Directorial debut by Richard Kelly with Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone and Drew Barrymore in the lead roles.It\'s October 1988, and the end of the world comes in 28 days, six hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds; at least according to Frank (James Duval), a giant, talking rabbit that only Donnie Darko (Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but restless teenager, can see. Frank has urged Donnie to play dangerous pranks on his friends and dysfunctional family, but when he makes Donnie leave his bedroom one night and tells him that the world will soon end, strange things start to happen - starting with the engine of a plane , crashing to the ground and hitting Donnies, now empty, bedroom.