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Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult film, the first by writer and director Richard Kelly. Set in 1988, the movie is a psychological science fiction film about a boy named Donnie Darko who, after narrowly escaping death, has visions of an eerie, bipedal, giant rabbit named Frank who predicts when the world will end. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The film did not perform well in theaters, but since its release on home video, it has become a cult hit. In the United Kingdom, it sold moderately well on DVD, before being reissued in a budget edition with no director's commentary or other extras, where it shot to No. 1 in the DVD sales chart.

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
as Donald J. Darko
Holmes Osborne
as Eddie Darko
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Elizabeth Darko
Daveigh Chase
as Samantha Darko
Mary McDonnell
as Rose Darko
James Duval
as Frank
Patrick Swayze
as Jim Cunningham
Beth Grant
as Kitty Farmer
Jena Malone
as Gretchen Ross
Noah Wyle
as Kenneth Monnitoff
Drew Barrymore
as Karen Pomeroy
Katharine Ross
as Dr. Lillian Thurman
Patience Cleveland
as Roberta Sparrow (aka Grandma Death)

Plot synopsis

The plot of Donnie Darko is somewhat confusing, and much of it deals with existentialism and includes paradoxes that are never explained. As such, multiple interpretations exist.

The film is set in 1988, an election year, in the fictional community of Middlesex, Virginia.

In the middle of the night, on October 2, 1988, Donnie is awakened from his sleep by a strange voice and led out onto a golf course where he converses with a demonic-looking, man-sized rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. (There are many theories as to why this number was chosen. Some believe that it relates to the amount of time the moon takes to orbit around the Earth , but no confirmation of this has been attained.) After waking up on the golf course the next morning, Donnie returns home to discover that a huge jet engine has fallen from the sky and into his bedroom. So begins a series of events which bring together Donnie and a young woman named Gretchen.

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Movies - Donnie Darko

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