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Donnie Darko, the 2001 cult classic sci-fi film with incredible historical significance (it jump-started the career of the world’s most talented living person Jake Gyllenhaal), is returning to theaters in honor of its 15th anniversary, Entertainment Weekly reports.

The screenings will use a 4K restoration of the film that was released on Blu-ray last December — cool! Some theaters will show the director’s cut — I’ve read that it’s bad. A mixed bag, like all events in life.

Donnie Darko famously flopped during its initial theatrical run, which concluded in the spring of 2002. Unfortunately it featured a plot point involving a plane accident and opened in theaters in October 2001 — really bad timing for a really good movie, which in the...

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