Donnie Darko (Blu-ray, 2016)

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Directorial debut of Richard Kelly starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone and Drew Barrymore. It's October 1988 and the end of the world is going to come in 28 days, six hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds; that's according to Frank (James Duval), a giant, talking rabbit that only Donnie Darko (Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but troubled teenager, can see. Frank has been urging Donnie to play dangerous pranks on his friends and dysfunctional family, but when he gets Donnie to leave his bedroom one night and tells him the world will end soon, strange things begin to happen - starting with the engine of an aeroplane plunging to the ground and hitting Donnie's, now empty, bedroom.

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Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal). DONNIE DARKO is not your typical teen comedy. But, like GHOST WORLD and RUSHMORE, it uses the trappings of the teen comedy as the entry point for a subversive and trenchant (and also wonderfully entertaining) look at American life. The difference between those films and DONNIE DARKO is that Donnie is an unlikely hero who just might save the world. It's October 1988, in the Virginia suburb of Middlesex. When Frank, a grotesque giant bunny (possibly imaginary), leads Donnie out of his house minutes before a plane smashes through his roof, he not only saves Donnie's life but also warns Donnie that the world is about to end. Over the next few weeks, Donnie falls in love with Gretchen (Jena Malone) and tries to figure out what his life means. Kelly's film perfectly captures the unease that is quietly scratching under the surface of suburban late 1980s life. Gyllenhaal leads an exceptional cast, bringing Kelly's twisted but humane vision to life. An exceptional performance is given by Mary McDonnell (PASSION FISH) as Donnie's mother.

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ProducerSean Mckittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Adam Fields
EAN5027035015712
eBay Product ID (ePID)22048557135

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleDonnie Darko
ActorJena Malone, Mary Mcdonnell, Patrick Swayze, Katharine Ross, Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Noah Wyle
DirectorRichard Kelly
FormatBlu-ray
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2016
Features4k restorations of both original and director cuts\Audio Commentaries\Interviews\Featurettes\Deleted and alternate scenes\Storyboard comparisons\B-roll footage\Music Video\Galleries\Trailers\TV Spot\Collector's booklet
FranchiseDonnie Darko
GenreDrama, General
Run Time109 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Consumer AdviceContains strong language and horror
Movie/TV TitleDonnie Darko
ComposerMichael Andrews
Sound sourceDolby Digital

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  • Glad to have rewatched this after all these years. In hi-def.

    Having seen this on its DVD release a couple decades ago and not gone back to it since, I thought I might give myself the push to watch it again if I bought it 2nd hand in hi-def (Blu ray). I was NOT disappointed. The boost in resolution, in both audio and video were notable, and the director's cut just seemed to make the story slightly more coherent than I remember. I enjoyed it more (and better got my head round it) this time. Worthy of its "classic" badge - and another watch IMHO.

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    Excellent quality Blu-ray !! Thank you.

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