Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Dee Austin Robertson, Richard Kelly

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Actor: Holmes Osborne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell
Director: Dee Austin Robertson, Richard Kelly
Writer: Dee Austin Robertson
Writer: Richard Kelly
Producer: Aaron Ryder
Producer: Adam Fields
Writer: Raymond Mansfield
Writer: Todd Berger
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

DVD Reviews of Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

DVD Review: Slip Cover Missing.
Summary: 4 Stars

My copy of the DVD did not have the slip cover that it is clearly advertised with. Still the same great movie, but no slip cover, which was kind of a let down, especially from Amazon.

DVD Review: Perfect Product
Summary: 5 Stars

This product shipped before the expected date and it was a great suprise. The product was in perfect condition. Thank you.

DVD Review: ehh...
Summary: 1 Stars

Donnie Darko is a great movie. That being said, the directors cut has different music, scenes and just sucks, hard.

I was disappointed that I bought this two-disk set and only received a single dvd (disk 1) upon opening my amazon.com purchase box. I really wish that I would have gotten both disks like I paid for, but I guess thats just too much to ask.

DVD Review: Too Be Honest, I Preferred the Theatrical Release
Summary: 3 Stars

I love Donnie Darko! It's one of my favorite films, and so when the Director's Cut came out, I was super-stoked. But then...let's just say, I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong; this is a great film regardless of what cut you're watching, but I found myself watching the director's cut and wishing for...a little less.

The main difference I think, is the amount of explanation. The theatrical release is very ambiguous, very unapologetic, and very unexplained. I loved it. It forced you to draw your own conclusions, judgments, and explanations for the events of the film. The Director's Cut, probably in an attempt to answer all questions from fans and make sure that the message was not misconstrued, is very clear in its explanations and messages by comparison. And that, for me, kind of ruined the magic and mystery.

Again, this is a fine film, so if this is the only version you watch, you'll probably love it. But I would suggest watching both versions, and deciding for yourself.

DVD Review: This film would appeal to mixed up adolescents
Summary: 3 Stars

This film appears to be written and directed with the marketing strategy of appealing to mixed up and angry adolescents in that stage of life where they think the whole world is crazy, absurd, and working against them. It is a science fiction film yet we are given enough background to also think that maybe this is a film about a mentally ill or schizophrenic teenager. The lose ends of the film are eventually resolved, but in a way that appeals to the romantic aspect of adolescents that seeks some dramatic way to change the world.

We are shown a world of dysfunction around Donnie. His mother seems to think discipline is a bad thing and allows her son to curse her out and then sobs around the house in a depression thinking she failed as a mother. His father tries too hard to be a buddy to his son rather that be a strong father. His teachers range from the intellectual, to the weak, to the right wing fascist type. The school principal fires the one teacher that treats the students as intelligent and supports the most outlandish right wing teacher on the faculty. School bullies dominate the school and community. A crazy motivational speaker begins to dominate the community with an evangelical style self-help strategy. All of this Donnie seems to recognize as out of line and yet he also sees things that are definitely not real, and thus whereas he sees through hypocrisy with x-ray vision, he also is plagued with odd hallucinations of a demonic 6 foot sharp toothed rabbit.

Well where does this weirdness lead us? It finally leads to mysterious airplane engines falling from the sky and then to acts of sacrifice and heroism, again appealing to the romantic and idealistic instincts of American youth.

It is an odd film, neither outstanding nor terrible. The film uses the classic strategy for maintaining suspense, which is to withhold information from the audience. Eventually the viewer is given enough information to have the structure of the film come together and for there to be resolution of all the issues in the plot, or at least the major issues. I don't think many folks over 21 would find this film to rank high however.

Description of Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. He returns home the next morning to find that a jet engine has crashed through his bedroom. As he tries to figure out why he survived and tries to deal with people in his town, like the school bully, his conservative health teacher, and a self-help guru, Frank continues to turn up in Donnie's mind, causing him to commit acts of vandalism and worse. The new Director?s Cut includes a production diary of the film (with optional commentary by Director of Photography Steven Poster), a story-board to screen featurette, the Director?s cut theatrical trailer, They Made Me Do It Too ? The Cult of Donnie Darko and the #1 Fan: A Darkomentary.

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