Donnie Darko

Titolo originale: Donnie Darko
Regia: Richard Kelly |
Anno: 2001
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantasy Dramma Mistero
Tag: high school | airplane | parent child relationship | presidential election | therapist | school performance | halloween | time travel | vandalism | surrealism | loss | imaginary friend | suburbia | arson | vision | school | mental illness | virginia | sleepwalking | 1980s | parallel universe | complicated |
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jena Malone | James Duval | Drew Barrymore | Beth Grant | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Mary McDonnell | Holmes Osborne | Noah Wyle | Katharine Ross | Patrick Swayze | Daveigh Chase | Arthur Taxier | David St. James | Patience Cleveland | Jazzie Mahannah | Jolene Purdy | David Moreland | Kristina Malota | Marina Malota | Scotty Leavenworth | Phyllis Lyons | Gary Lundy | Alex Greenwald | Stuart Stone | Joan Blair | Seth Rogen | Mark Hoffman | Jerry Trainor | Tom Tangen | Carly Naples | Lisa K. Wyatt | Rachel Winfree | Ashley Tisdale | Tiler Peck | Fran Kranz | Sarah Hudson | Alison Jones | Lee Weaver | Jack Salvatore, Jr. |

Il liceale Donnie Darko, in preda ad un attacco di insonnia, esce dalla casa dei genitori e incontra uno spaventoso coniglio gigante di nome Frank, che gli dice che il mondo finirà tra 28 giorni, 6 ore, 42 minuti e 12 secondi.

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EASTER EGG: The DVD contains several Easter Eggs, or hidden items. Two are visible in the "Philosoph [...] D
The song that plays as Donnie is riding his bike home in the theatrical version is "The Killing Moon [...] D
Real-life brother and sister Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal also play the role of siblings in the film. D
At the start of the movie, when Donnie rides his bicycle back into town, right after he passes the t [...] D
When Donnie returns home at the beginning of the movie, Rose is reading Stephen King's It, which pro [...] D
Adapted by director Marcus Stern into a live stage production that was produced in October and Novem [...] D
Patrick Swayze wore his own clothes from the 1980s for the film. D
James Duval (Frank) and Mary McDonnell (Rose Darko) were also both in Independence Day (1996). D
Final theatrical film of Patience Cleveland (Roberta Sparrow/Grandma Death). D
Jake Gyllenhaal uses the strategy of rarely blinking to enhance his psychotic creepiness (as he is d [...] D
There are many comic book references that show up through the film. Gretchen comments on Donnie's na [...] D
Frank, the giant rabbit, was inspired by the animated film La collina dei conigli (1978), whose clip [...] D
Jim Cunningham depicts drugs, alcohol, and premarital sex as "instruments of fear". In the movie, Do [...] D
During the cinema scene, Donnie sees Frank and asks why he wears the mask. To which Frank reveals hi [...] D
Well out of his teens, Vince Vaughn reportedly turned down the part of Donnie due to his age. Mark W [...] D
At one point, it looked like the film was going to be released directly to home markets. Christopher [...] D
Writer and director Richard Kelly was impressed with the commitment to craft exhibited by young Jake [...] D
Karen Pomeroy was named for sex researcher Wardell Pomeroy of the Kinsey Institute. D
The words "Cellar Door" are written on the chalkboard in Karen Pomeroy's classroom. When Donnie asks [...] D
Someone at the house party jumps on a trampoline, wearing a Ronald Reagan mask. This is taken from a [...] D
Patrick Swayze portrays a charismatic educator promoting a questionable education course. Swayze was [...] D
When the entire school is flooded, you can see a shot of a message underneath the mascot's statue. I [...] D
Jim Cunningham's Cunning Visions infomercials were shot at Patrick Swayze's ranch in Lake View Terra [...] D
The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA - where the film's theater scenes were shot - has an annual tra [...] D
The answering machine seen at the party, is the same model as the one featured prominently in I sign [...] D
Writer and director Richard Kelly came up with the idea for the future blobs while watching football [...] D
Near the end of the movie, when Donnie and the other three are riding their bikes to Grandma Death's [...] D
Film debut of Fran Kranz, who plays the passenger in the clown suit. D
While filming the scene where Kitty Farmer speaks about how Donnie directed her to put a Lifeline ex [...] D
When Donnie's mother, Rose, asks Kitty if she has heard of Graham Greene, she replies that she has, [...] D
Early in the film, when Donnie is riding his bike home, he passes Frank's car, which is traveling in [...] D
Voted number nine in Film4's "50 Films To See Before You Die". D
In the "Cunning Visions" infomercial, Jim Cunningham pats a child on his behind. The young boy who w [...] D
Mary McDonnell was so excited for her part that she got her first-ever speeding ticket driving to th [...] D
Richard Kelly said that the movie had a very difficult time finding a U.S. distributor. Since the fi [...] D
Newmarket Films, the movie's U.S. distributor, approached Richard Kelly about doing a Director's Cut [...] D
Both Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal would go on to work with Heath Ledger in I segreti di Bro [...] D
Some songs featured in the movie were substitutes for songs which the makers wanted, but were denied [...] D
Katharine Ross and Mary McDonnell were paid scale for the film. D
Voted number five in the list of Australia's ten favorite movies. D
The first edit of the film ran two hours and forty-five minutes. The Director's Cut is very close to [...] D
Mary McDonnell and Noah Wyle played mother and son in E.R. - Medici in prima linea (1994). D
Despite playing his teacher, Drew Barrymore is only five years older than Jake Gyllenhaal. D
Filmed over a period of 28 days - which matches the length of time depicted in the film. D
The scene where Donnie corrects Gretchen was improvised, because Jena Malone could not say the name [...] D
During the film, Donnie surrenders to the three temptations, which Jim Cunningham mentions: alcohol, [...] D
The song featured at the end of the movie, "Mad World" by Gary Jules, was the number one song around [...] D
In the movie theater scene, Richard Kelly originally intended to have Donnie and Gretchen going to s [...] D
Ashley Tisdale's debut with scene actions. D
The Director's Cut greatly alters the pacing of the film, adding deleted scenes, new visual effects, [...] D
Initially, Richard Kelly sought permission from the estate of Peyo, the Smurfs, to show a Smurf doll [...] D
Jim Cunningham ends "Cunning Visions" with his lifespan: 1944 - 1988. Roberta Sparrow's "The Philoso [...] D
When casting for the role of Donnie's sister, it came to writer and director Richard Kelly's attenti [...] D
Before Mara Wilson retired from acting, she got the script for the film, to read for the role of Sam [...] D
According to the commentary by Richard Kelly, the Man in the Red Jogging Suit is an agent from the F [...] D
Judging by what is seen and heard of La casa (1981) in the movie theater scenes, it takes the better [...] D
At the wrap party for the film, Seth Rogen and Jake Gyllenhaal agreed that they had no idea what the [...] D
The original poster art for the movie had used an Arabic-style font, but this was changed to the mor [...] D
As in the play and movie Harvey (1950), the lead character befriends a giant sentient bunny that no [...] D
The original advertising material featured a crashing plane. Opening close to September 11 2001, nat [...] D
Seth Rogen's feature film debut. D
Richard Kelly grew up in Midlothian, Virginia. This was used in one of the original scripts, but was [...] D
During conversations about sex with his therapist, the script had Donnie's fantasies be about Alyssa [...] D
Professor Kenneth Monnitoff (Noah Wyle) is seen eating hard candy in some scenes, because Wyle decid [...] D
On the set of Charlie's Angels (2000), Drew Barrymore and Richard Kelly agreed that her production c [...] D
The black and white poster in Donnie's room, of an eye reflecting a skull, is a reproduction of an e [...] D
Frank says the world will end in "twenty-eight days, six hours, forty-two minutes, twelve seconds." [...] D
Jolene Purdy's debut. D
Drew Barrymore and Mary McDonnell appeared in the Scream film franchise. Barrymore in Scream (1996), [...] D
Jake Gyllenhaal was actually 19 years old, while playing a 16 year old high school student. Maggie G [...] D
The short story "The Destructors" (which Karen Pomeroy discusses in her class, that seemingly parall [...] D
Seth Rogen's first line in this, his first feature film, is "I like your boobs". D
When Donnie tells Gretchen he accidentally burned down a house, they are walking directly in front o [...] D
Despite persistent rumors, Richard Kelly insists that none of the characters in this film are based [...] D

