Donnie Darko
Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
20th Century Fox  (2001) 113 mins R

8.3 (167,014 votes) Top 250: #128
Donnie Darko is an average highschool boy with too many problems at home and too many prescription anti-depressant drugs in his body. He is visited by an imaginary friend Frank: a man dressed in a bunny suit with a demonic mask for a face. Frank's influence on Donnie first results in Donnie waking up in his pajamas in the middle of a road, then in Donnie flooding the school at night, then with Donnie committing arson. Frank justifies his influence by telling Donnie that he is in danger, and, while he does wind up exposing a TV personality (Patrick Swayze) for who he really is, most of the crimes seem to be meaningless until the end, when all the threads come together to make Donnie understand that his life is determined by his actions, and the end is inescapable....

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Cast and Crew
Jake Gyllenhaal  ......  Donnie Darko
Holmes Osborne  ......  Eddie Darko
Maggie Gyllenhaal  ......  Elizabeth Darko
Daveigh Chase  ......  Samantha Darko
Mark Hoffman  ......  Police Officer
James Duval  ......  Frank
Director  .....  Richard Kelly
Producer  .....  Nancy Juvonen; Drew Barrymore; Adam Fields
Writer  .....  Richard Kelly
Cinematography  .....  Steven B. Poster
Musician  .....  Michael Andrews
Notes
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the science classroom, there is a National Geographic poster of the solar system that shows a Voyager 2 picture of the planet Neptune. That picture was taken in 1989. (more)

Trivia:
The black-and-white poster in Donnie's room, of an eye reflecting a skull, is a reproduction of an etching by the artist M.C. Escher. (more)

Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Elizabeth: I'm voting for Dukakis.
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Awards:
11 wins & 10 nominations (more)