Donnie Darko is a 2001 science fiction film written and directed by Richard Kelly. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film follows the advent of a troubled title character as he searches for the meaning behind his doomsday related visions.
Filmed for 28 days (coincidentally reflecting the time of the film), the film is almost released directly to the video. Donnie Darko was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2001, before receiving a limited theatrical release on October 26, 2001 by Flower Films. Since the movie ad featured a crashed plane and the September 11 attacks that occurred a month earlier, the film was barely advertised. In the end, Donnie Darko earned more than $ 7.5 million worldwide with a budget of $ 4.5 million. Despite the lackluster box office performance, Donnie Darko received critical acclaim. Critics praise film, acting, and tone. The film is listed # 2 in Empire ' s 50 Independent Independent Movies of All Time, as well as # 63 on Empire's Greatest Movies of All Time.
It was released on VHS and DVD in March 2002. The film became a staggering success in the home video market, reportedly over $ 10 million in home video sales. The film has also developed a cult following. The film's soundtrack is also famous for its cover of Tears for Fears's "Mad World" by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews. The cover reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for three weeks in a row. This song also achieved a lukewarm success in the United States, reaching number 30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. A director's piece was released in 2004, on a two-piece special edition DVD. The adaptation stage appeared in 2007, and the sequel, S. Darko , in 2009.
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Plot
On October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donald "Donnie" Darko woke up and called out in a mysterious voice. Once outside, he meets a character in a gigantic rabbit costume who introduces himself as "Frank" and tells Donnie that the world's right time will end: in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. Donnie wakes up the next morning in green on the local golf course and returns home to find a jet engine crashing into his bedroom. Her sister, Elizabeth, told him that the FAA investigators did not know where it came from.
Over the next few days, Donnie continues to have Frank's vision, and his parents Eddie and Rose send him to a Dr. psychotherapist. Thurman. Dr. Thurman believes Donnie is detached from reality, and that his vision of Frank is "daytime hallucination", a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. When Frank asks Donnie if he believes in the passage of time, Donnie asks his science teacher, Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff about it. Monnitoff gave Donnie The Philosophy of Time Travel, a book written by Roberta Sparrow, a former science teacher at the school who is now an elderly-looking old woman who lives out of town. Donnie also begins to see Gretchen Ross, who has just moved into town with his mother under a new identity to escape from his rough stepfather.
Frank begins to influence Donnie's actions, including causing him to flood his high school by breaking the drains. Kitty Farmer's sports teacher linked the act of vandalism with the influence of the short story "The Destructors", which was commissioned by a dedicated English teacher, Karen Pomeroy. Kitty began teaching "attitude lessons" taken from local motivational speaker Jim Cunningham, but Donnie rebelled against this, which caused friction between Kitty and Rose. Kitty arranged for Cunningham to speak at a school meeting, where Donnie insulted her. Donnie later found Cunningham's wallet and address, and Frank suggested that his house be burned. Firefighters found piles of child pornography there, Cunningham was arrested, and Kitty, who wanted to testify in her defense, asked Rose to accompany their daughter's dance group on a trip to Los Angeles.
With Rose in Los Angeles and Eddie away on business, Donnie and Elizabeth had a Halloween costume party to celebrate Elizabeth's acceptance to Harvard. At the party, Gretchen gets confused when her mother disappears, and she and Donnie make love for the first time. When Donnie realized that the end of the world prophesied by Frank in just a few hours, he took Gretchen and two other friends to see Sparrow. Instead of Sparrow, they find two high school bullies, Seth and Ricky, who try to rob Sparrow's house. Donnie, Seth, and Ricky had a fight on the street in front of his house, just as Sparrow returned home. An approaching car turned to avoid Sparrow and approached Gretchen, killing him. The driver turned out to be Elizabeth's girlfriend, Frank Anderson, wearing the same rabbit costume from Donnie's vision. Donnie shot Frank's eye with his father's gun, and walked home carrying Gretchen's body.
