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Donnie wakes up in his bedroom, recognizes the date is October 2, and laughs as the jet engine falls into his bedroom, crushing him. The word "fuck-ass", used in the Darko family dinner scene, was something that two of Kelly's film school friends used during their occasional exchange of insults. A guaranteed original British Quad movie poster from 2016 for Richard Kelly's cult 2001 dark sci-fi thriller "Donnie Darko", starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Patrick Swayze and Seth Rogan. This involved an additional day of shooting to clarify some plot holes, such as Ryder's suggestion of including shots of Frank in the "Mad World" sequence.

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Kelly knew that the film's complicated story would be difficult to pitch to producers without a script, so he had producers read it first before discussing it with them further. He was attentive to details and spoke to his transportation coordinator to ensure all cars in the film were era-specific. He took an early idea of a jet engine falling onto a house with no one knowing its origin and built the story around it. The long shots at the school with "Head Over Heels" playing angered the production and line managers at first, who thought it was "an indulgent music video" that lacked dialogue and did nothing to advance the story. Poster had Kelly dissect the script for him at their initial meeting: "We read every word, every sentence, every page, every scene in the movie.

Kelly wanted to use them only "when absolutely necessary" and have them relate to the story, such as the water barrier seen between Donnie and Frank in his bathroom. He wanted to avoid going "too kitsch" with the style and costumes and retain a conservative style of the Virginia suburb. Please consider upgrading to a Pro account—for less than a couple bucks a month, you’ll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages ( example), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming services, and no ads!

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com are intended for non-commercial entertainment and education use only - reviews, fan art, blogs, forums, etc. Richard Kelly talks reissuing Donnie Darko and his plans for a "much bigger and more ambitious" sequel". Kelly was adamant to set the film in 1988, thinking it would be fresh to explore the era and depict a society that he had not seen in a film before. He openly stated to the actors that he was inexperienced and had no idea how to address them properly, so he talked to them like they were his friends. Thurman believes Donnie is detached from reality, and that his visions of Frank are " daylight hallucinations," symptomatic of paranoid schizophrenia.Despite its initial poor box office showing, the film attracted a devoted fan base and gained a cult following.

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On October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donald "Donnie" Darko sleepwalks outside, led by a mysterious voice. Donnie also starts seeing Gretchen Ross, who has recently moved into town with her mother under a new identity to escape her violent stepfather.At the party, Gretchen arrives distraught as her mother has gone missing, and she and Donnie make love for the first time. The Manipulated Dead (those who die within the Tangent Universe, like Frank and Gretchen) are more aware than the Living, having the power to travel through time, and will set an Ensurance Trap, a scenario which leaves the Receiver no choice but to save the Primary Universe. Donnie firing a gun became one of Kelly's biggest problems while finding a distributor, as the Columbine High School massacre from 1999 raised concerns of the film promoting teenage suicide.

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Early on Kelly made a promise to Sam Bauer that he would edit his first feature film when he had the opportunity, but Pandora Cinema disagreed with the choice initially. He based the film's concept of time travel and alternate universes from reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards including Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Male Lead for Gyllenhaal.The film's end sequence features a piano-driven cover of " Mad World" by English new wave group Tears for Fears, sung by American musician Gary Jules, a schoolfriend of Andrews. If the Artifact is not sent to the Primary Universe by the chosen Living Receiver (Donnie) within 28 days, the Primary Universe will be destroyed upon the collapse of the Tangent in a black hole. Cunningham is arrested, and Kitty, who wishes to testify in his defense, asks Rose to chaperone their daughters' dance troupe on its trip to Los Angeles. on the surface it can be cold and achingly confusing, weaving a plot that hardly leaves dots to even connect.