In Middlesex, Virginia, on the night of October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donnie Darko ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who introduces himself as " Frank " and tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

Donnie is desperate to have oral surgery, thinking he will land the man of his dreams after he gets braces, though Solomon tells him he does not need them.

Donnie asks his science teacher Dr. Monnitoff ( Noah Wyle ) about time travel after Frank brings up the topic, and is given the book The Philosophy of Time Travel, written by Roberta Sparrow ( Patience Cleveland ), a former science teacher at the school who is now a seemingly senile old woman.

During a hypnotherapy session, Donnie confesses his crimes to Dr. Thurman and says that Frank will soon kill someone.

Various recurring characters came and went, notably Dennis Paladino as a mob boss named Donnie " Dogs " DiBarto ; John Byner as Cotton Dunn, a cunning but likable con artist ; Scott Atkins as Officer Perry, a rookie cop ; Kim Morgan Greene as Mellisa Cassidy, a late night radio talk show host, sex therapist, and old flame of Chris's ; Danny Gans as Roger, a coroner who frequently ( and unsuccessfully ) tried to get Rita to go out with him ; Marie Marshall as Solange, a local photographer with a faux French accent who crossed paths with Chris and Rita in the second season ; and Lucy Lin, who played forensic expert Dr. Noriko Weinstein.

She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role on the show as Eleanor Carter, the mother of Dr. John Carter played by Noah Wyle, who also had a role in Donnie Darko.

Featured Jack Kevorkian, Al Sharpton, NAMBLA, the Kids of Widney High, Boyd Rice, Suzanne Muldowney, 100 suicides ( including Colleen Applegate, Diane Arbus, Linda Marie Ault, Craig Badiali & Joan Fox, Thomas Barker, Raymond Belknap & James Vance, The Bergenfield Four, William Lee Bergstrom, Anilia Bhundia, Felix Bourg, Thomas Lynn Bradford, M. Jay Briggs, Buddhist Monks in Vietnam, Dan Burros, Chris Chubbuck, William Corcoran, Inocencia Rosa Cortes, Dennis & Lindsay Crosby, Ian Curtis, Carl Czerny, Jeffrey Davis, Jeanine Deckers, The " Deer Hunter " suicides, Giuseppe Dolce, The " Dungeons and Dragons " suicides, R. Budd Dwyer, Sergei Esenin, Donald C. Forrester, the " Gloomy Sunday " suicides, James Green, Charles Haefner, William Gordan Hall, Ernest Hemingway, Ann Hemmingway, Andrew L. Hermann, Dr. Albert Herschman, Adolf Hitler, Abbie Hoffman, Danny Holley, Derek Humphry's wives, the Ingersoll suicides, Jack the Bum, Joe, the Boy with Elastic Skin, Roop Kanwar, Doug Kenny, Thomas Kenny, the Kevorkian suicides, Mike Keys, David Koresh & Friends, Veronique Le Guen, Diane Linkletter, Mattrew Lovat, Paul Lozano, Tina Mancini, Donald Manes, Masada, Rich & Jamie Masters, Leanita McClain, Albert Medrano, the Mount Mihara suicides, Karl Miller, Yukio Mishima, Marilyn Monroe, Donnie Moore, Lillie Norwalk, the Old Believers, Frank R. Olson, Gerald Olson, the " Ozzy Osbourne " suicides, John Parks, Peregrinus, Scott Phillips, Sylvia Plath, Freddie Prinze, George Reeves, Rufus Ripley, Edgar Rosenberg, Gregg Sanders, Sappho, William Sexton, Del Shannon, Stephan Simon, Mitch Snyder, Stockbrokers during the Great Depression, Charles Stuart, Harry Swart, Jacques Vaché, Vincent Van Gogh, Vatel, Popo Walker, Doodles Weaver, John Webster, George C. Wheeler, Dan White, Dennis Robert Widdison, Mary Woodson, Wrzesinaski, John B.

Fort Valley State University historian, Dr. Donnie Bellamey, places the building ’ s construction in the late 19th century.

