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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543165033
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 1887
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: February 15, 2005
Editorial Review:
Description:
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. He returns home the next morning to find that a jet engine has crashed through his bedroom. As he tries to figure out why he survived and tries to deal with people in his town, like the school bully, his conservative health teacher, and a self-help guru, Frank continues to turn up in Donnie's mind, causing him to commit acts of vandalism and worse. The new Director?s Cut includes a production diary of the film (with optional commentary by Director of Photography Steven Poster), a story-board to screen featurette, the Director?s cut theatrical trailer, They Made Me Do It Too ? The Cult of Donnie Darko and the #1 Fan: A Darkomentary.
Amazon.com:
This unclassifiable but stunningly original film obliterates the walls between teen comedy, science fiction, family drama, horror, and cultural satire--and remains wildly entertaining throughout. Jake Gyllenhaal (October Sky) stars as Donnie, a borderline-schizophrenic adolescent for whom there is no difference between the signs and wonders of reality (a plane crash that decimates his house) and hallucination (a man-sized, reptilian rabbit who talks to him). Obsessed with the science of time travel and acutely aware of the world around him, Donnie is isolated by his powers of analysis and the apocalyptic visions that no one else seems to share. The debut feature of writer-director Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko is a shattering, hypnotic work that sets its own terms and gambles--rightfully so, as it turns out--that a viewer will stay aboard for the full ride. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Movie, VERY Confusing.
I have had many smart friends debate on what actually happened in this movie. If you want a psychological type movie this is the best one I've ever seen.
Rating: - The dark side of Physics
Donnie Darko is what happens when Stephen Hawking gets high and writes a film. This dark, surreal movie is brilliant if a little confusing. The director's cut is MUCH easier to digest, as all the cut scenes actually EXPLAIN what the hell is going on. If you enjoy the ideas of Theoretical Physics, hallucinations, and/or insanity you should check out Donnie Darko.
Rating: - Brilliant!
Bizarre and Brilliant! I love the way this movie plays with reality and imagination. The viewer is thrown into the world of a bi-polar, highly intelligent young man, Donnie Darko, who is sleepwalking his way toward disaster. There is a strange way to prevent all the tragedy and the 'way' is exposed after Donnie's near death experience awakens him to the possibility of portals and time travel. Will he go back through the portal to save lives, even though it may bring an end to his own life? I love ... Read More
Rating:  - Life in the Tangent Universe
The Good Things
*Very interesting filming style. Lots of vivid, memorable imagery. Good special effects that don't overwhelm the film.
*Rather interesting story (although it's very weird and hard to figure out; at the very least, everything came into full circle though).
*Interpreting the story is only half of the fun. There are also many thought-provoking elements regarding theology, the nature of humanity, the nature of youth, and the nature of space and time.
*Characters ... Read More
Rating: - This is why I don't review movies...
Well, the first intriguing aspect of Donnie Darko is the fact that it combines quite a bit of variety into the movie. I like the fact that it's a science fiction movie mixed in with a little bit of (black) comedy and stars a teenager just like you or I, a bit of a teenage aspect to it, but not in any phony way like anything that Not Another Teen Movie makes funs of. Considering that fact, the acting is great, it's nice and long (long movies are pretty much necessary to make character development), and ... Read More
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