Donnie returned home as a vortex of his home. He borrowed one of his parents' cars, loaded Gretchen's body into it, and drove to the nearest ridge overlooking the city. There, he saw the plane carrying Rose and the dance troupe from Los Angeles caught in a vortex whirl, which roughly tore off one of its engines, and sent it back on time. Events from the previous 28 days relax. Donnie awoke in his bedroom, knowing that it was dated October 2, and laughed when the jet engine crashed into his bedroom, crushing it. Around the city, those whose lives Donnie would be touched woke up from a troubled dream. Gretchen climbs into Darko's house the next morning, and learns of Donnie's death. Gretchen and Rose exchanged glances and waved as if they knew each other, but could not remember where.
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Cast
Production
Although the film was always meant to be set in 1988, Kelly admitted she felt depressed to create a more contemporary atmosphere; but, he does not know how to make stories work in such settings and retain the original settings. In an interview with the BBC, Kelly said he "started writing something ambitious, personal, and nostalgic about the late 80s." Frank, the giant rabbit, was inspired by the Watership Down novel, with novel sensors becoming the plot point before being left in the final version. New information shows that the costume can also be an inspiration from Kelly's dream.
Filming
Donnie Darko was filmed in 28 days which, incidentally, is similar to the time of the film from October 2, 1988, to Friday or Saturday of the weekend before Halloween on Monday, October 31, 1988 The budget for the film is $ 4.5 million.
Almost went straight to home video, but was theatrically released by production company Drew Barrymore, Flower Films.
Several scenes were taken at Bixby Knolls Virginia Country Club, in Long Beach, California, with many school sequences taken at Loyola High School. The "Carpathian Ridge" scene was shot at the Angeles Crest Highway.
Music
In 2003, the piano cover driven by Tears for Fears' "Mad World" featured in the film, as part of the final sequence, was a hit for composer Michael Andrews and singer Gary Jules, topping charts in England and Portugal..
An ongoing sequence involving the introduction of Donnie high school clearly featured the song "Head over Heels", by Tears for Fears, the Samantha dance group, Sparkle Motion, performing with the song "Notorious", by Duran Duran, and "Under the Milky Way ", by The Church, played after Donnie and Gretchen emerged from his room during the party. "Love Will Tear Us Apart", by Joy Division, also appeared in the movie diegetically during parties and photos of Donnie and Gretchen upstairs. The included version was released in 1995, although the film was set in 1988. The opening order is set to "The Killing Moon" by Echo & Bunnymen. In theatrical pieces, the song played during the Halloween party is "Proud of Being Loud" by Pantera, a song released on their 1988 album, which will coincide with the timing of the movie. However, the band is credited as "The Dead Green Mumies".
In the re-released version of Directed play, the music in the opening sequence is replaced with "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS; "Under Milky Way" was moved to where Donnie and Eddie drove home from Donnie's meeting with his therapist; and "The Killing Moon" were played when Gretchen and Donnie returned to the party from Donnie's parents' room.
Release
The film has a limited release, opening October 26, months after the September 11 attacks. It was then held back for almost a year for an international release. Kelly said it took nearly six months to sell the movie. "Almost head straight for the Starz network, we have to beg them to put it in the cinema." Christopher Nolan came in and convinced Newmarket to put it in theaters. "
Marketing
The Donnie Darko Book , written by Richard Kelly, is a 2003 book about this film. This includes an introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal, the scenario from Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut , an in-depth interview with Kelly, the facsimile page of Philosophy of Time Travel , photos and pictures from the film, and the artwork was inspired. NECA released the first figure six inches (15 cm) from Frank the Bunny and then the talked version as high as 30 cm from the same image.
Home media
The film was originally released on VHS and DVD in March 2002. The strong DVD sales caused Newmarket Films to release "Directed Cut" on DVD in 2004. Bob Berney, President of Newmarket Films, has described the film as "a runaway hit on DVD," citing sales United States more than $ 10 million.
The film was released in the US on Blu-ray on February 10, 2009, which contains both versions. The film was then re-released on July 26, 2011 as the 4th, 10th anniversary edition, again containing both versions in HD, and theatrical versions on DVD.
