Director:		Richard Kelly
Year:		2001
Language:		English
Time:		113 minutes

During the presidential election 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.

This was Richard Kelly's first film. The director won awards from the Sweden Fantastic Film Festival (2001), the Academy of Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2002), the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (2002), the Luxembourg International Film Festival (2002), and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2003).

Rated R for language, some drug use and violence.

Links

Review of the film.

About the director, Richard Kelly.

Official "Donnie Darko" site.

The definitive guide to the mystifying plot of "Donnie Darko."