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Richard Kelly (written by)
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Release Date:
30 January 2002 (France) more
Tagline:
Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions. more
Plot:
A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. full summary | full synopsis
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11 wins & 10 nominations more
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You can't watch it only once more (1927 total)

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Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (USA) (director's cut)
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Rated R for language, some drug use and violence.; Rated R for language, some underage drug and alcohol use, and violence. (director's cut)
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113 min | 133 min (director's cut)
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Trivia:
The words "Cellar Door" are written on the chalkboard in Karen Pommeroy's classroom. When Donnie asks about their meaning, she replies that "This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful." In the director's commentary Richard Kelly mistakenly attributes the phrase to Edgar Allan Poe, but it was actually J.R.R. Tolkien who, in his 1955 essay "English and Welsh", said that "Most English-speaking people . . . will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful." more
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Revealing mistakes: When Donnie is talking to Frank when they're in the movie theater at a screening of "The Evil Dead", Gretchen appears to be asleep. However, the scene that appears to be playing (where the porch swing is swaying back on forth on its own) happens just minutes into that movie. Gretchen would have had to have fallen asleep almost instantly. more
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Elizabeth: I'm voting for Dukakis.
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References C.H.U.D. (1984) more
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FAQ

I still don't get it, what did Donnie do to save the universe? Did Donnie need to die at the end, hence not get out of bed to save the universe?
Why does Donnie do what he does in this movie?
Why is there no soundtrack with the original '80s tracks?
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528 out of 696 people found the following review useful.
You can't watch it only once, 2 March 2004
10/10
Author: Jim-512 from Anchorage, Alaska

I first saw this on cable tv. Thumbing through the channels I stopped just as Donnie Darko was beginning. I thought the title was weird, and readied my thumb on the remote channel selector...pointed it at the TV...and it stayed there for the rest of the movie! I couldn't stop watching! I've never seen a movie like this. The movie has a beautiful aspect (especially the end). And there are a few chuckles as well. Contrary to the more critical commentary, there is depth and complexity to the story that kind of requires you to see it more than once. I'm no genius, but what I gathered the basis of Donnie Darko to be is about our part in the deliberate DESIGN of our destiny, and I catch more each time I watch it.

Regardless of anything, sincere thought and expression went in to the making of Donnie Darko. Mixed with skill and technical ability = Art.

A WORK OF ART! In the top 100 movies of all time in my opinion.

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