Donnie Darko
- Sat, Aug 22
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Richard Kelly Run Time: 114 min. Release Year: 2001
Starring: Beth Grant, Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Jena Malone
Wake up, Donnie…
Donnie Darko, one of the definitive Frida Cinema fan favorites, is coming back for a very special one night only screening on August 22nd at 11:00PM!
Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a troubled teenager in 1988 Virginia, plagued by visions and sleepwalking episodes. One night, a bizarre accident nearly kills him when a jet engine crashes into his bedroom. Surviving only because he wandered outside, Donnie begins seeing a terrifying figure: a man in a grotesque rabbit suit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days.
Before Stranger Things combined science fiction, Spielberg-ian thrills, and 1980s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium.