.
She must be very proud of you.
You've been such a brave, big boy.
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]

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JASON:
-Thank you.
Jack, you've been working
for 24 hours straight.
You're the only one
who hasn't taken a break.
[SIGHS]
Maybe I'll try to shut my eyes
for a while.
Call me when you get the results.
Frank, is he always so obsessive?
-Yeah.
-Yes.
Does he ever lighten up?
-Not really.
-No.
How long have you been working
together?
Well, Frank's been working with him...
...since the Stone Age, but l've only
had to endure two years of servitude.
Jack.
Jack, we got the results.
Six to eight months? That can't be.
That time scale isn't in months.
It's in weeks.
REPORTER [ON TV]: WideSpread flooding
has caused numerous ciosures...
...including the Lincoln
and Holiand Tunnels.

SAM:
is really old.
With this rain,
the sewage got stopped up.

JACK:
Where are you staying?

SAM:
with kids here.
You can't get home any sooner
than tomorrow?
Well, look, Dad, l would if l could,

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you know. It's just....
-Where we should stay.
-Stay at my place.
This smell is unbearable, Dad.
Stop kidding around! l want you home.
Dad, I'll be on the train.
Do me a favor. Just don't worry
about me. l'll figure it out.
All right, son. I'll see you tomorrow.
Hey, Sam, guess what.
[COUGHlNG]
We got a place to stay.
Great.
REPORTER [ON TV]:
The terrible weather hasn't hit D.C...
...but iocai residents
aren't taking chances...
...as people stock up for what is already
being bilied as...
-...the worst storm season on record.
-Better be sure.
-My ass is on the line.
-You saw the model.
And l hope to God it's wrong.
-Mr. Vice President.
-Tom.
-You know Professor Hall.
-Yes, we've met.
Professor Hall has some information
I think you should look at.
We just got these results
from our simulation model.
They explain what's causing
this weather.
I'll read it later. l have to meet
with the director of FEMA--
This is very urgent.
Our climate is changing violently. lt will
happen over the next six to eight weeks.
You said this wouldn't happen
for another 1 00 years.
-l was wrong.
-Well, suppose you're wrong this time.
I wish I were, but you're aware

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of what's happening everywhere.
We're making all the necessary
preparations for this storm.
What more do you expect?
You have to start thinking about
large-scale evacuations right now.
Especially in the Northern states.
-Evacuations?
-Yes.
Have you lost your mind, Hall?
I have to go.
Mr. Vice President! lf we don't act now,
it's going to be too late.
Come on, Jack.

LAURA:
-l couldn't let you leave New York...
...without seeing
the Natural History Museum.
Of course not. It's a fine collection
of stuffed animals.
Hey, guys, check this out.
"The body of this mammoth
was found...
...perfectly preserved
in the Siberian tundra...
...with food still in its mouth
and stomach...
...indicating that it froze instantly
while grazing."
REPORTER [ON TV]: It's been 24
hours since snow started failing...
...across the British isies...
...and over Northern Europe.
It shows no signs of letting up.
No, no, no.
You've got to stop worrying. No, no.
It's fine. We've got plenty of supplies.
We're just snowed in.
Yeah. No, it's all right. It's all right.
No, you stay where you are.
I'll be fine.
Yeah, l love you too. Okay, bye.
-Hey. How's Jeanette?

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-Oh, fine.
The ferry just landed.

DENNlS:
Wish I was there.
REPORTER [ON TV]: A Search-and-reScue
team has been depioyed by helicopter...
...to airiift the royai famiiy to safety.
-Yeah, you think they'll come get us?
-Not likely.
Luckily we've got our own genny,
enough tea and biscuits to sink a ship.
Oh, we'll be fine.
As long as the loo
doesn't back up again.
[LAUGHlNG]
REPORTER [ON TV]: In Ireland, thoSe
remaining in Belfast and Bambridge...
...have been urged to evacuate
to Dublin as soon as possibie.
The north continues to receive
the worst of the storm...
...and conditions in the south
are expected to worsen.

PILOT 1:
Maintain heading and speed.

PlLOT 2:

COPlLOT:
Approximately 40 kilometers
from Balmoral Castle.

PlLOT 1 :
We've lost visual contact with you.
-This gauge can't be right.

