Although the administration suspects that Donnie is indeed responsible for the vandalism, he is never charged. When Donnie verbally assaults Cunningham during an appearance at the high school, he gets in even deeper trouble. After he profanely rejects her use of the simplistic methods espoused by local celebrity Jim Cunningham (Patrick Swayze), Donnie finds himself suspended from afterschool activities. Monnitoff (Noah Wyle), finds him a little more troubling, and Kitty Farmer (Beth Grant), the high strung and socially conservative health instructor, is offended that he questions her use of self-help tapes in class. Pomeroy (Drew Barrymore) appreciates his intellect and ability to engage with and understand the difficult material she assigns them to read in English class. Donnie has a troubled relationship with the faculty at his high school. Gretchen decides that Donnie is weird and that this makes him attractive. Donnie reveals his own troubled past as well as his intelligence.
She reveals that her stepfather nearly killed her mother and is still on the loose.
School is canceled that day and Donnie walks home Gretchen (Jena Malone), the new girl in school. Donnie also embeds the ax in the head of the school's solid bronze statue of its mascot and spraypaints "They made me do it" on the sidewalk. A few days later, Frank appears to Donnie in a hallucination and encourages him to flood the private high school he attends by breaking open the water main with an ax. This greatly troubles Donnie, who worries that life has no meaning. A senile old woman who spends her days walking back and forth from her house to the mailbox across the street, Grandma Death whispers in Donnie's ear that all that lives ultimately dies alone. Thurman (Katherine Ross), Donnie's therapist, Donnie and Eddie nearly run over Roberta Sparrow, also known as "Grandma Death" (Patience Cleveland). Had he not been sleepwalking, he would have been killed. That night, a jet engine mysteriously crashes through the roof of the Darkos' house, destroying Donnie's room. Frank tells him that in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and12 seconds, the world will end. On October 2nd, however, he sleepwalks and meets Frank, a man in a menacing bunny costume. Guilty, Donnie resumes taking his medication. Rose confronts Donnie in his bedroom and he calls her a bitch. One night at dinner, Donnie and his sister get into a profane argument during which Elizabeth reveals she knows Donnie is no longer taking his medication. His parents, Rose and Eddie (Mary McDonnell and Holmes Osborne) and his sisters, Elizabeth and Samantha (Maggie Gyllenhall and Daveigh Chase), worry about him. A schizophrenic with a history of violence, he has recently stopped taking his medication and as a result is sleepwalking. Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhall) is a troubled teenager in suburban Maryland.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
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