Donnie Darko

Also Known As: Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Company: Pandora Cinema / Flower Films (II) / Adam Fields Productions

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Budget: $4,500,000

Full Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal / Holmes Osborne / Maggie Gyllenhaal / Daveigh Chase / Mary McDonnell / James Duval / Arthur Taxier / Patrick Swayze / Mark Hoffman / David St. James / Tom Tangen / Jazzie Mahannah / Jolene Purdy / Stuart Stone / Gary Lundy / Alex Greenwald / Beth Grant / Jena Malone / Seth Rogen / David Moreland / Noah Wyle / Drew Barrymore / Kristina Malota / Marina Malota / Carly Naples / Tiler Peck / Patience Cleveland / Katharine Ross / Lisa K. Wyatt / Rachel Winfree / Jack Salvatore Jr. / Lee Weaver / Phyllis Lyons / Ashley Tisdale / Alison Jones / Jerry Trainor / Joan Blair / Sarah Hudson / Fran Kranz / Scotty Leavenworth / Conrad Angel Corral / Phil Hawn / Nancy Juvonen / Margaret Kontra Palmer / Dee Austin Robertson / Jack Truman

Cast and Character: Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie 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 / Arthur Taxier as Dr. Fisher / Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham / Mark Hoffman as Police Officer / David St. James as Bob Garland / Tom Tangen as Man in Red Jogging Suit / Jazzie Mahannah as Joanie James / Jolene Purdy as Cherita Chen / Stuart Stone as Ronald Fisher / Gary Lundy as Sean Smith

Color: Color

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.

Directors: Richard Kelly

Genres: Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi

Languages: English

Location: Santa Clarita, California, USA

MPAA: Rated R for language, some drug use and violence

Opening Weekend: £191,348

Plot: Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank - a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

Poster: posters/0246578.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: 30 January 2002 (France)

Runtime: 113 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Tagline: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

Title: Donnie Darko

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/

Votes: 381,483

Writers: Richard Kelly

Year: 2001

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Donnie Darko got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank - a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

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Hauru no ugoku shiro got rated 8.1.

About the movie: A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sofî, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Hauru. Under the curse, Sofî sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Hauru's strange moving castle. In the castle, Sophie meets Hauru's fire demon, named Karishifâ. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Sophie--if she breaks the contract he is under with Hauru, then Karushifâ will lift the curse that Sophie is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape.

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Persona got rated 8.1.

About the movie: A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.

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A Clockwork Orange got rated 8.4.

About the movie: Protagonist Alex is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programed to detest violence. If he goes through the program his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets of Britain that he had a hand in creating.