The Big Picture: 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished

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The extraction calls the show “The Big Picture (The Ringer)” and the episode “1. 'Bring It On' and 'Donnie Darko' | Mission Accomplished”.

Hosts: Brian Raftery. Guests: Jessica Bendinger, Adam Fields.

Subject films: Bring It On (2000), Donnie Darko (2001).

On the transcript: Narrative podcast with scripted narration plus interview and archival clips; no speaker labels. Ad reads (Botox, Jagermeister) are in the transcript and ignored. The opening segment's co-host speaking before Raftery is unnamed ('Sean and I').

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Films that came up

anecdote (6)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · Rock 'n' Roll High School · Grease · Risky Business · Fast Times at Ridgemont High · Requiem for a Dream

passing (18)

Remember the Titans · Cast Away · Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · Romeo + Juliet · Titanic · Meet the Parents · Gladiator · How the Grinch Stole Christmas · What Lies Beneath · Unbreakable · I Know What You Did Last Summer · Sixteen Candles · sex, lies, and videotape · El Mariachi · The Blair Witch Project · Pi · Clerks · Welcome to the Dollhouse

compared (11)

Erin Brockovich · 25th Hour · Michael Clayton · Anchorman · American Pie · 10 Things I Hate About You · She's All That · The Breakfast Club · Zoolander · Serendipity · Corky Romano

subject (2)

Bring It On · Donnie Darko

dismissed (1)

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas

Claims (43)

