Because the film's advertising featured a crashing plane and the September 11 attacks had occurred a month and a half before, it was scarcely advertised, which affected its box office performance it grossed just $517,375 in its initial run. The film premiered on Januat the Sundance Film Festival, followed by a limited theatrical release on October 26. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks. The soundtrack features a cover of ' Mad World' by Tears for Fears by American musicians Gary Jules and Michael Andrews, which went to No. Filming took 28 days in the summer of 2000, mostly in California. Kelly insisted on directing the film himself and struggled to secure backing from producers until 2000, when Barrymore's Flower Films agreed to produce it on a $4.5 million budget. He took an early idea of a jet engine falling onto a house with no one knowing its origin and built the story around it. Frank begins to manipulate Donnie to commit several crimes.ĭevelopment began in late 1997 when Kelly had graduated from film school and started writing scripts. He has visions of Frank, a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume who informs him that the world will end in just over 28 days. Set in October 1988, the film follows Donnie Darko, an emotionally troubled teenager who inadvertently escapes a bizarre accident by sleepwalking. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Stu Stone, Daveigh Chase, Seth Rogen, and James Duval. Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and produced by Flower Films.

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