Excellent news ^[1]—the director’s cut of Donnie Darko ^[2]opens today at two theaters in Manhattan. Following its lackluster November 2001 release (understandably, people weren’t in the mood to see films where planes crashed into people’s houses) this twisted tale lated gained a huge cult following and some pretty healthy DVD sales, so now they are rewarding their devoted fans with even more teen angst, giant talking rabbits and a few additional 80’s pop gems.
Word has it that one of the extended scenes involves their English teacher (played by Drew Barrymore) lectures on the novel “Watership Down”—you know, that f*cked up book with the rabbits? I am so there…