Donnie Darko
95
A troubled teenager narrowly escapes death when a jet engine crashes into his bedroom, then begins receiving instructions from a terrifying figure in a rabbit suit.
Why watch: Released weeks after 9/11, it flopped — then ran 28 months of midnight screenings in New York.
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Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko
Jena Malone as Gretchen Ross
James Duval as Frank
Drew Barrymore as Karen Pomeroy
Beth Grant as Kitty Farmer
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Elizabeth Darko
Mary McDonnell as Rose Darko
Holmes Osborne as Eddie Darko
Noah Wyle as Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff
Katharine Ross as Dr. Lilian Thurman
Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham
Daveigh Chase as Samantha Darko
Arthur Taxier as Dr. Fisher
David St. James as Bob Garland
Patience Cleveland as Roberta Sparrow / Grandma Death
Crew
Richard Kelly — Director
Richard Kelly — Writer
Nancy Juvonen — Producer
Drew Barrymore — Executive Producer
Adam Fields — Producer
Sean McKittrick — Producer
Casey La Scala — Executive Producer
William Tyrer — Executive Producer
Hunt Lowry — Executive Producer
Christopher Ball — Executive Producer
Aaron Ryder — Executive Producer
Michelle Morris-Gertz — Casting
Joseph Middleton — Casting
Steven Poster — Director of Photography
Sam Bauer — Editor
Eric Strand — Editor
Alec Hammond — Production Design
April Ferry — Costume Design
Michael Andrews — Original Music Composer
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