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Know another quote from Donnie Darko? Don't let people miss on a great quote from the "Donnie Darko" movie - add it here! Add a Quote. Our favorite collection of Famous Movies ». Star Wars. George Lucas - Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino - Batman Begins. Christopher Nolan - The Pianist. Roman Polanski - Die Hard. John McTiernan - Throughout October of , Frank appears to Donnie at various points in time, taking the same form of a monstrous humanoid rabbit.

Instructing Donnie to do various things throughout the month, such as flooding the school and burning Jim Cunningham's house down, all while maintaining a secretive, ominous attitude and constantly mentioning the approaching "end of the world".

Frank appears yet again on Halloween night. As Donnie and Gretchen Ross are being assaulted and threatened by the school bullies, a car speeds towards them from a nearby road, scaring the bullies off. As Gretchen lays on the ground, the speeding car runs her over and kills her. The car stops, and its two occupants exit to examine what has happened. The driver is revealed to be Frank. However, rather than donning his mysterious, paranormal, doom-predicting persona, he appears to be a normal, human version of himself, wearing the rabbit suit as a Halloween costume, who was simply going out to buy liquor.

Frank's friend emerges from the vehicle, and the two panic at the situation. After realizing Gretchen is dead, Donnie impulsively aveneges her by shooting Frank through the eye with his father's pistol, which he obtained earlier in the film.

Frank's friend flees in the opposite direction, while Frank himself lays lifeless on the road. Another Frank, wearing the full rabbit costume is visible throughout this scene, standing mysteriously among the bushes and watching these events unfold. When Frank was shot dead on October 31, he became one of these entities, and traveled back in time to October 2nd and began appearing to Donnie in this form, Thus explaining why Frank appears as both a casual, normal person and a supernatural being.

In the middle of the night, on October 2, , Donnie is awakened from his sleep by a strange voice and led out onto a golf course where he converses with a life-size demonic-looking rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds, Donnie then falls asleep after being told this. After waking up on the golf course the next morning, Donnie returns home to discover that a huge jet engine has fallen from the sky and into his bedroom, and that the responding authorities do not know where it came from.

After Donnie's house is repaired and his family returns to it, Frank appears to Donnie yet again and instructs him to flood his school. Donnie does as told, causing school to be cancelled for the day and leading to Donnie meeting Gretchen on the way home. Frank appears again to Donnie while he and Gretchen are in an empty movie theatre. While Gretchen is asleep, Frank manifests in the seat next to her, sitting in eerie silence.

Donnie asks him "Why do you wear that stupid Bunny suit? Donnie orders Frank to "take it off. Donnie asks Frank about the situation, and his origins, receiving only enigmatic, vague answers. Frank ends up instructing Donnie to burn a local motivational speaker, Jim Cunningham 's house down. Frank vanishes, leaving Donnie to his task. Top review. Weird, Creepy, Emotional, Funny, Beautiful. All at the same time. I don't know what to type. This is just one of those movies you have to see for yourself.

Its also one of those movies that to fully get it, you have to see it more than once. Its a brilliant film, but a bit confusing. Well, the plot may sound stupid, and if it hadn't been as brilliantly executed, it probably would have been. But its brilliant. I am going to attempt to explain it. Here goes A giant rabbit no kidding comes to proclaim the end of the world no kidding to troubled teenager Donnie Darko.

Then, an aeroplane engine crashes into his bedroom while the rabbit is proclaiming the end of the world. Donnie then is able to see peoples 'paths', represented as a long tube in front of the person, showing where they are going to go next and is able to deny his own path. Confusing eh? This is a movie I can't explain any more. The rest has to be seen for yourself. Don't go in expecting a fully blown horror movie or any type of film with a straightforward, easy to understand plot.

Because this film is really deep. Thought provoking, captivating, mesmerising and moving, this is a work of genius. This isn't the sort of film you can just watch casually though. You have been warned FioMnsfld Jan 22, FAQ How do I understand this movie? Should I watch the original version or Director's Cut?

What are the differences? Why is Donnie smiling at the beginning of the film, when he wakes up? Details Edit. Release date January 19, Mexico. United States. Official site Official site [Spain].

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit.