Donnie Darko 4K Theatrical Cut

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The cult weirdo sci-fi phenomenon charts the course from teen angst to apocalyptic madness

United States | 2001 | English | Sci-fi/Thriller

Director Richard Kelly’s searing debut earned him countless accolades, and immediately catapulted his outre psychological sci-fi thriller into the realms of bona fide cult classics. 25 years later, it has lost none of its ability to provoke, shock and confound audiences; a glorious, independent masterpiece, luring us into a mad, multi-versal world of apocalyptic angst.

28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds… that is when the world will end.

Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a disturbed adolescent from a semi-functional, upper-middle class family, gifted with a sharp intellect and vivid imagination – but he’s also a bit weird. When his boredom is obliterated in a a bizarre accident involving a falling airline engine, Donnie becomes increasingly delusional and convinced the world will end in 28 days. Plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit, he embarks on an increasingly crazed series of actions, which horrify his teachers, scare his parents and amaze his friends - whilst giving him a tempting power to alter time and destiny.

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Writer-director Richard Kelly created a pop classic of American suburban paranoia in Donnie Darko

The Guardian

Credits

Richard Kelly
Writer and Director

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
as Donnie Darko

Jena Malone
as Gretchen Ross

Drew Barrymore
 as Gretchen Ross

Noah Wyle
as Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff

Patrick Swayze
as Jim Cunningham

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