The film was released as a special edition 2-disc Blu-ray in the UK on July 19, 2010, by Metrodome Distribution, and featuring Original Cut and Directed. It also includes comments from director Kelly and actors Gyllenhaal, Kelly and Kevin Smith, and cast and crew, including Drew Barrymore.
In December 2016, Arrow Films released a limited edition resolution of 4K Blu-ray films in the UK, supervised and approved by director Kelly. This release includes Director and Theater cuts and comes with Dual Blu-ray format and DVD release. In the US, released in April 2017.
Directed cut
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut was released on May 29, 2004, in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle International Film Festival, and then in New York City and Los Angeles, on July 23, 2004. The tickets were sold out in a day for the premiere of the Seattle International Film Festival, grossing nearly $ 33,000 over a five-day period. This snippet includes twenty minutes of additional recordings and a changed soundtrack.
The DVD cut director was released on February 15, 2005 in single and double-disc versions, the latter available in a standard DVD box or in a limited edition which also features a lenticular slipcase, whose main images alternate between Donnie and Frank depending on the point of view. Most of the additional features are exclusive to two DVDs: director comments aided by Kevin Smith, excerpts from the storyboard, a 52-minute production diary, "fan video # 1", a "cult follower" video interviewing British fans, and a new director cut trailer. The single DVD edition was also released as a giveaway with a copy of the British Sunday Times newspaper on February 19, 2006.
DVD Cut The director includes the textbook of fiction in the universe, The Philosophy of Time Travel , written by Roberta Sparrow, given and read Donnie in the movie. The text extends on many philosophical and scientific concepts of film plots revolving around, and has been seen as a way to understand movies better than from theatrical releases. As outlined by Salon ' and Dan Kois from the text of the book, most of the film takes place in the unstable Tangent universe connected to the Primary Universe and its duplicates, except for ships an extra metal known as Artifact - an aircraft engine. If the Artifact is not sent to the Primary Universe by the selected Beneficiary (Donnie) within 28 days, the Primary Universe will be destroyed at the time of Tangent's collapse. To assist in this task, the Receiver of Life is given a super-human ability such as foresight, physical strength and elemental strength, but at the expense of disturbing vision and paranoia, while Manipulated Living (supportive of all the Beneficiaries) supports it in ways that unnatural, set the chain of events like a domino that prompted him to return the Artifact. The Manipulated Dead are more aware than the Living One, has the power to travel through time, and will set a Warrant Trap, a scenario that makes the Recipients have no choice but to save the Primary Universe.
Reception
box office
Donnie Darko made his first screening at the Sundance Film Festival, on January 19, 2001, and debuted in US theaters on October 26, 2001, for a response that warm. During its opening weekend, it only featured on 58 national screens, grossing $ 110,494. This is probably the result of a movie released shortly after the September 11 attacks. At the time the film was screened in theaters of the United States, on April 11, 2002, it only got $ 517,375. It eventually grossed $ 7.6 million worldwide, enough to cover its budget.
Despite showing a bad box office, the film began to attract a loyal fan base. It was originally released on VHS and DVD in March 2002. During this time, the Pioneer Theater in the East Village of New York City began the midnight screening of Donnie Darko that continued for 28 consecutive months. In the United Kingdom, Donnie Darko sold 300,000 tickets in its first six weeks of release, largely based on word of mouth marketing.
Critical reaction
The film received critical acclaim, with praise for acting, atmosphere and unconventional writing. Rotten Tomatoes delivers theatrical version of the film with an 86% rating, and the director cuts the 91% rating. The important consensus of this site reads, "The debut feature of Richard Kelly Donnie Darko is a bold, original vision, packed with ideas and booming acumen and featuring outstanding performance from Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled title character." Metacritic gave the theatrical version of the film score 71 out of 100, based on 21 reviews, showing "favorable general reviews", while the director's cut received a much higher score of 88 out of 100, based on 15 reviews, which showed "universal recognition".
