Rent Donnie Darko (2001)

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1h 48min
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Synopsis:
October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It's home to Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions of which he alone holds the key to the meaning. With his class mate and soul mate Gretchen (Jena Malone) and a mysterious ex teacher, Grandma Death (Patience Cleveland), he must unravel the strange occurrences infecting his school, his home and his life before a horrifying spectre known only as "Frank" (James Duval) can pull Donnie over the edge of his sanity.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Adam Fields, Nancy Juvonen, Sean McKittrick
Writers:
Richard Kelly
Studio:
Metrodome
Genres:
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
Collections:
Back to School: Best Films Featuring Teachers, Films & TV by topic, Films That Go Bump in the Night: Mischief Night, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Cameron Diaz, Hare We Go Again! - Bunny Movies For Easter: Part 2, Holidays Film Collection, Top 10 Autumn Films, Top Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
02/02/2004
Run Time:
108 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
BBFC:
Release Date:
19/07/2010
Run Time:
134 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Commentary with director Richard Kelly
  • Commentary with cast and crew
  • They made me do it
  • They made me do it art gallery
  • Cast and crew interviews
  • B roll footage
  • Additional scenes
  • Promos
  • The philosophy of time travel
  • Commentary with director Richard Kelly and Kevin Smith
  • Production diary
  • Commentary by Steven Poster, director of photography
  • They made me do it too
  • The director's cut trailer
Disc 1:
This disc includes the original film
Disc 2:
This disc includes the director's cut
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/04/2021
Run Time:
246 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Audio commentary by writer-director Richard Kelly and actor Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Audio commentary by Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick and actors Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Beth Grant, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross and James Duval
  • Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of Donnie Darko, a documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures on the making of Donnie Darko, containing interviews with writer-director Richard Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick, cinematographer Steven Poster, editor Sam Bauer, composer Michael Edwards, costume designer April Ferry, production designer Alec Hammond and actor James Duval
  • The Goodbye Place, Kelly's 1996 short film, which anticipates some of the themes and ideas of his feature films
  • 20 deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by Kelly
  • Trailer
  • Audio commentary by Kelly and filmmaker Kevin Smith
  • The Donnie Darko Production Diary, an archival documentary charting the film's production, with optional commentary by cinematographer Steven Poster
  • Archive interviews with Kelly, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Noah Wyle and Katharine Ross, producers Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Hunt Lowry and Casey La Scala, and cinematographer Steven Poster
  • Three archive featurettes: They Made Me Do It, They Made Me Do It Too and #1 Fan: A Darkomentary
  • Storyboard comparisons
  • B-roll footage
  • Cunning Visions infomercials
  • Music video: Mad World by Gary Jules
  • Galleries
  • Director's Cut Trailer
  • TV Spots
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following:
- The Theatrical Cut
- Special Features
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following:
- The Director's Cut
- Special Features

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Reviews (3) of Donnie Darko

Like Nothing Seen Before or After - Donnie Darko review by CP Customer

Spoiler Alert
10/07/2008

Richard Kelly's masterpiece is an achievement like no other film. Great 80's soundtrack accompanies a story that is so bizarre and fascinating I couldn't keep my eyes from the screen.

It follows Donnie a rebellious but brilliant teenager who is visited by a giant bunny called 'Frank' who tells him when the world will end. Sounds strange and it is but it is handled so well that it doesn't detrack from the amazing performance - Jake Gyllenhaal: a star is born!

I cannot recommend this film enough! Watch it! Rent it! Own it!

7 out of 7 members found this review helpful.

Brilliantly Original. Surreal Drama - Donnie Darko review by GI

Spoiler Alert
06/07/2022

Director Richard Kelly's surreal, fantasy masterpiece, an existential exploration of reality played out as a teenage drama. It's funny, enigmatic and fascinating even after repeated viewings and with the aid of Kelly's 'Special Edition' which offers some explanations along the way. Jake Gyllenhaal is the titular Donnie, a High School teenager with behavioural and emotional problems that manifest as sleepwalking and strange visions. His concerned yet liberal parents send him to a psychiatrist who medicates him. Then events take a weird turn as an aircraft engine falls from the sky onto the Darko's house. This is the mystery element of the narrative as the engine cannot be identified and Donnie begins to see a strange man/rabbit creature called Frank who gives him instructions including committing arson and vandalism. Everything is for a reason as the plot unfolds and Kelly has interwoven a story about dreams, hallucinations running alongside the theory of alternate universes. It all sounds complicated and the film does leave lots of questions to be asked but this is what makes the whole thing so intriguing and downright fun. The cast are great with Jena Malone as Donnie's girlfriend, Mary McDonnell as his mother, Maggie Gyllenhaal as his sister and support from Katherine Ross as the psychiatrist and Patrick Swayze in a role that goes completely against his screen persona (Seth Rogen can also be seen in an early role). A really original film that harks back in some ways to Harvey (1950), it's utterly enthralling and endlessly watchable and a film everyone should watch and watch again.

0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.

Donnie's Back - Donnie Darko review by AS

Spoiler Alert
13/11/2022

Hadn't seen this since it came out originally. Enjoyed it at the time but less so this time, probaly because I knew the plot. Still liked it this time. Acting was good as was the 1980's mainly British music. Picked up on a few references to other 80s films such as ET, Heathers and The Shining. Definitely worth a look if you haven't seen it before.

I was disappointed by the quality of the Blu Ray sound and vision.

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