Image from the motion picture Donnie Darko Image from the motion picture Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko - 35MM

Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 2001 | 113MIN

Director

Richard Kelly

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
Jena Malone
James Duval
Patrick Swayze

“A haunted miasma of youthful alienation, suburban malaise, cosmic upheaval, and 1980s pop-cultural infatuation.”
—Justin Chang, L.A. Times

Before STRANGER THINGS combined science fiction, Spielberg-ian thrills, and 1980s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with DONNIE DARKO. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. Described by its director as “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE as told by Philip K. Dick,” DONNIE DARKO stars Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, and Noah Wyle.

Q&A with Richard Kelly, moderated by Amy Taubin, 7/26.

Portrait of filmmaker Richard Kelly

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Donnie Darko Q&A with Richard Kelly

Filmmaker Richard Kelly joins us at the Roxy Cinema for a post-film Q&A following a screening of his 2001 feature Donnie Darko.

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