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![]() More than crazy, Donnie is smarter than many of the older, authority figures he has to deal with, such as his nut-job Health class teacher Kitty Farmer (Beth Grant) and the local author and motivational guru she is obsessed with, Jim Cunningham (Patrick Swayze). He's taking medicine to help him, but it doesn't seem to be working. Lilian Thurman (Katharine Ross), to discuss his emotional issues. His parents don't know what to do with him and he regularly sees his psychiatrist, Dr. Jake Gyllenhaal is Donnie Darko, a youth who, at least it seems, is battling with mental illness. It's got a little bit of everything, from sci-fi time travel to youth drama to comedy and almost everything in between. Darko is less about a simple story and more about themes like life, death, love and our own places in the world and universe. To try to summarize the plot of Donnie Darko in a few paragraphs here would not only be extremely difficult, but would also do little to serve the purpose of the film. For those of you who didn't heed our advice the first time around, here you go, a second chance to check out this excellent film on the big screen where it belongs. So here we are, back again for Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut. They agreed and Kelly, who hadn't yet directed his second film, went back to work on an extended cut of his first feature. When they approached Kelly last year about a re-release, he was enthusiastic, adding that there were actually some cut scenes and effects that he would like to add to the film. So now that nearly three years have passed and most of the film world is in-the-know on Darko, the producers decided that it might be the right time to let the rest of the population in on the film. ![]() Although Gyllenhaal had been in a few films before this, most notably the excellent October Sky, it was Darko that let Gyllenhaal really break out of his shell and show how much this young talent was capable of. Along with the arrival of writer/director Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko also introduced the world to Jake Gyllenhaal. Kelly's script is so daring, so complex and so full of life that few screenwriters with years more career and life experience have ever or will ever write a script this interesting. It stands as one of the most impressive feature debuts in the history of cinema. It is almost completely astounding that Donnie Darko was the feature debut for director Richard Kelly.
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