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Donnie Darko

Year:

2002

Duration:

113 min | 133 min (director's cut)

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

8.1

Director:

Richard Kelly

Awards:

11 wins & 12 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-01-30

Filming Locations: Santa Clarita, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $4,500,000

Opening Weekend: $24,728 (USA) (6 June 2004)

Gross: $727,883 (USA) (3 October 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

Drew Barrymore

Donnie Darko

Patrick Swayze

Donnie Darko

Tiler Peck

Sarah Hudson

Jake Gyllenhaal

Donnie Darko

Holmes Osborne

Eddie Darko

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Elizabeth Darko

Daveigh Chase

Samantha Darko

Mary McDonnell

Rose Darko

James Duval

Frank

Arthur Taxier

Dr. Fisher

Mark Hoffman

Police Officer

David St. James

Bob Garland

Tom Tangen

Man in Red Jogging Suit

Jazzie Mahannah

Joanie James

Jolene Purdy

Cherita Chen

Stuart Stone

Ronald Fisher

Gary Lundy

Sean Smith

Alex Greenwald

Seth Devlin

Beth Grant

Kitty Farmer

Jena Malone

Gretchen Ross

Seth Rogen

Ricky Danforth

David Moreland

Principal Cole

Noah Wyle

Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff

Kristina Malota

Susie Bates

Marina Malota

Emily Bates

Carly Naples

Suzy Bailey

Patience Cleveland

Roberta Sparrow

Katharine Ross

Dr. Lilian Thurman

Lisa K. Wyatt

Linda Connie

Rachel Winfree

Shanda Riesman

Jack Salvatore Jr.

Larry Riesman

Lee Weaver

Leroy

Phyllis Lyons

Anne Fisher

Ashley Tisdale

Kim, Dorky Girl

Alison Jones

Dorky Half-Sister

Jerry Trainor

Lanky Kid

Joan Blair

Mystery Woman

Fran Kranz

Passenger

Scotty Leavenworth

David

Conrad Angel Corral

Vice Principal (uncredited)

Phil Hawn

Teacher (uncredited)

Nancy Juvonen

Flight Attendant (uncredited)

Margaret Kontra Palmer

Concerned Mother (uncredited)

Dee Austin Robertson

Movie Ticket Salesman (uncredited)

Jack Truman

Teacher (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

During the film Donnie surrenders to the 3 temptations which Jim Cunningham mentions: alcohol, drugs and premarital sex. The other film that was being played in the cinema where Donnie and Gretchen watched "Evil Dead" was "The Last Temptation of Christ".

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Voted #9 in Film4's "50 Films To See Before You Die".

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As shown by the license plate on Frank's car at the end of the film, as well as many other cars in the film, "Donnie Darko" actually takes place in Virginia.

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Goofs

During life line exercise activity when Ms. Farmer pulls the board into class, there is a black duster on the board just above the rectangular shape. When she starts distributing life line exercise cards, the duster shifts its position to right. When Cherita comes to the board, it's back in its original position.

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The unmarried Jim Cunningham wears a wedding band throughout the film. According to Richard Kelly, this is an element of his untrustworthy and mysterious nature.

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The movie is set in 1988, but license plates, book editions, news photographs and products from 1989-1999 appear throughout. These anachronisms fit in with the movie's themes of time travel and altered realities. (Chapter 4 even mentions how things from the future, such as Mayans having arrow heads, are symbols of future being brought to the past - these anachronisms are on purpose.)

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Quotes

Dr. Lilian Thurman: What is going to happen?

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Jim Cunningham: Guess he was "sleepgolfing"?

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Ronald Fisher: [to Cherita Chen] Hey, Porky Pig, I hope you get molested.

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Faq

Why does Dr. Thurman react the way she does to Donnie's comment about the sky opening up?

She's concerned that Donnie might be on the verge of a psychotic breakdown.

Is the Philosophy of Time Travel a real book? Are there more pages to the Philosophy of Time Travel?

No. Director Richard Kelly wrote it during the editing stages of the film and was intending to incorporate it into the original version but time and budget constraints prevented this. Although the book Dr. Monnitoff gives to Donnie seems to have many pages, only those that are shown on the website and on the DVD were created by Kelly.The Director's Cut restores the original vision of the pages that Kelly wanted.

How old are Donnie and the other characters supposed to be?

Donnie Darko: 16 (his birth date is 5-28-72 as stated on the website) Elizabeth Darko: 19 Samantha Darko: 10 Rose Darko: 42 Eddie Darko: 44

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