Los Angeles Film Festival 2012

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

(USA, 2011, 101 mins)

World Premiere

Executive Producers: Nicole Brown, Nathan Kahane
Producers: Steve Golin, Joy Gorman Wettels, Steven Rales, Mark Roybal
Screenwriter: Lorene Scafaria
Cinematographer: Tim Orr
Editor: Zene Baker
Music: Rob Simonsen, Jonathan Sadoff
Cast: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, William Petersen, Gillian Jacobs, TJ Miller, Patton Oswalt, Bob Stephenson

In this comedy that explores the funnier side of the apocalypse, an asteroid is hurtling through space on a collision course with Earth. Unlike some who decide to party their way out, Dodge, played to perfection by Steve Carell, is taking the news rather calmly, content to putter around his empty apartment until the end. Then he meets Penny, his spirited neighbor from across the hall, played in a delightful turn by Keira Knightley. With a stack of LPs clutched under her arms and a letter from Dodge's high school sweetheart in her hand, she convinces him to try and get his life together even as the world is falling apart.

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