Film - Donnie Darko 4K

"They made me do it..." Donnie Darko gets a 4K uplift and returns to the big screen next month...

October, 1988. In the middle of the night, a man in a monstrous rabbit suit appears to Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a troubled teenager living with his family in suburban Virginia, to tell him that the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. And so, a cult movie is born. As Donnie’s grip on reality weakens, we’re drawn into the darkness that lurks underneath the surface of suburbia.

Underappreciated upon its initial release in 2001, Richard Kelly’s mind-bending film gets the 4K restoration treatment and is ripe for rediscovery on the big screen. Coming to cinemas throughout the UK, there's also a couple of special screenings of the 4K Restoration Premiere of Donnie Darko including a Q&A with director Richard Kelly at the BFI on December 17th and 18th. Find out more and book tickets for the BFI event here.

In addition, the film comes out on HD (1080p)Blu-ray for the first time on 12th December. This limited edition box set contains the 4K restorations of both the Theatrical Cut and the Directors Cut, alongside the DVD versions and comes with the following extras:

• Audio commentary by writer-director Richard Kelly and actor Jake Gyllenhaal on the Theatrical Cut
• Audio commentary by Kelly, producer Sean McKittrick and actors Drew Barrymore, Jena Malone, Beth Grant, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross and James Duval on the Theatrical Cut
• Audio commentary by Kelly and filmmaker Kevin Smith on the Director s Cut
• Brand-new interviews with Richard Kelly and others
• The Goodbye Place, Kelly's 1996 short film, which anticipates some of the themes and ideas of his feature films
• The Donnie Darko Production Diary, an archival documentary charting the film s production with optional commentary by cinematographer Steven Poster
• Twenty deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by Kelly
• Archive interviews with Kelly, actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Noah Wyle and Katharine Ross, producers Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, Hunt Lowry and Casey La Scala, and cinematographer Steven Poster
• Three archive featurettes: They Made Me Do It, They Made Me Do It Too and #1 Fan: A Darkomentary
• Storyboard comparisons
• B-roll footage
• Cunning Visions infomercials
• Music video: Mad World by Gary Jules
• Galleries
• Trailers
• TV spots
• Exclusive collector s book containing new writing by Nathan Rabin, Anton Bitel and Jamie Graham, an in-depth interview with Richard Kelly, introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal and contemporary coverage, illustrated with original stills and promotional materials
• Limited edition packaging featuring new artwork by Candice Tripp

So, yeah, worth getting if you're a fan of the film. Now see how many times you say "I'd forgotten they were in this!" as you spot well known faces in the trailer.

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