Donnie Darko movie

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.

Donnie Darko is a 2001 psychological thriller written and directed by Richard Kelly. The film had a small opening upon its release in the U.S., but gained new-found popularity upon its DVD release and a cult following over the years.Plot summaryas Donnie Darko]]The story is set in the town of Middlesex, Virginia during the 1988 presidential election campaign. Donnie Darko is an emotionally troubled teenager who sleepwalks and visits a therapist with whom he discusses his deepest thoughts throughout the film. One night, an unidentified jet engine falls into Donnies bedroom, which he unknowingly avoids by sleepwalking outside and following a voice in his head.

This voice belongs to Frank, an (apparent) imaginary friend in a man-sized rabbit costume. Frank prophesies that the "end of the world" will occur in "28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds."Donnie is instructed by Frank to perform further acts, which cause a certain chain of events that allow the final scenario to take place: Donnie floods the school, which gives him the chance to court Gretchen Ross, a new classmate and potential love interest; he pursues the concept of time travel, leading to a talk with his science teacher who then gives him The Philosophy of Time Travel, a book by an elderly resident of the town named Roberta Sparrow (known as "Grandma Death" amongst children); and he burns down the house of a motivational speaker whom Donnie had ridiculed at a school assembly, thereby exposing a secret "kiddie porn dungeon." The arrest of the motivational speaker causes Donnies mother to have to chaperone Donnies younger sister and her dance group on a flight to Star Search.Donnie also begins seeing "portals," wormholes that protrude out of peoples chests and are described in the book by Roberta Sparrow. He is shown a "portal" by Frank in a movie theater, where Frank also reveals himself to be a teenager of the same age as Donnie, with a wound in his right eye. One particular portal eventually leads Donnie to a gun in his parents closet, which he takes and keeps. On Halloween night, with Donnies parents both out of town, Donnie takes Gretchen and two other friends to seek advice from Roberta Sparrow when they get ambushed by two bullies from school. In the ensuing struggle, Gretchen gets run over by a car and dies instantly, after which the bullies flee.

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Donnie Darko Cast

• Arthur Taxier
• Daveigh Chase
• David St. James
• Gary Lundy
• Holmes Osborne
• James Duval
• Jazzie Mahannah
• Jolene Purdy
• Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Mark Hoffman
• Mary McDonnell
• Patrick Swayze
• Stuart Stone
• Tom Tangen