Le jour d'apres

[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:
Give me your hand!

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:
What we have found locked

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]

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

that broke off...

...was about the size of Rhode lsland.

Some people might call that

pretty sensational.

[CROWD LAUGHlNG]

PROTESTORS:
Stop global warming!

Stop global warming!

REPORTER:
l'm at the Global Warming

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:
Oh, thank you. That's what we're

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]:
Manchester United

leads 3-1 over hometown Celtic...

...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]:
And Still.

-Yeah!

[BEEPlNG]

SlMON:
Dennis? NOMAD buoy 431 1

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]

[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'm aware, Jack.

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:
I'il iet him explain it. Can you take

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:
Sam joined a team?

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

JACK:
Oh.

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:
Oh, sh*t!

-Wait-- Will you--? Jack.

[HORN HONKlNG]

Oh, my God.

-l'm sorry l'm late.

SAM:
Dad, the cab's already here.

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

SAM:
What are--?

-Here you go.

JACK:

I'm not angry. l'm disappointed.

SAM:
Do you want to hear my side of it?

-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?

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:
Hey, come take a look

at this storm system. lt's enormous.

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