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Donnie Darko
Surreal drama. A teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) sleepwalks out of his house one night and sees a giant demonic rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world will end in 28 days.
Surreal teen drama. During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko sleepwalks out of his house one night and sees a giant, demonic-looking rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days. When Donnie returns home, he finds that a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom. Is Donnie living in a parallel universe, is he suffering from mental illness - or will the world really end?
Last on
Sun 8 Jan 2012
23:35
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Donnie Darko | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| Gretchen Ross | Jena Malone |
| Elizabeth Darko | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| Mrs Rose Darko | Mary McDonnell |
| Karen Pomeroy | Drew Barrymore |
| Jim Cunningham | Patrick Swayze |
| Prof Kenneth Monnitoff | Noah Wyle |
| Dr Fisher | Arthur Taxier |
| Samantha Darko | Daveigh Chase |
| Kitty Farmer | Beth Grant |
| Eddie Darko | Holmes Osborne |
| Director | Richard Kelly |
| Writer | Richard Kelly |
Broadcasts
- Sat 17 Nov 2007 21:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
- Sat 17 Nov 2007 22:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
- Sat 23 May 2009 22:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East & Yorkshire
- Sat 9 Apr 2011 00:00
- Wed 23 Nov 2011 23:55ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One except Northern Ireland
- Thu 24 Nov 2011 00:25ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
- Sun 8 Jan 2012 23:35