PILOT 1:
We have verticai walis
of cirrus cioud formations.
[BUZZlNG]

COPlLOT:

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What is going on?

PlLOT 2:
are starting to freeze.
[YELLING lNDlSTlNCTLY]

PlLOT 3:
The rotor rpm is dropping.
We've got a flameout on
the starboard side as well.
Prepare for crash landing.
Select emergency fuel.
Come on, you bastard!
Come on!

RAPSON:
is supposed to be confidential.
Several hours ago, three helicopters
went down over Scotland.
They crashed because the fuel
in their lines froze.

JACK:
At what temperature does--?

RAPSON:
Negative 1 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
We had to iook it up.
The temperature dropped
phenomenally fast.
On the ground, people froze before
they could get out of their cars even.
Can you get a satellite picture
of Scotland two hours ago?
-Yeah.
-We've got mountains of data...
...but nowhere near enough computer
power to analyze it. Can you help us?
Send us what you got.
We'll do our best.

RAPSON:
Thanks, Jack. Bye for now.
This is Scotland at the time

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the temperature dropped.

FRANK:
This thing looks just like a hurricane.

JANET:
Only hurricanes don't form over land.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
-Good evening, sir.
-Hey, Harold.
-Thanks. See you in the morning.
-Right, sir.

DOORMAN:

J.D.:

LAURA:
Wow.
You live here?

J.D.:
Just on the weekends.
It's my dad's place.
He's kind of never around, so....
Where is he?
Skiing in Europe with my stepmom.

LAURA:
Is this you and your brother?
Yeah, that's when we took
a bike trip together.
It's been raining like this
for three days now.
[HORNS HONKING]

MAN:
Come on, hurry up.
I'm just standing here.
You can't stay here.

LUTHER:
I never liked this neighborhood.
REPORTER 1 [ON TV]: It's a mob Scene

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here at Grand Central Station.
Over half the platforms are flooded and
service has been suspended on ali trains.
With pianes stiil grounded
and trains now out of service...
...that's bad news for the....
Victor's coming to pick me up.
You guys want a ride to the train station?
Not anymore.
REPORTER 2 [ON TV]: In Nova Scotia
eariier today the ocean rose by 25 feet...
...in a matter of seconds.
What we have feared for the past
few days has indeed happened.
The cold front moving from the Arctic...
...has created an enormous
storm system in Canada...
...which, incredible as it sounds,
looks more iike a tropicai hurricane....
I gotta go pick up my little brother.
Do you guys want a ride?
Where is he?

J.D.:
He's in a boarding school in Philadelphia.
REPORTER 2 [ON TV]:
If this system moves south...
...we could see
a wind-driven storm surge...
...threaten the entire
Eastern Seaboard.
Okay, bye.
Victor's stuck in traffic
over on Fifth Avenue.
It'll be easier
if we meet him over there.
-All right.
-You mean walk?
No, not in this.
We should take the stairs.
We're on the top floor.
I guess we're walking.
[HORNS HONKING]
Maybe we should just stay here.

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I think the young lady is right.
No. We need to get home.
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[GOATS NElGHING]
Hey, Cesar, come here.

CESAR:
What are you doing?
The wolves, they're gone.
REPORTER [ON TV]: To give you
an idea of the situation...
...which seems to be becoming worse
with each passing minute:
At the moment, we have fiooding
in most parts of the isiand.
We've got traffic snari-ups
because the electricity is now out...
...to aimost every part of Manhattan.
No traffic signais.
Car accidents, at least 200.
And iower Manhattan, we've been toid,
is virtuaily inaccessible.
[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Can you call Mom?
Will you please phone her for me?

SECURITY GUARD:
Hey.
[GRUNTlNG]
That dog can't come in here.
Come on, man. It's pouring out there.
I don't care. Read the sign.
It's supposed to be a public library.
[DOG BARKlNG]

J.D.:
Come on, guys, this way.

GARY:
Excuse me. Your bad.

TONY:
waterproof raincoat.

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GARY:

PAUL:

GARY:
That's because it's New York.
Hey! Hey!
-Open up.

BUS DRlVER:
-Come on.
-lt's out of service.
-l'll give you $1 00.

BUS DRlVER:
No, really. $200. I won't have it.
God, I love buses. This is so much fun.
This is gonna be the bomb.

J.D.:
Hello?
-l can't reach my driver. No signal.

LAURA:
We're not gonna be able to drive.
We should go back.

BRlAN:
-Are you kidding? We have to get higher!
Come on.
Up to the library.

CAMPBELL:
Calm down.
[WOMAN SHOUTING IN FRENCH]
I can't understand what you're saying.
If you stay calm, ma'am,
I'll get you out.
[EXCLAIMS]

CABBIE:
The door is jammed!
I don't speak French!

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[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Hey, where's Laura?
-She was just right there.
-She's right there! Right there, see?
What is she doing?
Tell them to cover their eyes.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[CHILD SHRIEKS]
REPORTER [OVER RADIO]: There is a wall
of water coming towards New York City--
[SCREAMING]
[GASPING]
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

CAMPBELL:
-Her bag's in the cab. Their passports.

CAMPBELL:
Forget about it.

LAURA:

CAMPBELL:
[RUMBLING]
Oh, my....
Laura!
-Sam.
-No! Brian, no!
Laura! Laura, look!
Come on. Come!
Come on!

BRIAN:
Sam!

J.D.:
No!
[GLASS SHATTERING, SAM SCREAMS]
[CROWD SHRIEKS, DOG YELPS]

SlMON:
Professor.

RAPSON:

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Oh, thank you.
-ls that Neville's handiwork?
-Neville's way beyond stick figures.
-He's 6 already.
-Oh.
No, this masterpiece belongs
to my second grandson, David.
God. I can't believe Neville's 6 already.
You won't believe how fast they grow.
I've got Jack Hall on the phone.
They've run the data we've sent them.
Here he is.
Jack, were you able to re-create
the thermal cycle?
Yes. The storm's rotation...
...is pulling supercooled air all the way
down from the upper troposphere.
But shouldn't the air warm up
before it reaches ground level?

JACK:
The air's descending too rapidiy.
Is this an isolated incident?
I'm afraid not.
We've located two supercells
in addition to the one over Scotland.
One over Northern Canada...
...and another one over Siberia.
And do we know their projected paths?

JACK:
Yes.
Our previous estimates of six to
eight weeks weren't even close.
This one storm is going to change
the face of our pianet.
Here's a projection of 24 hours out.
This is 48 hours out.
And in seven to 1 0 days....
When this storm is over...
...we'il be in a new ice age.
My God.
Professor...
...it's time you got out of there.

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I'm afraid that time has
come and gone, my friend.
What can we do?
Save as many as you can.
[STATIC CRACKLES]
[DlAL TONE BUZZING]
[PHONE RlNGS]

FRANK:
Jack...
...something's happened in New York.
No, the power is out.
I've been in here all day.

SECURITY GUARD:

WOMAN:
[BABY CRYlNG]
[CHATTERlNG]
[DOG WHlMPERlNG]
What?
This is the last one. Enjoy it.
Greedy.
OPERATOR [OVER PHONE]:
Ali circuits are busy at this time.
Listen, thanks for coming back for me.
It was really brave.
I guess I better return her bag.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

J.D.:
Sam?
Just tell her how you feel.
Yeah.
[DlALING]
-Did you reach your little brother yet?
-No, there's still no service.
Damn cell phones.
-Excuse me.
-Yes.
Are there pay phones
on the upper floors?
No, no, no.
-There are some on the mezzanine.

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-Great.
-But l think it's underwater.
-Where you going? Power's out.

SAM:
directly from the line.

WOMAN [OVER PA]:

There will be an emergency meeting....
Oh, God. l've been trying to reach Sam.
So have l.
I tried to call and couldn't get you.
It's been a madhouse here. Come on.
Are you sure about this?
[GRUNTlNG]
[DlAL TONE BUZZING]
It works.
I love that picture.

LUCY:
Yeah, so do l.
Where was that taken?
Miami.
Well, where was l?
I don't remember that trip.
Sam and l went with my sister.
You were in Alaska...
...doing research on your doctorate.
[SIGHS]
Remember what he was like
when he was that age?
Everything was "one more."
One more bedtime story. One more ride
on my shoulders. "One more, Daddy."
Jack. Sam's on the phone. Line four.
-Sam?
-Dad!

