Donnie Darko (2001)

d. Richard Kelly

Starring:Jake GyllenhaalJena MaloneDrew BarrymoreMaggie GyllenhaalMary McDonnellKatharine RossPatrick SwayzeSeth RogenNoah Wyle

This week on Total Movie Recall, in a long time coming, Ryan finally loses his effing mind as Steve shoots a time/space wormhole from his chest while watching 2001's crazy bananas Donnie Darko. They talk about the hell that is adolescence, the subjective nature of reality, and how much they miss Swayze.

In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. After surviving a freak accident, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins to explore what it means to be alive, and in short order to be in love, he uncovers secrets of the universe that give him a tempting power to alter time and destiny.

Things discussed in the show:

Bored to Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Vinyl (Martin Scorsese, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale)

Louie Season 5 - Michael Rapaport

A Tribe Called Quest - Q-Tip

Wes Anderson - Rushmore

Before Sunrise

Route 666 (comic book)

Freaks and Geeks - James Franco

October Sky, Nightcrawler, Love & Other Drugs

Anne Hathaway

Secretary

Battlestar Gallactica, Dancing with Wolves

Parks and Recreation

Independence Day

Stephen King - It

Echo & the Bunnymen, Joy Division, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Duran Duran, The Cure, Tears for Fears

David Lynch

Watership Down

Wormholes and time travel

D.A.R.E.

Sparkle Motion

Heathers

Todd Solondz - Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, Palendromes

Requiem for a Dream

John Hughes

Reservior Dogs - Harvey Keitel

Evil Dead - Sam Raimi

The Last Temptation of Christ

Does God exist?

LSD

Southland Tales

Robot Jocks, Timecop

Laurence Fishburne, Sir Ben Kingsley

Next Week: Searching for Bobby Fischer