It was the Director's Cut if that makes a difference.
2006-12-07 11:00:25 · 6 answers · asked by Thisguy 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
A divine dream occurred in Donnie's head which tells him the future. This dream started when Frank first called Donnie outside and ended when Donnie is standing over the cliffside, watching the jet engine fall through the sky. In the last parts of this special dream, Gretchen follows Donnie to a house. There, Gretchen is struck and killed by a car. It comes to a halt and out walks Frank himself! In anger, Donnie pulls out a gun (the same one he found in his parents' closet) and shoots Frank, killing him.We next see Donnie get into a car and drive out to a cliffside, where he observes a jet engine falling through the sky. This jet engine is the same one that would've killed him had Frank not called him outside earlier. We now see the events of the movie re-occurring in fast motion and backwards. The dream has ended, and Donnie wakes up in his bed. He realizes that he could leave his room and remain alive. However, this would result in Gretchen and Franks' deaths as Donnie is responsible for them. He also realizes that he could stay in his room and die, but in the process save Gretchen and Frank; without Donnie, the two wouldn't have died. Donnie decides to give up his life and die so that the others could live. None of the events that Donnie was responsible for in the dream never took place in the real world.
2006-12-07 11:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Report me if you like for being a *****, I officially don't care but Nateena is a bloody liar. 4% of her answers are best answers. Never been given a best answer? Take a long walk off a short cliff you lying rat. But that was a fairly good joke. Didn't make me laugh but it was original.
2016-05-23 04:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of detail in the following sites-
http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/feature/2004/07/23/darko/index.html?pn=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko
http://www.donniedarko.com/
2006-12-07 20:58:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the extra features and cut/extended scenes, they help.
2006-12-07 11:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by erynnsilver 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The rabbit was telling him what to do.
2006-12-07 11:10:20 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Princess♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not worth it. Just forget that you saw the movie.
2006-12-07 11:31:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