JACK:
-l'm all right. We're at the Public Library.
-lt's Mom. l'm so happy you're okay.

SAM:
Can you call Laura and Brian's parents

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and tell them we're all right?

LUCY:
Yes, of course.
-Sam, what's that noise?
-Sam?
Sam?
[GASPlNG]

SAM:
What is going on out there, Dad?
Sam. Sam, listen to me.
Listen very carefully.
Forget what l said about heading south.
It's too late.
The storm is gonna get worse.
It'il turn into a massive biizzard with an
eye in the center like a huge hurricane.
Uh-huh.
Only the air will be so cold,
you could freeze to death in seconds.

LAURA:
Sam?
-Well, what should we do?

JACK:
Do not go outside.
Burn what you can to stay warm,
and try to wait it out.
I will come for you. Do you
understand me? l will come for you.
[GRUNTlNG]

LAURA:
Sam?
-Sam, come back!

JACK:

LUCY:
Sam?

JACK:

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Sam, did you hear me?
Did you hear me?

LUCY:
Sam?
-Tell me he's gonna be okay--
-He's gonna be all right.
He's gonna be all right,
you understand?
[GASPlNG]
I thought you'd drowned.
Let's find some dry clothes for you.
Come on.
Where'd you store the arctic gear?
You can't make it to New York, Jack.
I've walked that far before in the snow.

FRANK:
This is not the same.
Jack, this is not the same.
Lucy, tell him.
I have to do this.
I know.

SAM:
My hands are shak--
-Shaking.
-That's okay. Here.
Here. Come here.
What are you doing?
I'm using my body heat to warm you.
If we let the blood
from your arms and legs...
...rush back to your heart
too quickly...
...your heart could fail.
[SAM GASPING]
Where--?
Where did you learn that?
Some of us were actually
paying attention in health class.
How are you feeling?
Much better.

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GOMEZ:
Frank told me about Sam.
I won't try to talk you out of going,
but there's something l need first.
You have to explain your results
to the Administration.
-l already tried that, Tom.
-l know. lt'll be different.
You're gonna brief the president directly.

CAMPBELL:

LAURA:

CAMPBELL:
Okay.
We also found this radio,
but I don't think it works.
Let me see it.
[DOG BARKlNG]
Buddha, keep quiet.
You ain't even supposed
to be in here anyway.
[RUMBLING]
[METAL SCRAPING]
Come on, guys.
Oh, my God.
[GLASS SHATTERlNG]
The basic rule of storms
is they continue...
...until the imbalance that
created them is corrected.
In this case, we're talking
about a global realignment.
This superstorm will last
seven to 1 0 days.
When it's over, ice and snow will cover
the entire Northern Hemisphere.
The ice and snow will reflect sunlight.
The Earth's atmosphere will restabilize...
...with an average temperature
close to that of the last lce Age.
Well, what can we do about this?
Head as far south as possible.

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That is not amusing, professor.
Where do you suggest they go?
The farther south they go,
the safer they'll be.
Texas. Parts of Florida that aren't
flooded. Mexico would be best.
Mexico? Maybe you should stick
to science and leave policy to us.

GOMEZ:
Well, we tried that approach.
You didn't wanna hear about the science
when it could have made a difference.
What exactly are you proposing,
professor?
Evacuate everyone south of that line.
What about the people in the North?
I'm afraid it's too late for them.
If they go outside...
...the storm will kill them.
At this point...
...their best chance is to stay inside.
Try to ride it out.
Pray.
What do you think he'll do?
I don't know.
Jack...
...thanks...
...and good luck.
You too.
We're all gonna need it.
We can't evacuate half the country...
...because one scientist thinks
the climate is shifting.
-Every minute we delay costs lives.
-And the other half of the country?
If Professor Hall is right
about this storm...
...sending troops north will
create more victims.
We need to save the people
we can right now.
We take the same approach in triage
on the battlefield.