  1. theme (theme): Bring It On → Erin Brockovich. Both fit 2000's optimistic can-do spirit; Brockovich is called the most 2000 movie.
    “which is probably the most 2000 movie to actually come out in the year 2000.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:02:59 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Erin Brockovich → Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Brockovich out-grossed Nutty Professor 2, showing what heroes Americans wanted.
    “I mean, Aaron Brockovich made more money than Nutty Professor 2, the clumps.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:03:45 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): 25th Hour → Donnie Darko. 25th Hour captured post-9/11 New York rage, part of the wave of anxious films.
    “Movies like 25th Hour, which captured the rage and uncertainty New Yorkers felt in the wake of 911.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:06:04 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Michael Clayton → George Clooney. Clooney plays a lawyer at the end of the Bush years, near broke and compromised.
    “Or Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney as a lawyer who, like so many other Americans, has arrived at the end of the bush years feeling near broke, beaten down, and highly compromised.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:06:16 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy → Donnie Darko. Even Anchorman, set in the 1970s, evokes the out-of-control early 2000s.
    “Even a comedy like Anchorman managed to evoke the out of control feeling of the early 2000s.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:06:33 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): Donnie Darko → Bring It On. Both feature suburban teen leads but take opposite views of American adolescence.
    “Like bring it on, its main characters are suburban teens.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): Bring It On → Donnie Darko. The two films mark very different points in American history, barely a year apart.
    “Though they came out just over a year apart, bring it on in Donny Darko, each to find very different points in American history.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:08:03 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  8. contrast (contrast): Bring It On → Donnie Darko. One captures post-Y2K euphoria, the other a new age of dread.
    “One takes place during that brief peak of post Y2K euphoria.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:08:10 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  9. contrast (contrast): Bring It On → Donnie Darko. Together they are the before and after of the early 21st century.
    “You can think of bringing on in Donny Darko as the how it started, how it's going of the early 21st century.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:08:40 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (lineage): Jessica Bendinger → Rock 'n' Roll High School. She remembers seeing Rock 'n' Roll High School growing up.
    “So I do remember seeing rock and roll high school.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:10:58 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)
  11. lineage (lineage): Jessica Bendinger → Grease. Bendinger names Grease, Risky Business and Fast Times as the teen classics she grew up on.
    “But before that, it was Greece was probably the biggest, you know, cultural phenomenon, then Risky Business and Fast Times, of course.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:13 · Jessica Bendinger (0.85 sure it was them)
  12. theme (theme): Bring It On → The Breakfast Club. Hughes-era teen movies, like Bring It On, carry grown-up ideas about class, capitalism and sexism.
    “it's that they've all got some pretty grown up ideas on their mind.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:11:31 · Brian Raftery (0.85 sure it was them)
  13. theme (theme): Jessica Bendinger → Bring It On. Her hip hop journalism at Spin shaped the film's theme of white kids imitating black artists.
    “Years later, when she got into the world of cheerleading, she saw that pattern repeating itself.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:12:37 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  14. career (career): Jessica Bendinger → Bring It On. Bendinger wrote it as Cheer Fever after pitching it around Hollywood nearly 30 times.
    “Bendinger pitched her cheerleading idea around Hollywood nearly 30 times.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:14:43 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  15. programming (programming): Universal Pictures → Meet the Parents. Universal's 2000 slate was original A-list films like Meet the Parents, Erin Brockovich and Gladiator.
    “At the time, it was mostly producing original films with A-list stars, like Meet the Parents, or Aaron Brockovich, or Elizabeth Taylor's favorite award-winning epic.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:15:08 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  16. programming (programming): Universal Pictures → How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Universal also released franchise fare in 2000; the Grinch was its biggest.
    “Its biggest movie that year was How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:15:35 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  17. programming (programming): Universal Pictures → The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Universal's prequel-sequel-TV-adaptation, which the host dismisses.
    “Universal even managed to make a film that was a prequel, a sequel, and a TV adaptation all in one.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:15:38 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  18. industry (industry): Bring It On → Universal Pictures. Universal could afford to bankroll a risk like Bring It On because 2000 was a boom year.
    “And major studios like Universal could afford to take a risk by bankrolling a movie like Bring It On.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:17:24 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  19. people (people): Peyton Reed → Bring It On. Universal bought Bendinger's script and hired Reed to direct.
    “Universal Bot bending your script, and hired future Ant-Man guy, Peyton Reed, to direct.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:17:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  20. people (people): Kirsten Dunst → Bring It On. Dunst was cast as Torrance, leader of the San Diego team.
    “Kirsten Dunst was cast as Torrance, the leader of the San Diego team.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:18:13 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  21. people (people): Gabrielle Union → Bring It On. Union plays Isis, leader of the Clovers.
    “Clovers are led by a cheerleader named ISIS, who's played by Gabrielle Union and who issues a fierce challenge to the competition.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:18:38 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  22. people (people): Ian Roberts → Bring It On. Roberts plays choreographer Sparky who teaches spirit fingers.
    “The Toros hire a famous cheer choreographer named Sparky Palastry, played by comedian Ian Roberts.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:18:51 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  23. craft (craft): Aqua → Bring It On. The studio's marketing team set the Bring It On trailer to the Aqua song 'Happy Boys and Girls'.
    “the studio made a lively, colorful trailer, set to the Aqua song Happy Boys and Girls.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:19:46 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  24. lineage (lineage): Bring It On → American Pie. It followed American Pie, 10 Things I Hate About You and She's All That.
    “It arrived not long after hits like American Pie, 10 Things I Hate About You, and She's All That.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:22:48 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  25. theme (theme): Bring It On → She's All That. Like those films it had teen angst but stayed hopeful about life.
    “Movies that had plenty of teen angst, but that were ultimately pretty hopeful about life in general.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:22:54 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  26. career (career): Adam Fields → John Hughes. Fields worked on Hughes's Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club before Donnie Darko.
    “By that point, Fields had worked on several big films, including 16 candles in the breakfast club.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:25:30 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  27. craft (craft): Donnie Darko → The Breakfast Club. Fields found Donnie Darko's teen dialogue as realistic as Hughes's dialogue on Breakfast Club.
    “It reminded me of, again, when John Hughes sent me to play for Breakfast Club, that was, like, really incredible dialogue that I thought really captured the the zeitgeist, the kids that age.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:26:00 · Adam Fields (0.90 sure it was them)
  28. lineage (lineage): Donnie Darko → The Twilight Zone (TV). The script's surreal twists reminded Fields of The Twilight Zone.
    “The Donny Darko script also reminded Fields of one of his favorite TV shows, The Twilight Zone.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:26:11 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  29. people (people): Adam Fields → Donnie Darko. Fields, an indie producer, got the script and thought he could get it made.
    “I think I can get this made.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:26:27 · Adam Fields (0.90 sure it was them)
  30. career (career): Richard Kelly → Donnie Darko. Kelly was a young film grad who had never made a feature and wanted to direct his own script.
    “The guy who'd written the screenplay, Richard Kelly, was a 20 something film grad who'd never made a feature before, and he wanted to direct Donny Darko.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:26:33 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  31. industry (industry): Donnie Darko → El Mariachi. The 90s indie boom of low-budget hits like sex, lies and El Mariachi made Darko-type bets possible.
    “Thanks to a series of low budget hits, like sex lies and videotape and El Mariachi.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:27:57 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  32. people (people): Drew Barrymore → Donnie Darko. Barrymore financed, co-produced and took a small role.
    “Eventually, the Donny Darko team got financing from Drew Barrymore, who agreed to co produce the movie and to play a small supporting role.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:28:59 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  33. career (career): Jake Gyllenhaal → Donnie Darko. Gyllenhaal, a former child actor, signed on wanting an anti-teen movie.
    “He was interested in making what he called an anti-teen movie.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:29:14 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  34. contrast (contrast): Jake Gyllenhaal → Donnie Darko. Archival Gyllenhaal: Darko is about adolescent psychology, unlike party-and-pies teen movies.
    “That was a movie that was sort of more about the psychological journey of, like, of adolescence and the confusion of all of it.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:29:38 · Jake Gyllenhaal (0.85 sure it was them)
  35. people (people): Jena Malone → Donnie Darko. Malone plays Gretchen, who plants the go-back-in-time idea.
    “Donnie starts studying time travel, and begins dating a new student named Gretchen, played by Jenna Malone.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:30:58 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  36. contrast (contrast): Bring It On → Donnie Darko. Their best-known songs show how bleak Donnie Darko is by comparison.
    “Well, for comparison, here's the most popular song from Bring It On.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:31:29 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  37. industry (industry): Donnie Darko → Pi. Sundance birthed 90s indies like Pi, Clerks and Welcome to the Dollhouse; Darko premiered there.
    “Sundance had given birth to several hit indie films, crucial 90s movies like Pie, Clerks, and Welcome to the Dollhouse.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:37:06 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  38. verdict (verdict): Donnie Darko → Donnie Darko. Called the first film to embody the post-9/11 mood even though shot before.
    “Donnie Darko was the 1st movie to really embody the post 911 mood.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:40:49 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  39. contrast (contrast): Donnie Darko → Zoolander. In fall 2001 audiences wanted breezy comedies like Zoolander and Serendipity, not Darko.
    “And besides, moviegoers mostly wanted breezy comedies and romances, like Zoolander and Serendipity.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:41:16 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  40. contrast (contrast): Donnie Darko → Corky Romano. Joke: the troubled young man audiences chose was Corky Romano.
    “If they were going to watch a movie about a troubled young man, it was going to be this guy.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:41:22 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  41. verdict (verdict): Donnie Darko → Bring It On. Darko became the first midnight movie of the 2000s.
    “As a result, Donny Darko had become the first midnight movie of the 2000s.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:41:57 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  42. theme (theme): Richard Kelly → Donnie Darko. Kelly says cinema can undo tragedy, unlike life: movies as time machines.
    “We can undo tragedy in cinema, but, sadly, in life, we don't have those tools.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:43:08 · Richard Kelly (0.85 sure it was them)
  43. theme (theme): Bring It On → Donnie Darko. Both work as time machines to specific moments: carefree Y2K-to-9/11, and fall 2001 fear.
    “Bring it on, documents that carefree blip between Y2K and 911.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:43:25 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

