His older sister, Elizabeth ( Maggie Gyllenhaal ), informs him the FAA investigators don't know where it came from.

It includes an introduction by Jake Gyllenhaal, the screenplay of the Donnie Darko Director's Cut, an in-depth interview with Kelly, facsimile pages from the Philosophy of Time Travel, photos and drawings from the film, and artwork it inspired.

Also including commentaries from director Kelly and actor Gyllenhaal, Kelly and Kevin Smith, and Cast and Crew including Drew Barrymore.

Gyllenhaal acknowledged her character was a damsel in distress to an extent, but said director Christopher Nolan sought ways to empower her character, so " Rachel's really clear about what's important to her and unwilling to compromise her morals, which made a nice change " from the many conflicted characters she had previously portrayed.

The movie received favorable reviews, with Gyllenhaal receiving praise from critics.

For one of the fundraisers, Gyllenhaal helped design and promote a necklace that sold for $ 100 ; all proceeds from sales went to the charity.

Jake Gyllenhaal's mother is from a Jewish family from New York City, and Gyllenhaal has said that he considers himself " more Jewish than anything else.

Gyllenhaal is a Swedish noble family descended from the cavalry Lieutenant Nils Gunnarsson Haal ( d. 1680 or 1681 ), ennobled in 1652 with a change of surname to Gyllenhaal.

Escutcheon of the Gyllenhaal family from 1652

Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal's descendants today stem from two of his sons ; Lars Gyllenhaal b. 1645 d. 1710, Lieutenant of the Vestgotha cavalry regiment, and his younger brother Hans Gyllenhaal b. 1655 d. 1710.

All the members of the family in the United States are descended from Hans Gyllenhaal and come from his great great-great grandson Anders Leonard b. 1842 d. 1905 and his wife Amanda b. Nelson b. 1859 d. 1948.

The spelling of the name Gyllenhaal caused problems right from the beginning.

Gyllenhaal grew up in Los Angeles and studied at the Harvard – Westlake prep school.

In 2004 Gyllenhaal returned to theater in a Los Angeles production of Tony Kushner's Homebody / Kabul as Priscilla, the Homebody's daughter, who spends most of the play searching for her elusive mother in Kabul, Afghanistan.

He has work in American films with directors like Tony Scott, Joe Johnston, Stephen Gyllenhaal, The Warden of the Red Rock starring James Caan, Brian Dennehy and David Carradine, The Time of Her Time a Norman Mailer story directed by Francis Delia and GallowWalker with Wesley Snipes, also with John Carpenter in Vampires: Los Muertos.

Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner ( née Achs ).

In 2012, he co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal as a Los Angeles police officer, in End of Watch.

Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993 film A Dangerous Woman ( along with sister Maggie ); in " Bop Gun " a 1994 episode of Homicide: Life on the Street ; and in the 1998 comedy Homegrown.

This confusion was mirrored in Nils ' ennoblement: In the Knighthood Letter, signed by Queen Christina, the family name was written in two different ways — first " Gyllenhahl " and then " Gyllenhaal ".

Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 romantic drama film produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures in association with Red Om Films Productions, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles.

* 2003 — Jake Gyllenhaal won " Best Actor " and Richard Kelly " Best Original Screenplay " for Donnie Darko at the Chlotrudis Awards, where Kelly was also nominated for " Best Director " and " Best Movie ".

Gyllenhaal agreed to appear in the comedy film Away We Go, where she plays a bohemian college professor who is an old friend of John Krasinski's character.

Meanwhile, Jack's son Sam ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is in New York City for an academic competition with his friends Brian and Laura ( Arjay Smith and Emmy Rossum ), where they also befriend a student named J. D.

She is the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner ( née Achs ) and the older sister of actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

Gyllenhaal later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real brother's on-screen sister in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko ( 2001 ).

Following his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older sister and also an actress, appeared with Jake in the movie Donnie Darko.

She was part of an ensemble cast that included Julia Roberts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Julia Stiles.

Kelly was nominated for " Best First Feature " and " Best First Screenplay " with Donnie Darko, as well as Jake Gyllenhaal being nominated for " Best Male Lead ," at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Throughout 2007, there was persistent speculation in the mass media about a romantic relationship between Witherspoon and her Rendition co-star Jake Gyllenhaal.

A 2005 film adaptation was directed by John Madden starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Catherine, along with Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

* Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Robbins ( Mitch's son ; this was Jake Gyllenhaal's film debut at age 10 )

Recent motion pictures in which the agency has been involved in include Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duvall, and directed by Scott Cooper ; Richard Eyre ’ s The Other Man, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney ; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, and Kim Cattrall ; James Toback's documentary Tyson, which was the official selection in Un Certain Regard at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and won a specially named " Knockout " prize ; Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won a special jury prize ; and The Women, directed by Diane English and starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, and Bette Midler.

Gyllenhaal has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the indie film Sherrybaby ( 2006 ), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, the romantic comedy Trust the Man ( 2006 ), and big-budget films such as World Trade Center ( 2006 ) and The Dark Knight ( 2008 ).

Gyllenhaal was born in New York City to film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal ( née Achs ).

Her father, who was raised in the Swedenborgian religion, is of Swedish and English ancestry, and is a member of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

Her last purely Swedish ancestor was her great-grandfather, a descendant of Leonard Gyllenhaal, a leading Swedenborgian who supported the printing and spreading of Swedenborg's writings.

Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2004.

" Her performance in the film was well received: David Germain of the Associated Press wrote, " Gyllenhaal humanizes her so deeply and richly ... that Sherry elicits sympathy even in her darkest and weakest moments ", and Dennis Harvey of Variety called her performance " naturalistic ".

Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News was less than enthusiastic about her performance, writing: " Gyllenhaal, who was so dynamic as a druggie in the film Sherrybaby, plays Yelena with a slow-mo saunter and monotonous pasted-on smile that makes it seem as if she's been in Sherry's stash.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone reported that Gyllenhaal was " funny, touching and vital as Jean " and that her part was " conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling.

The option to make Campbell's book into a feature film was purchased in 2007 by producer / director Stephen Gyllenhaal ( See: Grassroots ( film )).