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Sometimes it's necessary
to make difficult choices--
I don't accept abandoning
half the country is necessary.
Maybe if you listened sooner,
it wouldn't be.
Bullshit. lt's easy for him
to suggest this plan.
-He's safely here in Washington.
-His son is in Manhattan.
I thought you should know before
you start questioning his motives.
We're going to follow Hall's plan.
-General.
-Sir?
Give the order for the National Guard
to evacuate Southern states.

PlERCE:
Yes, sir.
Vivian...
...get me my wife.
[WlND WHlSTLlNG]
[GENERATOR WHIRRlNG]

DENNlS:
but we're just about out of petrol.

SlMON:
Hey.
Is there any chance...
...that it'll run...
...on this?

RAPSON:
Are you mad?
That's a 1 2-year-old Scotch.
[LAUGHS]
Gentlemen.
To England.
To mankind.
To Manchester United.
I just....
I just wish l could have seen

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him grow up. You know?
The important thing is he will grow up.
Amen.

CAMPBELL:
have somebody help you.
Sir, l am president
of the Electronics Club...
...the Math Club and the Chess Club.
Now, if there's a bigger nerd in here,
please, point him out.
I'll just leave you alone
to work on it, okay?

LUTHER:
come on. Do your business.
Look, there's nobody around.
You know what? l'll turn around.
I won't look. l promise.
[DOG BARKlNG]
What?
Hey, man, there's people out there.
I was walking my dog.
There's hundreds of them.
They're walking on the snow.

MAN:
Where they all going?
They're getting out of the city
before it's too late.

CAMPBELL:
All right, everybody. Quiet down.
When was the last time anyone
got a signal on a cell phone?
I got through to my cousin
in Memphis an hour ago.
They're being evacuated to the South.

CAMPBELL:
We should get moving.
The water is frozen over
enough to walk on.
We should go before

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the snow gets too deep.
[CHATTERlNG]

CAMPBELL:
up as fast as you can.
We shouldn't go.
Why not, Sam? Everyone's leaving.
When I talked to my dad,
he told me to stay inside.
The storm will kill anybody in it.
-Then you have to say something.
-l know.
Excuse me, sir, you're making a mistake.
What? Listen, we're all scared,
but we've got no choice.
-That's not it.
-Get ready to go.
If these people go outside,
they will freeze to death!
Okay, what is this nonsense?
It's not nonsense. All right?
Look, this storm is gonna get worse.
The people caught outside
will freeze to death.
-Where are you getting this?
-My dad's a climatologist.
-He works for the government.
-So, what do we do?
We stay inside, we keep warm,
and we wait it out.
The snow is getting deeper
by the minute.
We'd be trapped here
without food, supplies....
-lt's a risk, yeah--

CAMPBELL:

SAM:
No, no. It's not.

CAMPBELL:
We've wasted enough time talking.
Let's go.

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-Look, look. Just look for a second.

CAMPBELL:
This storm is gonna get bad.
It's gonna get really, really bad.
You're not gonna be able to survive it.
Believe me.
Sir, please just stay. Just stay.
Just don't....

MARIA:
Come on, straight to the back, guys.
JACK [OVER PHONE]:
It'il be impossible to reach each other.
Leave a message for me
at the embassy in Mexico City.
Okay, l will.
I love you.
I love you, Jack.
Tell Sam l love him so much.
God be with you.
-Dr. Hall?
-Yeah.
We haven't been able
to reach Peter's parents.
-l'm gonna try later, okay?
-Okay. Thank you.
I got it.
You're supposed to be on a bus
heading south.
I've been watching your back for 20
years. You think l'd let you go alone?
And all these years l thought
I was watching your back.
Where are the keys?
In the truck.
Where do you think you're going?
Neither one of you can navigate
worth a damn.
Without me, you'll end up in Cleveland.
I'll try to give you updates on
the storm as it heads your way.
Good luck, Jack.

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REPORTER 1 :
the U.S.-Mexico border.
Just half an hour ago,
Mexican officials closed the border...
...in the light of so many U.S. refugees
who are fleeing south...
...in the wake of the approaching storm.
These people came in anticipation
of crossing into Mexico.
Instead, they've been met
with ciosed gates.

REPORTER 2:
reversai of iliegai immigration...
...thousands of people are crossing
the Rio Grande into Mexico.
The scene unfolding here behind me
is one of desperation and frustration.
People have abandoned their cars,
grabbed their beiongings...
...and they are wading across the river
iilegally into Mexico.

JUDlTH:
Here it is.
This fireplace probably hasn't
been used in about 1 00 years.
All right.
-What are you doing?
-What did you think we would burn?
-You can't burn books.
-No, absolutely not.
You want to freeze to death?
I'll go get some more.
I'll help you.
I'm going with them.
Okay, do you have a cafeteria
or a lunchroom?
Just an employees' lounge
with a few vending machines.
[DOG BARKlNG]
We're not gonna last long
on M&M's and potato chips.
What about the garbage cans?

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There's always something
to eat in the garbage.
Friedrich Nietzsche?
We can't burn Nietzsche.
He was the most important thinker
of the 1 9th century.
Please. He was a chauvinist pig
in love with his sister.
He was not a chauvinist pig.
But he was in love with his sister.

BRlAN:
Excuse me? You guys?
Yeah, there's a whole section on tax law
down here that we can burn.
REPORTER [ON TV]: After hours of
uncertainty, traffic is moving smoothly...
...from the United States into Mexico.
This is only possible because the
president was able to negotiate a deai...
...to forgive ali Latin American debt
in exchange for opening the border.
Now, multitudes of American families
are feeiing a rush of reiief....
[LUCY SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]
Lucy?
Is Peter's ambulance here?
No.
-Why?
-They've all gone.
-What?
-ln the confusion...
...l don't know what happened.
People started to panic, and they left....
-God.
-There's a policeman with a snowplow.
-He's waiting outside.
-God.
Peter can't be moved in anything
but an ambulance.
I called and left a message
for the county ambulance service.
Okay.
Okay, you should go,

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and l'll stay and wait.
Lucy, no.
-No.
-No, you should go.
He's not gonna wait forever.
It's okay.
I'm sorry.
-lt's okay.
-All right.
[GASPlNG]
You all right?
Yeah, l'm fine. I just--
I cut my leg the other day.
[STATIC CRACKLING]
Did you get a signal?

BRlAN:
Yeah, for a minute.
And?

BRlAN:
Man, this storm is everywhere.
It's hit the entire Northern Hemisphere.
Europe is buried under
1 5 feet of snow...
...and they say it's gonna get
just as bad here.
I mean, l don't think your dad's
gonna make it.
No, he'll make it.
He'll make it.
MAN [OVER RADlO]: The White HouSe
has ordered a disaster aiert...
...for ali Northern states.
Continued exposure to
the approaching storm is deadiy.
Remain indoorS and take ail measures to
stay warm, burning any fuel sources...
...untii the storm is over. Roads are
impassabie across New York state...
...as far south as Pennsylvania....
Where are we?
Looks like we're just north
of Philadelphia.

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JACK:
Look out!
You guys okay?
-Yeah.

JASON:
MAN [OVER RADlO]:
Roads across the....
Sorry, boss.
Unpack the snowshoes.
We're walking from here.

CAMPBELL:
Let's get up and get going.

MAN:
Maybe we should just turn back.

SECURITY GUARD:
frozen. There's nothing to go back to.

CAMPBELL:
Get up, keep moving.
What we should've done
is stayed in the library.
Okay, guys, let's get moving.
Wake up.
What are you doing?

LUTHER:
Insulating.
Newspaper's best, but this'll do.
You know, you spend some years on the
streets and you learn how to keep warm.
Hey.
Thanks.
I got one.
Your favorite vacation.
Besides this one?
[SAM LAUGHS]
All right.
I went to Greenland with my dad on one
of his research trips a few years ago...

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...and the ship broke down,
and we got stuck.
And it rained constantly.
That sounds really boring.
But actually really nice, you know?
Just me and my dad
hanging out for 1 0 days.
[SIGHS]
[GLASS SHATTERlNG]
[GRUNTlNG]
[SCREAMlNG]

JACK:
Frank!
Are you all right?

FRANK:
I'm fine.
I just dropped in
to do a little shopping.
I gotta lose this sled.
Hold on! We'll pull you up.
Jason! You've got to support
Frank's weight.
Okay, l'll try.
Okay, l think l have his weight now.
I'm coming to you.
[GLASS CRACKlNG]
The glass is breaking!
Too much weight.
It's not gonna hold.
No. No.
Frank. l can get you out.
Don't do it!
-No, Frank, no!

JACK:
Frank!

ELSA:
What have you got there?
A Gutenberg Bible.
It was in the rare-books room.
You think God's gonna save you?

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No. I don't believe in God.
You're holding on to that Bible
pretty tight.
I'm protecting it.
This Bible is the first book ever printed.
It represents the dawn
of the age of reason.
As far as l'm concerned, the written
word is mankind's greatest achievement.
You can laugh.
But if Western civilization is finished...
...l'm gonna save
at least one little piece of it.
We heard somebody was left behind.
-We brought an ambulance.
-Thank God.
Thank you so much for coming.
[GASPS]
[COUGHlNG]

SAM:
Hey.
Hey, are you all right?
You look like you have a fever
or something.
I'm fine. I just can't sleep.
My mind keeps going over
all those worthless decathlon facts.
-lt's pretty stupid, huh?
-No, it's all right.
I guess you just haven't had time
to adjust yet.
How am l supposed to adjust, Sam?
Everything I've ever cared about,
everything I've worked for...
...has all been preparation
for a future that no longer exists.
I know you always thought I took
the competition too seriously.
You were right.
-lt was all for nothing.
-No, no. I--
No, I just-- l just said that
to avoid admitting the truth.

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Truth about what?
About why I joined the team.
I joined it because of you.
Hey.
[INDlSTlNCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]

BLAKE:
I know.
I know.

PlERCE:
-All right.
I'm sorry, sir, we can't wait any longer.
We're the last ones.
All right.

PlLOT:
Mexicali Control, this is Delta 26.
We've got an urgent message
for high command.
Request priority for landing zone one.

AlR CONTROLLER:
Delta 26. Transport wiil be waiting.

CORPORAL:

OFFlCER:

CORPORAL:

OFFlCER:

CORPORAL:
Madam Secretary.

SECRETARY:
Raymond.
The president's motorcade
got caught in the storm.
They didn't make it.

SAM:
this morning. l--

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She only had a fever.
I don't understand.
She's awfully pale.
None of us has had anything
real to eat in days.

JEREMY:

LUTHER:
-We've all been in--
-Maybe it's the flu.

JUDlTH:
No, no, it's not the flu.
And how do you know?
Books can be good for things other
than burning. What are her symptoms?
I told you that she has a fever and her--
She's got a really cold sweat.
How's her pulse?
-lt's really fast.
-Does she have any injuries?
Like a cut that might have
gotten infected?
She was complaining about a cut
on her leg a few days ago.
I didn't think anything of it.

BRlAN:
Oh, my gosh.
That's blood poisoning. Septicemia.
She could go into septic shock.
I've seen that before.
That can get bad.
She needs a massive dose
of penicillin...
...or a broad-spectrum
antibiotic immediately, or....
Or what?

PARKER:
I've never seen anything like it.
There's no point of reference.
All I can see is cloud cover.

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What are you doing?
Taking infrared image
of thermal currents.
Send to Houston, Korolev,
your weather service.

PARKER:
I'll help you.
Tom? Tom, wake up.
I just received some satellite images...
...from the space station.
You better take a look.
How big is this thing?
The vortex is 50 miles in diameter.
And growing. The two cells
over Europe and Asia are even bigger.

GOMEZ:
Good God.
This one's gonna hit New York
inside an hour.
[JASON PANTlNG]

JACK:
Jason!
Are you all right?
Jason!
-What are you doing?
-There's gotta be medicine on that ship.
I thought you said it was too dangerous
to go outside.
I know l did.
Where did you find those chairs?
Why?
I'm going with you.
Me too.
[GRUNTlNG]

SAM:
Come on, damn it!
[GRUNTlNG]
-lt's all in Russian. l--

SAM:

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BRlAN:
-What? How do you know?
Because it says "penicillin" on the bottle.

BRlAN:
Wait. This is the mess hall.
-We should find some food.
-We don't have time.
None of us are gonna survive much
longer without food. Including Laura.
Okay.
[PANTlNG]

J.D.:

SAM:
Bingo.
[SAM LAUGHS]
[GROWLlNG]
[CLANGlNG]
[YELLS]

SAM:
Brian?