In the show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, he was portrayed in the episode " Baby Outlaws S3E21 " by Donnie Jeffcoat

** " Dr. Love " by Donnie Klang

Also in 1986, LCDR Donnie Cochran, joined the Blue Angels as the first African-American Naval Aviator to be selected.

Since the turn of the millennium, notable successes among cult and midnight movies have been Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), the 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, an absurdist parody of the pre-MTV summer camp genre, and the comic book adaptation Ghost World.

Flower Films has gone on to produce the Barrymore vehicle films Charlie's Angels, 50 First Dates, and Music and Lyrics, as well as the cult film Donnie Darko.

When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher.

* 1936 – Donnie Brooks, American pop singer ( d. 2007 )

* 1954 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player ( d. 1989 )

* In the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, gangster Benjamin " Lefty Guns " Ruggiero uses hoosier as an epithet.

Other notable figures in the genre include Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Donnie Yen.

After a sputtering start to the 1993 season, McGriff was traded to the division-winning Atlanta Braves for Melvin Nieves, Donnie Elliot, and Vince Moore.

And in 1974, the Steelers picked linebacker Jack Lambert, center Mike Webster and wide receivers Lynn Swann, John Stallworth and defensive back Donnie Shell as a free agent.

Dungy lead the team with 6 interceptions, while the rest of the secondary, defensive backs Mel Blount, Donnie Shell, and Ron Johnson, combined for 11.

The Steelers also had a fine secondary, led by defensive backs Mel Blount, who recorded 3 interceptions, and Donnie Shell, who had 5.

Crowe recognizes him as Vincent Gray ( Donnie Wahlberg ), a former patient whom he treated as a child for hallucinations.

Donnie Wahlberg lost 43 pounds to achieve his character's emaciated form.

** Donnie Moore, baseball player ( suicide ) ( b. 1954 )

These included the modern martial arts action movies, featuring physical acrobatics and dangerous stunt work, of Jackie Chan and his stunt team as well as Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao ; the wire fu and wuxia films of Tsui Hark, Yuen Woo-Ping, Jet Li and Donnie Yen ; the gun fu, heroic bloodshed and Triad films of John Woo, Ringo Lam and Chow Yun-Fat ; and the girls with guns films of Moon Lee and Michelle Yeoh.

Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell.

Donnie awakens on a golf course and returns home to find a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom.

Donnie disrupts a speech being given by Jim Cunningham by insulting him in front of the student body, then burns down Cunningham's house on instructions from Frank.

It wasn't until a year later, when Manowar had secured their record deal with Liberty Records, that Joey DeMaio and Ross The Boss went to Florida and played together with Donnie.

* The Donnie Darko Book, written by Richard Kelly, is a 2003 book about the film.

* Coach Terry Tugnut ( Jim Wise )-The gym coach who is always tough on Louis but crazy about Donnie, Larry, and food.

* Donnie Paduana-Shot on Junior's orders by Mikey Palmice for making jokes about Tony's mother wanting him clipped ( in episode 1x12, " Isabella ", 1999 ).

Apparently an anti-gay song written and performed by an ex-gay pastor " Donnie Davies ", it was accompanied by the realistic Love God's Way website about his " ministry ".

Debate ensued about whether Donnie Davies and the outrageous song, which included a few double-entendres, were for real, and whether the lyrics could ever be considered acceptable even in satire.

Although Richard Kelly's films differ considerably in setting and characters ( Donnie Darko is about a suburban teenager, Southland Tales is an L. A. epic, and The Box is about a married couple in Richmond, Virginia ), they share similar themes of time travel, existentialism, and spirituality.

The only time she has actively rejected books was in the manga, too distraught in thinking about her past with Donnie.

Donnie learned how to sing from his mother and then from Tony Bennett and Marvin Gaye, and was also a self-taught guitarist, starting at about age 15 .< ref >

Recently two movies were made about Yip Man starring Donnie Yen.

: This article is about the song by Ace Of Base, Donnie is also a diminutive form of the name Donald.

Donnie visits a bar to watch Brad, the bartender with whom he is infatuated, who has braces.