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the landing gear.

- What about it?

- Oh, we lost it all. in Vegas.

Dr. Wilson, may I come in?

I'm not very good company,

I'm afraid, Dr...?

Please, call me Adrian.

All those people we left behind...

...they don't stand a chance,

do they?

I believe that nature

will choose for itself from itself...

...what will survive.

Just like you

preserving those great artworks.

Our culture is our soul,

and that's not dying tonight.

Oh, come on.

I contributed to this cover-up.

And Da Vinci, Picasso, they're in.

But you're some nobody,

you don't stand a chance.

That's not...

That's not necessarily true.

You ever hear of a writer

called Jackson Curtis?

Wrote a book, Farewell Atlantis.

What do you think the chances are

of an unknown writer...

...who barely sold 500 copies,

making it aboard this plane?

I don't understand.

I mean, call it chance or fate or nature.

it doesn't matter.

This book is part of our legacy now.

Why?

Because I'm reading it.

Dr. Helmsley, please report

to the Situation Room immediately.

Hello. I'm sorry. Who is this?

This is Yoko Delgatto.

Do you wanna speak to my daddy?

Yes, please.

Who should I say is calling?

Tell him it's his father.

You're my grandpa?

Yes, sweetheart, I am.

Daddy, Daddy,

Grandpa's on the phone.

Mr. President, sir.

Mr. President.

- What's the matter, sweetie?

- She can't find her daddy.

Why don't you two

get comfy on that couch?

Sally, come help them out, okay?

I'll find your daddy.

Who can help me

with missing persons?

Sorry, man.

I'm really busy right now.

I mean... Of course, sir.

Sorry, Mr. President.

Don't worry about it.

You're doing a great job, son.

- What?

- The capital's been hit by a 9.4.

We've lost communication.

- Where's it centered?

- North Chesapeake Bay.

Mr. Anheuser, the Russian president's

on the line, sir.

Excuse me.

We just entered Chinese airspace.

That's affirmative, Mr. President.

Until communication is restored,

I suppose I am in command.

it appears that all other

heads of state are en route...

...with the exception

of the Italian prime minister...

...who has also decided

to stay behind and trust in prayer.

The Earth's crust has begun to shift,

Dr. Helmsley.

- By what degree?

-1.2 degrees, but it's still moving.

So, what happens next?

Once the movement

of our land masses comes to a halt...

Let's see a simulation, Scotty.

...expect the formation

of gigantic tsunamis...

...proportional to the magnitude

of the corresponding quakes.

Pull up the Japanese seaboard,

will you?

Yes, sir.

My dad's on a cruise ship out here.

But I guess you already

knew that, huh?

Sir, we recorded

two underwater quakes at 7.9 and 8.2.

From what we have just learned...

...Tokyo seems to have taken

the full force of the earthquake.

At this point,

unconfirmed reports indicate...

...that large areas of land

are underwater.

Please stay tuned for further...

Tony...

I called.

I was too late.

Maybe they got out in time.

You never know. They...

Harry!

I'm coming home, Dorothy.

Anything?

Nothing. Just static.

Not even an emergency signal.

Can't think about

what's going on down there.

Remember that old Beetle

we used to camp in?

We could never get the roof up.

Yeah.

We definitely traded up.

Tried to find our old spot

at Yellowstone...

...when I went camping

with the kids...

...but I couldn't find it.

Do you think people change?

By "people," do you mean me?

Yes. Do you think you've changed

since we separated?

I certainly eat a lot more cereal now.

You always had tunnel vision.

You could just block everything out

and write.

You blocked us out.

Do you love him?

I love him enough.

All global ground communication

has ceased, sir.

The only signals our satellites

are picking up...

...are coming from the vessels

in Cho Ming.

Well, there's a piece of good news.

Any updates, doctor?

We expect the tsunamis

to reach landfall in every continent.

The Cho Ming area will be impacted

in approximately six hours.

it looks like the crust has shifted

by almost 23 degrees...

...to the southwest.

The data also shows the Earth's poles

have reversed their magnetic fields.

These are their new positions.

So you're...

You're telling me

that the North Pole...

...is now somewhere in Wisconsin?

Actually, that's the South Pole now.

Engine failure.

Two of the six are down.

We must get ready.

- How long do we have?

- Fifteen minutes. Maybe.

- Better wake up the kids.

- Yeah.

Why do you hate Gordon?

Hey.

Come on.

What are you talking about?

I don't hate him.

Well, you don't like him, either.

Well, that's just because

I don't know him that well, maybe.

Yeah, but I do.

He's really nice

once you get to know him.

You should talk to him more often.

You guys would get along

really, really well.

You like him a lot, huh?

I'll do my best, I promise.

Okay?

I'm really proud of you.

Really, really proud of you.

is it time?

Yeah.

- Dad, what's wrong?

- Well, Sasha said we gotta land...

...and it's gonna be a little bumpy

and maybe a little wet.

Daddy?

Hold her steady.

Daddy,

I'm not a really good swimmer.

Hey, no, that's all right.

That's what you got this for. Right?

it's like being in a swimming pool,

only it's got more cool stuff.

Look, it's got a whistle,

and a light thing. Right?

I thought we were going to China.

No, we gotta land here.

So we're just all gonna

stay together, right?

- No, we're not, we're gonna die.

- No. We're not.

Promise?

I promise you

we're gonna all stay together...

...no matter what happens, okay?

Jackson.

Yuri.

I think you better come up here.

I'm gonna go check this out.

- Dad. Where are you going?

- I'll be back.

- You said you'd stay with us.

- We gotta buckle up. Let's go.

Okay, don't ask me

how that happened...

...but there is no more ocean...

...and we're close

to where we wanted to go.

it's like the world shifted

by 1000 miles.

One thousand five hundrwd

and seventy-eight to be exact.

it's called

Earth Crust Displacement Theory.

Professor Hapgood, 1958.

Way to go, Charlie.

What was that?

We just lost our last two engines.

I'm gonna shoot for that glacier.

it's gonna get rocky.

Listen, this is gonna sound crazy,

but here's what you have to do.

Unbuckle.

Come on, come on, come on.

Yuri! What are we doing?

We are taking the Bentley.

Not yet. Not yet.

it has to be perfect.

Almost there.

- Come on.

- Get in the car.

Okay, go. Now. Pull.

No, no, no!

Go. Go, Jackson.

No, we gotta wait

for Sasha and Gordon.

Go. Make sure everybody gets out

of the plane before I touch down.

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