Bijou After Hours is presented by the Bijou Film Board
After Hours is a late-night series featuring cult classics, fan favorites, recent releases, and the best in modern genre films. Saturdays at 11pm during the semester. FREE for UI students -- simply show your student ID at the box office! Tickets only $6.50 for general public.

"A stunning technical accomplishment that virtually bursts with noise, ideas and references." -Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

"Excitingly original indie vision." -Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

DONNIE DARKO - 15th ANNIVERSARY

A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.

Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a bright and charming high-school student who also has a dark and willfully eccentric side; he does little to mask his contempt for many of his peers and enjoys challenging the authority of the adults around him. Donnie is also visited on occasion by Frank, a monstrous six-foot rabbit that only Donnie can see who often urges him to perform dangerous and destructive pranks. Late one night, Frank leads Donnie out of his home to inform him that the world will come to an end in less than a month; moments later, the engine of a jet aircraft comes crashing through the ceiling of Donnie's room, making him think there might be something to Frank's prophesies after all.

The rest of Donnie's world is only marginally less bizarre, as he finds himself dealing with his confused parents (Mary McDonnell and Holmes Osborne), his college-age sister (Maggie Gyllenhaal), his perplexed analyst (Katherine Ross), a rebellious English teacher (Drew Barrymore), a sleazy self-help expert (Patrick Swayze), and the new girl at school who is attracted by Donnie's quirks (Jena Malone).