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Donnie Darko

  • 2001
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
866K
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Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)
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After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

  • Director
    • Richard Kelly
  • Writer
    • Richard Kelly
  • Stars
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Jena Malone
    • Mary McDonnell
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    866K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    264
    110
    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writer
      • Richard Kelly
    • Stars
      • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Jena Malone
      • Mary McDonnell
    • 2.5KUser reviews
    • 397Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 17 nominations

    Videos11

    Donnie Darko: 15th Anniversary
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    Donnie Darko Scene: Donnie With Mom
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    Donnie Darko Scene: The Book On Time Travel
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    Donnie Darko Scene: Gretchen Enters Classroom
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    Donnie Darko Scene: Donnie Talks With Dr. I Made A New Friend
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    Donnie Darko Scene: Donnie And Parents In Principal's Office
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    Donnie Darko Scene: Miss Pomeroy In Principal's Office
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    Roles That Mark Wahlberg Turned Down
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    Dates in Movie & TV History: Oct. 2, 1988 - Donnie Darko Meets Frank
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    Jake Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Donnie Darko
    Jena Malone
    Jena Malone
    • Gretchen Ross
    Mary McDonnell
    Mary McDonnell
    • Rose Darko
    Holmes Osborne
    Holmes Osborne
    • Eddie Darko
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • Elizabeth Darko
    Daveigh Chase
    Daveigh Chase
    • Samantha Darko
    James Duval
    James Duval
    • Frank
    Arthur Taxier
    Arthur Taxier
    • Dr. Fisher
    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze
    • Jim Cunningham
    Mark Hoffman
    • Police Officer
    David St. James
    David St. James
    • Bob Garland
    Tom Tangen
    • Man in Red Jogging Suit
    Jazzie Mahannah
    Jazzie Mahannah
    • Joanie James
    Jolene Purdy
    Jolene Purdy
    • Cherita Chen
    Stuart Stone
    Stuart Stone
    • Ronald Fisher
    Gary Lundy
    Gary Lundy
    • Sean Smith
    Alex Greenwald
    Alex Greenwald
    • Seth Devlin
    Beth Grant
    Beth Grant
    • Kitty Farmer
    • Director
      • Richard Kelly
    • Writer
      • Richard Kelly
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      At the wrap party for the film, Seth Rogen and Jake Gyllenhaal agreed that they had no idea what the movie was about.
    • Goofs
      When Donnie and his dad are talking in the car - just before they almost run Grandma Death over - a clapperboard is reflected in the window behind the dad's head.
    • Quotes

      Donnie: Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?

      Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

    • Crazy credits
      "Proud to Be Loud" Performed by The Dead Green Mummies -- this song is actually performed by the band Pantera. (The Dead Green Mummies do not exist.) Pantera has all but disowned their first four albums, this song is track 5 on the fourth of those albums, "Power Metal." The band presumably did not want to be credited with the song (as they don't consider any of their pre-1990 material part of their discography) and made up the name The Dead Green Mummies.
    • Alternate versions
      Changes from the original in the Director's Cut:
      • 2 mins: As Donnie Rides into town the music has changed from Echo and the Bunnymen's The Killing Moon to INXS's Never Tear Us Apart.
      • 6 mins: Before Donnie's mother enters his room after dinner she has a short discussion with Elizabeth, asking how she knew Donnie has stopped taking his medication.
      • 9 mins: As Donnie is awakened by Frank's voice we see a close up of his eye opening with Frank reflected in his iris. Also the sequence as he leaves the house is extended slightly.
      • 16 mins: As Donnie, Samantha and Elizabeth sit in the hotel room Samantha tries to think of ways to make money from the accident, and Donnie tells her when she falls asleep he's going to "fart in your face."
      • 17 mins: As Donnie's parents discuss Frankie Feedler the scene is slightly extended, Donnie's dad thinks someone was watching over him.
      • 23 mins: As Gretchen Ross makes her first appearance in the classroom more reactions can be heard from the classmates.
      • 24 mins: As Donnie and his dad drive, just before nearly hitting Grandma Death, they flick back and forth between radio stations, Donnie wins and music now plays throughout the scene.
      • 28 mins: Frank's voice can now be heard during the Cunning Visions video, telling Donnie to watch closely.
      • 29 mins: Another shot of Donnie's eye opening as Frank awakens him before he floods the school, water is seen reflected in his eye this time.
      • 30 mins: While waiting at the bus stop, before they hear school is canceled, Donnie steals Samantha's poem and torments her. Donnie's friends also have another opportunity to bully Sharita Chen, calling her Porky Pig, and saying "I hope you get molested."
      • 31 mins: More rumors fly around as to why school is closed.
      • 33 mins: As Donnie walks home with Gretchen he mentions how he wants to be able to "change things."
      • 37 mins: As the police check the student's handwriting we see Donnie looking nervous, and Karen Pomeroy noticing it. This also fixes the continuity as all the previous names on the list are called before Donnie.
      • 41 mins: Newscast. Before the emergency PTA meeting Mrs. Farmer and Karen Pomeroy exchange words about Mrs. Farmer's intentions to get The Destructors banned.
      • 44 mins: Donnie's English class have a poetry day, where Donnie reads a poem about himself and Frank. "A storm is coming, Frank says a storm that will swallow the children and I will deliver them from the kingdom of pain I will deliver the children back the their doorsteps And send the monsters back to the underground I'll send them back to a place where no-one else can see them Except for me Because I am Donnie Darko" Karen Pomeroy then asks him who Frank is, Donnie tells her he's a six foot bunny rabbit, and everyone laughs at him.
      • 53 mins: We see the first of the excerpts from The Philosophy of Time Travel, concerning the tangent universe.
      • 59 mins: We see Donnie waiting for the school bus a plane flies overhead and everyone looks up nervously, then the second excerpt from The Philosophy of Time Travel appears, Chapter 2, Water and Metal. Behind this transition there is a short new scene where Donnie sits down next to Gretchen and she asks him why he has blood on his neck.
      • 61 mins: We see Donnie's parents out for dinner, discussing what they should do about disciplining him after the incident with Mrs. Farmer. Their opinions are wildly different, and they joke about getting divorced.
      • 62 mins: Whilst the parents are out to dinner we see that Donnie and Elizabeth have been sitting at home carving the pumpkins seen later in the film.
      • 64 mins: Another shot of Donnie's eye opening, along with footage of waves breaking on a beach.
      • 65 mins: We see Donnie and Gretchen in an arcade, the scene is overlaid by chapter 7 from the book, The Manipulated Living.
      • 66 mins: As Donnie watches Jim Cunningham's seminar at the school his perception changes, he sees things sped up, and mentions to Gretchen that he is travelling through time. The seminar now goes on longer, with extra scenes before Donnie steps up to the mic.
      • 71 mins: Donnie and Gretchen go to visit Roberta Sparrow, there is nobody home but Donnie checks her mailbox and is inspired to write to her. This scene is overlaid with chapter 4 from the book, the Artifact of the Living.
      • 74 mins: Karen Pomeroy tells the class they are no longer allowed to study The Destructors, and that their new book will be Watership Down, however if any student wants a copy of Graham Greene's book someone has put 20 copies aside at the Sarasota Mall.
      • 75 mins: Another overlay from The Philosophy of Time Travel, this time chapter 6, the Living Receiver.
      • 81 mins: Another eye opening shot, this time with flames reflected in it.
      • 87 mins: Another overlay, chapter 10, the Manipulated Dead.
      • 88 mins: Donnie returns home the morning after the fire and talks to his dad in the garden. His dad tells him that no matter how crazy he thinks he is, he should always say what's on his mind.
      • 90 mins: As we see Jim Cunningham arrested on TV the voiceover on the TV is slightly different.
      • 91 mins: Karen Pomeroy's firing is slightly shortened.
      • 92 mins: Karen gives one of her last classes, after the students watch a section of Watership Down they discuss Fiver (the rabbit)'s visions, and how trusting those visions of the end of the world would save the warren. Gretchen and Donnie argue in the class about the meaning of them. Donnie doesn't see the point of crying over a dead rabbit, Gretchen tells Donnie he missed the point, and Karen Pomeroy tells the class that the Deus Ex Machina is what saved the rabbits.
      • 97 mins: Donnie says goodbye to his mom in the street as she goes to LA with Sparkle Motion.
      • 98 mins: As Karen clears out her desk, her talk with Donnie is different, she suggests on a Friday night Donnie should be out scaring old people.
      • 103 mins: Donnie talks with his doctor about his belief in God, and she tells him he can stop taking his medication as they are placebos.
      • 106 mins: There is an overlay of Chapter 9, the Ensurance Trap.
      • 110 mins: As Donnie walks around the party, observing people's channels, there is another montage of his eye, as if he were putting all the clues together that lead him to thinking he should go to Grandma Death's house.
      • 114 mins: As Donnie is pinned down with the knife to his throat outside Grandma Death's house, it is now very clear he is saying Deus Ex Machina.
      • 116 mins: Roberta Sparrow tells Donnie a storm is coming, and that he must hurry.
      • 118 mins: We see a montage of things reflected in Donnie's eye as Frank counts down to the end of the world.
      • 120 mins: Another montage as we see the universe collapsing and rewinding as Donnie travels back through time.
      • 123 mins: The final overlay is of chapter 12, Dreams, which explains why everyone seems to be having a sleepless night as Mad World plays.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Phoenix Portal (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      The Killing Moon
      Written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete DeFreitas (as Pete De Freitas)
      Performed by Echo & The Bunnymen
      Courtesy of Sire Records/Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
      By arrangement with Warner Special Products

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    10/10

    You can't watch it only once

    I first saw this on cable tv. Thumbing through the channels I stopped just as Donnie Darko was beginning. I thought the title was weird, and readied my thumb on the remote channel selector...pointed it at the TV...and it stayed there for the rest of the movie! I couldn't stop watching! I've never seen a movie like this. The movie has a beautiful aspect (especially the end). And there are a few chuckles as well. Contrary to the more critical commentary, there is depth and complexity to the story that kind of requires you to see it more than once. I'm no genius, but what I gathered the basis of Donnie Darko to be is about our part in the deliberate DESIGN of our destiny, and I catch more each time I watch it.

    Regardless of anything, sincere thought and expression went in to the making of Donnie Darko. Mixed with skill and technical ability = Art.

    A WORK OF ART! In the top 100 movies of all time in my opinion.
    • Jim-512
    • Mar 1, 2004
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    • Release date
      • January 19, 2001 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut
    • Filming locations
      • 4225 Country Club Drive, Long Beach, California, USA(Donnie Darko's house)
    • Production companies
      • Pandora Cinema
      • Flower Films (II)
      • Adam Fields Productions
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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,478,493
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $110,494
      • Oct 28, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,412,634
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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