The Day After Tomorrow

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[ Thunder Rumbles ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Motor Whirring ]

[ Motor Stops ]

[ Shouting ]

See how it's done?

Yeah, I think I got

the hang of it.

You better.

Boss'll chew my head off

if these cores get messed up.

Don't worry.

We're at 26 feet.

You let Jason

operate the drill?

Yeah, he can

handle it.

[ Motor Slows, Stops ]

[ Crunching ]

[ Cracking ]

I didn't do

anything!

Gimme your hand!

Let go of the drill!

Forget it, Jack!

It's too late!

You're not

gonna make it!

Jack!

Jack!

Gimme your hand!

[ Yelling ]

I got you!

[ All Shouting ]

What were you thinking?

[ Sighs ]

- What's happening?

- The whole damn shelf

is breaking off!

That's

what's happening!

[ Cracking, Rumbling Continue ]

[ Jack ]

What we have found

locked in these ice cores...

is evidence of a cataclysmic

climate shift,

which occurred around

10,000 years ago.

The concentration of these

natural greenhouse gases

in the ice cores...

indicates that runaway warming

pushed the planet

into an ice age...

which lasted two centuries.

[ Speaking

Foreign Language ]

I'm confused.

I thought you were talking

about global warming,

not an ice age.

Yes, it is a paradox,

but global warming can trigger

a cooling trend.

Let me explain.

The northern hemisphere

owes its temperate 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 ice caps

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 a hundred years.

Maybe in a thousand.

But what I do know is

that if we do not act soon,

it is our children

and our grandchildren

who 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 ice caps

will soon disappear.

Professor, um, 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 the state of Rhode Island.

Some people might call that

pretty sensational.

[ Men Chuckling ]

[ People Shouting ]

Stop global warming!

[ Man ]

I'm here at the Global Warming

Conference in New Delhi,

where, if you can believe

your eyes, it's snowing.

The coldest weather

on record...

has thrown the city

into chaos with numbers

of homeless people--

Taxi! Taxi!

I enjoyed

your testimony, Professor.

It was very spirited.

Oh, thank you.

It's what we're here for,

right? Put on a good show?

Quite. Uh,

I was wondering if

I 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.

I've read your work

on ocean currents.

What do you say

to a spot of tea?

Absolutely.

If we can hail a cab.

Oh.

[ Loud Whistle ]

Over here!

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

[ Bell Clanging ]

[ Man ] Welcome back

to Glasgow, Scotland,

[ Beeping ]

where Manchester United

leads 3-1 over hometown Celtic,

[ Man Snoring ]

in this pivotal champions'

league match.

We return

to the action 63 minutes

into the second half...

- as Manchester United looks

to put the game out of reach.

- [ Snoring Louder ]

Let's get back

to our commentator,

Donald MacFarland.

What? Yeah.

I-I just closed

my eyes for a sec,

man.

Yeah.

Baby kept us awake

all night.

Leads to Roy,

and still!

Yeah!

[ Beeping Continues ]

[ Commentator Continues,

Indistinct ]

Dennis, NOMAD buoy 4311

is showing a temperature drop...

of 13 degrees.

- Hmm? Where is 4311?

- Well, it's, uh,

- Georges Bank.

- Oh, it's rough seas out there.

Must've knocked it about.

[ Sheep Bleating ]

[ Gulls Squawking ]

[ Television Chatter Continues ]

Kick the bloody ball!

Come on! Come on. Kick it.

- Kick it! Kick it!

- Are the lads winning?

Hello, Professor.

How was India?

You know what these

scientific gatherings are.

All dancing girls,

wine and parties.

[ Men Chuckling ]

[ Thunderclap ]

[ Announcement In Japanese ]

[ Announcement Continues ]

- [ Sirens Chirping ]

- [ Speaking Japanese ]

[ Cell Phone Ringing ]

[ Speaking Japanese ]

[ Woman On Phone

Speaking Japanese ]

[ Speaking Japanese ]

[ Woman Continues ]

[ People Screaming ]

[ Woman Continues ]

[ Groans ]

[ Woman ] The fury

of Hurricane Noelani stunned

weather experts yesterday,

slamming into the unprepared

island chain...

[ Phone Ringing ]

with a cataclysmic force

never before witnessed.

Meteorologists

already believe this...

[ Ringing Continues ]

to be the strongest

hurricane ever recorded,

a storm that will surely--

Are you gonna get that?

- Hello?

- I just saw that Sam

got an "F" in Calculus.

I'm aware, Jack.

I get a copy

of his report card, too.

Well--

Sam is a straight "A" student.

He doesn't fail classes.

All right.

I don't have time to talk

about this right now.

[ Jack ]

Well, maybe you oughta

make time.

Excuse me.

I'm not the one who's away

for months and months at a time.

[ Sighs ]

I just don't

understand.

I'll let him explain it

to you. 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.

Sam joined a team?

Yeah, I think there's

a girl involved.

Oh.

Look. Can you

pick him up at 8:30?

I gotta go,

'cause I'm on call

tonight.

Jack, please don't be late.

I don't want him to have to

take a taxi again.

All right. Okay.

I'll be there. Okay?

I'll be there.

[ Sighs ]

[ Woman On P.A. ]

This morning's weather staff

meeting has been moved...

to level 4, conference room "B."

[ Woman Continues, Indistinct ]

Jack!

I know you have an innate

talent for rubbing people

the wrong way, Jack,

but why, for the love of God,

would you aggravate

the vice president?

Because my 17-year-old kid

knows more science

than he does.

Perhaps, but your

17-year-old kid does not

control our budget.

It doesn't matter

if he hates you.

My son doesn't hate me.

You're missing the point.

What I'm trying

to tell you is that...

if Raymond Becker pulls

our budget-- Where--

Oh, sh*t!

Jack!

[ Horn Beeping ]

Oh, my God.

[ Horn Beeping ]

Hi, Sam.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Dad, it's fine.

The cab's already here.

That's okay.

I'll take care of it.

What are you gonna--

Here you go.

[ Jack ]

I'm not angry.

I'm disappointed.

[ Sam ] Do you wanna

hear my side of it?

How can there be two sides?

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