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Trivia for
Donnie Darko (2001)
• Newmarket films, the movie's US distributor, approached Richard Kelly about doing a director's cut. He accepted the offer and did the re-edit with editor Sam Bauer in a swift nine days.
• Richard Kelly said that the movie had a very difficult time finding a US distributor. Since the film embodied myriad genres and tones, distributors were confused by the movie's message, and how to market it. Additionally, Kelly also claims that "Darko" was very close to premiering on the Starz network until Newmarket Films picked up the film for theatrical distribution.
• Despite persistent rumors, Richard Kelly insists that none of the characters in this film are based upon USC teachers or students.
• The movie was shot in 28 days, exactly the time-span of the movie itself, on a budget of under US$5 million.
• In the beginning of the film, when Donnie is walking back home in the morning, his mother is reading Stephen King's It (1990) (TV), which is......

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