Donnie Darko / Newmarket presents in association with Pandora ; a Flower Films production ; a Richard Kelly film ; written and directed by Richard Kelly ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen ; produced by Adam Fields.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001. 2nd edition statement from menu screen. Special features: Audio commentary by writer/director Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhaal ; Audio commentary by cast and crew ; "Deus ex Machina, the philosophy of Donnie Darko" (documentary) ; Richard Kelly 1996 short film "The Goodbye Place" ; Twenty deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by Kelly ; Trailer. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval, Beth Grant, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Seth Rogen.
Summary:
Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend -- a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days 06 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowling avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank's maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum.
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