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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?

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Jan 201223:35
BBC Three

Credits

Donnie DarkoJake Gyllenhaal
Gretchen RossJena Malone
Elizabeth DarkoMaggie Gyllenhaal
Mrs Rose DarkoMary McDonnell
Karen PomeroyDrew Barrymore
Jim CunninghamPatrick Swayze
Prof Kenneth MonnitoffNoah Wyle
Dr FisherArthur Taxier
Samantha DarkoDaveigh Chase
Kitty FarmerBeth Grant
Eddie DarkoHolmes Osborne
DirectorRichard Kelly
WriterRichard Kelly

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Nov 200721:30
    BBC Two except East, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire
  • Sat 17 Nov 200722:00
    BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only
  • Sat 23 May 200922:30
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sat 9 Apr 201100:00
    BBC One
  • Wed 23 Nov 201123:55
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Thu 24 Nov 201100:25
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Sun 8 Jan 201223:35
    BBC Three