"Have you ever seen a portal?"

My favourite movie of all time is Donnie Darko. If your in my family, a friend or close to me, you should know this and it will most likely never change. Staring Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone and Patrick Swayze. With cast like that, a imaginary giant rabbit named frank(who talks) and time travel, how can you go wrong? The movie may be confusing at first, it took me 2 times to watch it and fully get it. It became my all time fav, very quickly. Me being a movie/dvd freak I had to have the Director's Cut when it was released. The Director's Cut was the first copy of Donnie D. that I owned, then the Dvd freak in me struck again. I saw the original movie on Dvd for cheap, and I had to get it. Some people might say, "why would you want to own 2 copies of the same movie? Aren't they the exact same?." Well if you knew anything about Director's cuts, then you would know this to be untrue. There are many differences about the original and director's cut. For one, the DC is longer, 2hrs and 12 mins. When the original is only 1hr and 53 mins. This adds more scenes and more to the story, what the director originally intended. Also usually when you buy DC's they are different and have a more special look to them, when talking about the case itself. The one thing that I didn't like about the DC is that the director changed around and few of the songs in the new version, the feel of the songs in the original is a lot better. Both Dvd's come with high praise from film critics. On the orginal Dvd, Jan Stuart from Newsday, says "It'll Knock You Flat!" and also gives the movie 4 stars. And Compuserve, says "An All-Star Cast In A "Classic Psychological Thriller!" The Director's Cut has it's share of good reviews too. Kevin Thomas from the Los Angeles Times, says "One of the Key American Films of the Decade." Also, Ebert & Roeper, give it "Two Thumbs Up!" Donnie Darko was released in 2001 and Directed by Richard Kelly. Released by Fox Studios, Pandora and NewMarketFilms. Original Dvd pictured with Original front cover and Director's Cut pictured with second poster on case and a cover sleeve.

Collection #:
Donnie Darko: Original #131
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut #1