Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Donnie Darko (Director s Cut)

Critically acclaimed director Randy Kelly brings new depth to his 2001 cult smash in this Director s Cut edition of the mysterious odyssey of suburban teen Donnie Darko.A high school student must face his dark destiny as delusions bring him face to face with a demonic rabbit who has eerie visions of the past and deadly predictions for the future in this intricate web that will leave you questioning what is real and what is mere hallucination. Jake Gyllenhaal leads an all-star cast including Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze, and Mary McDonnell in the mesmerizing story that took audiences by storm.

Donnie Darko (Director's Cut) (Widescreen)

During the U.S. presidential election campaign 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. Donnie Darko Production Diary, Audio Commentary, Featurette, Storyboard Comparisons, Trailers. "They Made Me Do It Too: The Cult Of Donnie Darko and #1 Fan: A Darkomentary".

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut DVD

This new and embellished version of the 2001 theatrical release which was a cult hit offers twenty minutes of scenes that were deleted from the original sound improvements new songs such as "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS and new special effects that give insight into Donnie's world and his theories of time travel. Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire a dark comedy a science fiction time-traveling fantasy and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent depressive self-destructive narcoleptic gun-toting sex-crazed teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko Jake Gyllenhaal. DONNIE DARKO is not your typical teen comedy. But like GHOST WORLD and RUSHMORE it uses the trappings of the teen comedy as the entry point for a subversive and trenchant and also wonderfully entertaining look at American life. The difference between those films and DONNIE DARKO is that Donnie is an unlikely hero who just might save the world. It's October 1988 in the Virginia suburb of Middlesex. When Frank a grotesque giant bunny possibly imaginary leads Donnie out of his house minutes before a plane smashes through his roof he not only saves Donnie's life but also warns Donnie that the world is about to end. Over the next few weeks Donnie falls in love with Gretchen Jena Malone and tries to figure out what his life means. Kelly's film perfectly captures the unease that is quietly scratching under the surface of suburban late 1980s life. Gyllenhaal leads an exceptional cast bringing Kelly's twisted but humane vision to life. An exceptional performance is given by Mary McDonnell PASSION FISH as Donnie's mother.