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| runtime = 101 minutes〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307068/〕 | country = United States | language = English | budget = $10 million〔http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=seekingafriend.htm〕 | gross = $9.6 million }} ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' is a 2012 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, in her directorial debut. The film stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley. The title and plot are a reference to a track on Chris Cornell's 1999 album, ''Euphoria Morning'', called "Preaching the End of the World". Filming began May 2011, in Los Angeles, California.〔 The film was theatrically released on June 22, 2012 in the United States by Focus Features. The movie received mixed reviews from critics and it earned $9.6 million on a $10 million budget. ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc and made available for digital streaming in the United States on October 23, 2012. ==Plot== A news report is broadcast informing the world that a mission to stop an incoming asteroid from destroying life on earth has failed and that it will make impact in three weeks time. Dodge Petersen (Steve Carell) and his wife Linda (Nancy Carell) listen to the broadcast from the side of the road. After Dodge has an uninterested response, Linda looks at him in abject disgust and flees the vehicle without saying a word. Dodge returns to his near-empty New York City workplace the next day, where he sells insurance. While everyone around him has reacted differently—from suicide to constant drugs to guilt-free sex—Dodge's life has not changed at all. He does not stop going into his meaningless job until one of his friends leaps to his death. After attending a friend's wild party, where he passes on sex and drugs, Dodge returns home to reminisce about his high school sweetheart, Olivia, when he notices his neighbor Penny (Keira Knightley) crying on the fire escape. She has just broken up with her boyfriend Owen (Adam Brody) for making her miss her last opportunity to see her family in England. At her apartment, Penny gives Dodge three years' worth of his mail that was incorrectly delivered to her and in the process unwittingly tells him that his wife was having an affair. Dodge storms off into the night, guzzling codeine-laced cough syrup and window cleaner in a suicide attempt. He wakes up in a park, with a note on his sweater—reading "Sorry"—and a dog tethered to his foot. Dodge takes the dog home, opens the old mail, and is surprised to discover a three-month-old letter from Olivia, which explains that he was "the love of her life". Later, a riot breaks out on his block. Abandoning the self-centered Owen amidst the rioters, Dodge explains to Penny that he knows someone who could fly her to England if she helps him find Olivia. She agrees and the two set off for Dodge's hometown in Delaware. Along the way, Dodge and Penny run out of gas, share a bizarre experience with a motorist (William Petersen), witness the eruption of an orgy at a restaurant, have sex in a pick-up truck, and spend a night in jail before getting a ride to Camden, New Jersey, where they meet Speck (Derek Luke), a man from Penny's past who is prepared for the apocalypse. Speck has a working satellite phone in his bunker, and lets Penny contact her family. Penny and Dodge borrow a car of Speck's and eventually make it to Olivia's home. Dodge and Penny walk up toward the door of the home, they find no one and spend the day together. Later they discover a marriage ceremony performed at the beach and Dodge and Penny kiss each other and join the ceremony. Afterward the pair go to the house of the man who Dodge promised could take Penny to England. This man turns out to be Dodge's estranged father. A sleeping Penny is put into his father's plane and the two depart leaving Dodge behind. Dodge returns alone to his apartment and later Penny returns upset that he allowed her to go. They lie in bed, Penny is scared, knowing that, in only moments, human life on Earth will cease to exist, but Dodge distracts her by asking her to tell him of her childhood. They feel and hear a deep booming sound, and Penny tells Dodge she wishes they had known each other sooner. Dodge replies that there never would have been enough time together, and professes his love for her. When they feel and hear a second deep, booming sound, Penny panics, telling him she thought they would save each other, and Dodge assures her they did. Finally, Penny smiles as the screen fades to white and the asteroid collides with Earth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seeking a Friend for the End of the World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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