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When Donnie's science teacher begins talking about Roberta Sparrow's book, Donnie puts the Slinky ar [...] D
When Donnie and his dad are talking in the car - just before they almost run Grandma Death over - a [...] D
The movie is set in 1988, but license plates, book editions, news photographs and products from 1989 [...] D
The movie is set in Middlesex, VA, yet most of the cars have California license plates. D
When the students all write "They made me do it" on the board, Sam Bylen is followed by Donnie Darko [...] D
Elizabeth receives her admission letter to Harvard in October, before Halloween. (The party she and [...] D
When Donnie is talking about time travel with his science teacher for the first time, the slinky aro [...] D
During the Life Line activity in Mrs. Farmer's class, Cherita answers her question card by placing a [...] D
During life line exercise activity when Ms. Farmer pulls the board into class, there is a black dust [...] D
Middlesex, VA, is mostly flat and does not have hills as depicted in the movie. D
In the final scene between Donnie and his therapist, Dr. Thurman, Dr. Thurman appears to have had a [...] D
In the beginning of the film, large numbers of people are allowed to be directly under the suspended [...] D
In the talent show scene during Sparkle Motion's dance (1:12:50), Mrs. Farmer is seen backstage stan [...] D
The name of the high school is "Middlesex," which would obviously be abbreviated "MHS" for Middlesex [...] D
While in the car with his father, the passenger side mirror can be seen outside of the window. Durin [...] D
When Cherita was asked to read the card her teacher gave to her out loud, there was a spelling error [...] D
The unmarried Jim Cunningham wears a wedding band throughout the film. According to Richard Kelly, t [...] D
When Donnie finds the 1911-style pistol in the closet the hammer is not cocked and the safety is on. [...] D

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