Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko is an independent American feature film of the science fiction and drama genres. It deals with themes of time travel and chronal paradox. The movie was written and directed by Richard Kelly. It was produced by Flower Films in association with Pandora. It was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19th, 2001, before opening to limited theatrical release in the United States. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as the eponymous Donald Darko, with real-life sister Maggie Gyllenhaal as his fictional sister, Elizabeth Darko, Daveigh Chase as Samantha Darko, Holmes Osborne as Eddie Darko, Mary McDonnell as Rose Darko, James Duval as Frank the Bunny, and Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham.

Fun Facts

 * The tagline for this film is "Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions".


 * Producer Nancy Juvonen makes a cameo appearance in the film as a flight attendant.


 * This movie marks the film debut of actor Seth Rogen, who plays Ricky Danforth - one of the school bullies.


 * The time remaining until the world ends, according to Frank, is 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. This movie was shot in twenty-eight days.

Keywords
1980s | 1988 | Aircraft | Masturbation | Hallucination | High school | Rabbits | Student | Virginia