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Donnie Darko
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
2001 · Directed by Richard Kelly · 114 min · Fantasy · Drama · Mystery · 48 frames
Tagline
28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds... that is when the world will end.
Crew
- Written by: Richard Kelly
- Cinematography: Steven Poster
- Edited by: Sam Bauer, Eric Strand
- Music: Michael Andrews
- Production design: Alec Hammond
- Produced by: Nancy Juvonen, Adam Fields, Sean McKittrick
Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko
- Jena Malone as Gretchen Ross
- James Duval as Frank
- Drew Barrymore as Karen Pomeroy
- Beth Grant as Kitty Farmer
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Elizabeth Darko
- Mary McDonnell as Rose Darko
- Holmes Osborne as Eddie Darko
- Noah Wyle as Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff
- Katharine Ross as Dr. Lilian Thurman
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Flower Films, Pandora Cinema, Newmarket Films
- Budget: $4,500,000
- Box office: $7,500,000
- Themes: high school, airplane, parent child relationship, presidential election, therapist, school performance, halloween, time travel, vandalism, melancholy
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