Build a movie plot around this: Who listens to the broadcast on the side of the road? Dodge Peterson (Steve Carell) and his wife Linda (Nancy Carell) listen to the broadcast.
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In New York City, a news report is broadcast informing the world that a mission to stop an incoming asteroid has failed, and that the asteroid will make impact in three weeks, destroying all life on Earth. Dodge Petersen (Steve Carell) and his wife Linda (Nancy Carell) listen to the broadcast from the side of the road. When Dodge makes an uninterested response, Linda looks at him in disgust and flees the vehicle.While everyone around him reacts differently to the newsfrom suicide to constant drugs and guilt-free sexDodge's life has not changed at all. He does not stop going into his meaningless job as an insurance salesman, still employs his cleaning lady, and spends his nights alone.After attending a friend's 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.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 dog tethered to his foot and a note on his sweater reading "Sorry", which becomes the dog's namesake. Dodge takes Sorry 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 with Sorry for Dodge's hometown in Delaware.Along the way, Dodge and Penny run out of gas, share a bizarre experience with a suicidal motorist (William...