Andrew Johnson quotes the film in Us Weekly as one of the films circulating in Sundance in 2001, describing it as "an intoxicating combination of science fiction, spirituality, and teenage angst." Jean Oppenheimer of the New Times (LA) praised the film, saying, "Like collecting storm clouds, Donnie Darko creates a frightening eerie atmosphere and mounting threats - [and] stands as a one of the most remarkable films of 2001. "Writing for ABC Australia, Megan Spencer calls the movie" threatening, daydreaming, [and] exciting "and noting" it can take you to a very emotionally dormant place in your soul. " Roger Ebert gave the theatrical version of the film two and a half stars out of four, but later gave the director a cut of three stars out of four.
Accolades
- 2001: Richard Kelly Script Donnie Darko won the "Best Screenplay" at the San Diego Film Critics Society. Donnie Darko also won the "Audience Award" for Best Feature at the Swedish Fantastic Film Festival. The film was nominated for "Best Movie" at the Sitges Film Festival and for "Grand Jury Prize" at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards including First Best Features, First Best Scenario and Best Male Leader for Gyllenhaal.
- 2002: Donnie Darko won the "Special Award" at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films's 28th Saturn Awards. The film also won the "Silver Scream Award" at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival. Kelly was nominated for "Best First Feature" and "Best First Screenplay" with Donnie Darko , and Gyllenhaal was nominated for "Best Male Lead," at the Independent Spirit Awards. The film was also nominated for "The Best Breakthrough Movie" at the Film Society's Critics Film Award.
- 2005: Donnie Darko was ranked fifth in My Favorite Movie , an Australian poll conducted by ABC.
- 2006: Donnie Darko ranked # 9 in FilmFour's 50 Movies to See Before You Die .
- More awards
- # 14 on the Entertainment Weekly ' list of 50 High School Movies.
- # 2 in the list of Empire ' s "50 Independent Independent Films of All Time".
- # 53 in the Great Empire Great 500 poll of Great Time of All Time 2008.
Sequel
The 2009 sequel, S. Darko , centered on Sam, Donnie's sister. Sam had a strange dream that signaled a great disaster. The creator of Donnie Darko Richard Kelly says he is not involved in this sequel, as he has no right to the original. Chase and producer Adam Fields are the only creative relationship between it and the original film. This sequel received very negative reviews.
In an interview published on January 24, 2017, Kelly revealed there was a movie set in the world of Donnie Darko that he wanted to create, which would be much larger and more ambitious than the original. Due to the size of the budget needed, Kelly said he would find the necessary resources, once he finished with the next film.
In an interview with PopMatters journalist J.C. MaÃÆ'§ek III, director Richard Kelly says of the sequel S. Darko , "I hate when people ask me about the sequel because" he laughs, moody, "I have nothing to do with it. when people try to blame me or ask me to be responsible for it because I do not have [involvement] I do not control the basic rights [Donnie Darko franchise] I must release them when I was 24. I hate when people ask me about it because I've never seen and I never will, so... do not ask me about the sequel. "He added with a cynical laugh," Those guys make a lot of money, they're going to make a lot of money. " When asked if he would perform an official sequel, Kelly replied, "I am open to doing something much larger and longer and more ambitious that could be a new story." He added, "We'll see what happens, I have a lot of things that I do and that's ambitious and it's expensive and we'll see what happens."
Adaptations
Marcus Stern, associate director of the American Repertory Theater, directed the adaptation of Donnie Darko's stage at the Zero Arrow Theater, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the fall of 2007. The event runs from October 27 to November 18, 2007, a scheduled opening near Halloween.
An article written by the production drama team says the director and production team plan to "embrace the challenge of making fantastic elements come alive on stage." In 2004, Stern adapted and directed Kelly's scenario for the production of graduate students at the American Repertory Theater Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training (I.A.T.T./M.X.A.T.).
See also
- Bunny Man
References
External links
- Official website
- Donnie Darko on IMDb
- Donnie Darko at Rotten Tomatoes
- Donnie Darko in Metacritic
- Donnie Darko: Directed Cut at Rotten Tomatoes
- Donnie Darko: Directed Cut in Metacritic
- Donnie Darko in AllMovie
- Donnie Darko in Box Office Mojo
- Dan Kois (2004-07-23). "Everything you're afraid to ask about" Donnie Darko "". Salon.com.
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