- Donnie Darko (allthetropes.org)
A cult Mind Screw film, set in October 1988, about a schizophrenic teenager called Donnie Darko who sees a demonic rabbit figure named “Frank” while sleepwalking. Frank tells him that the world will end in 28 days, just before a jet engine crashes into Donnie’s bedroom. Donnie credits Frank with saving his life by causing him to sleepwalk out of the house, and begins to do Frank’s bidding, while gradually trying to uncover the strange events around him which may or may not be related either to Time Travel, an Alternate Dimension, or Donnie’s worsening Schizophrenia.
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- Donnie Darko (Wikipedia)
Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and produced by Flower Films. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Stu Stone, Daveigh Chase, and James Duval. Set in October 1988, the film follows Donnie Darko, an emotionally troubled teenager who inadvertently escapes a bizarre accident by sleepwalking. He has visions of Frank, a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume who informs him that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.
