Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a 2012 American comedydrama 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 Cornells 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 amillion budget. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World was released on DVD and Bluray Disc and made available for digital streaming in the United States on October 23, 2012.
Dodge returns to his nearempty New York City workplace the next day, where he sells insurance. While everyone around him has reacted differentlyfrom suicide to constant drugs to guiltfree sexDodges 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 friends wild party, where he declines offers of 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. ........
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