BRlAN:

J.D.:
All I did was open up the cupboard.

SAM:

J.D.:

SAM:
Put food in it.
[WOLF GROWLlNG]
[GASPS]
[SCREAMlNG]

SAM:
Pull him in, Brian!
[WOLF WHlMPERlNG]

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BRlAN:
You all right?

J.D.:
My leg.

BRlAN:
Here, use this.
It should be over New York by now.
Satellite readings show
a temperature drop...
...of 1 0 degrees per second.

SAM:
You guys...
...l think we're in the eye of it.
We gotta get back right now.
Look, l'm gonna go outside, and I'm
gonna lure the wolves out of the room.
When they leave, you lock the door.
Good luck.
[GLASS CRACKS]
[GROWLlNG]
[GRUNTlNG]
[WOLF WHlMPERS]
[PANTlNG]
[GROANS]

J.D.:

BRlAN:

J.D.:
Come on, hurry!
[WOLVES GROWLlNG]
[GRUNTlNG]
[KNOCKlNG]

SAM:
Brian! Brian, open the door!
We have to get out of here now.
Brian, get the supplies.
[GRUNTlNG]

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[WlND WHlSTLlNG]
Oh, shit. Let's go!
Pull, Brian!

SAM:
Take the medicine to Laura.
[GRUNTlNG]

SAM:
We're almost there. Come on!
Brian! Close the door!

SAM:
Don't let the fire go out!
What's happening?
[BUDDHA BARKING]
Buddha, come away from the door.
Come, Buddha, come!

SAM:
More books! More books!
How long have l been out of it?
Couple hours.
How do you feel?
Okay. What happened?
Well, we had to get inside in kind of
a hurry, so l sort of pushed you in.
I should be used to you
pushing me around.
Good to have you back.
What are you doing?
The eye of the storm has passed,
and we're 40 miles from Manhattan.
Shouldn't we wait one more day?
Sam may not have one more day.
What do you think's
gonna happen to us?
What do you mean?
I mean us. Civilization. Everybody.
Mankind survived the last lce Age.
We're certainly capable
of surviving this one.
All depends on whether or not
we're able to learn from our mistakes.

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I sure as hell would like a chance
to learn from mine.
You did everything you could.
I was thinking about Sam.
Jack, you know the chances of Sam....
I made my son a promise.
I'm going to keep it.
FLIGHT DIRECTOR [OVER RADlO]:
Parker, this is Houston. Do you read?

PARKER:
Roger, mission control. Go ahead.

FLIGHT DIRECTOR:
the storm's dissipating over North America.
Can you confirm?

PARKER:
Affirmative. It's finally clearing.
We're over Europe right now.
I can see landmass
for the first time in days.
How much further is it to the library?
It should be...
...right here.
I'm sorry, Jack.
Sam?
Who is that?
My father.
You made it.
Of course I did.
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
Mr. President.
I've just received a shortwave
radio transmission from Jack Hall.
He made it to New York.
He says there are survivors.
Thank you, Tom.
That's....
That's good news.

BECKER:
us ail with a profound sense of humility...
...in the face of nature's

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destructive power.
For years, we operated under the beiief
that we couid continue...
...consuming our pianet's natural
resources without consequence.
We were wrong.
I was wrong.
The fact that my first address to you
comes from a consulate on foreign soil...
...is a testament to our changed reality.
Not only Americans...
...but people ail around the giobe
are now guests in the nations...
...we once cailed The Third World.
ln our time of need,
they have taken us in and sheitered us.
And i am deeply grateful
for their hospitaiity.

BECKER [ON TV]:

a ieader whose order to evacuate....
Peter? Hey, you feeling okay today?

BECKER [ON TV]:

despaired about the fate of the peopie...
...who are trapped in the North.
Today, there is cause for hope.
Oniy a few hours ago, i received word
that a smail group of peopie...
...survived in New York City
against ail odds...
...and in the face
of tremendous adversity.
I've ordered an immediate
search-and-rescue mission...
...to bring them home
and to look for more survivors.

GOMEZ:
Jack!
It's good to see you.
Come on, let's go get onboard.

YURl:

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Look at that.
What?
Have you ever seen the air so clear?

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