Fun items (23)

  1. fun, about George W. Bush: Raftery emailed a presidential candidate in 2000 asking his favorite movies; one pick was Austin Powers.
    “Turns out one of Bush's choices was Austin Powers, International Man a Mystery.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:01:55 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Bring It On: A studio exec told Bendinger the reason for 30 rejections of her pitch.
    “Girls don't go to movies.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:13:42 · Jessica Bendinger (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Gladiator: Raftery says he hears Elizabeth Taylor saying 'Gladiator' weekly, more than he thinks about the film.
    “I'm not kidding when I say that I hear Liz Taylor saying gladiator in my head at least once a week.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:15:21 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas: Flat verdict.
    “That movie sucked.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:15:53 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about I Know What You Did Last Summer: Senate hearings on violent R-rated movies had McCain explain the plot of a Jennifer Love Hewitt film.
    “meaning the whole country got to watch John McCain explain the plot of a Jennifer Love Hewitt movie.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:16:41 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Bring It On: Made for just $11 million; expected to recoup on DVD, then opened number one for three weeks.
    “The film's budget was pretty low.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:17:52 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Bring It On: Sparky teaches the Toros spirit fingers; Bendinger says real cheer camps teach it.
    “These are spirit fingers.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:19:04 · Archival clip (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Bring It On: Original title Cheer Fever; Universal's study found most teens thought cheerleading uncool, so it became Made You Look, then Bring It On.
    “According to a study commissioned by the studio, 59% of teenagers considered cheerleading, quote, uncool.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:19:29 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Requiem for a Dream: Raftery's most stressful night of 2000: Requiem screening, Weezer reunion, Survivor finale.
    “One night, I had to go to a screening of Requiem for a Dream, and see a Weezer reunion concert, and get home to see the season one finale of Survivor before anybody ruined it from me.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:21:39 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Bring It On: Nobody expected a hit; at the premiere a Universal exec practically stepped backwards to avoid blame.
    “It was like, no, like he practically stepped backwards, which I think I've given him shit about subsequently.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:22:27 · Jessica Bendinger (0.90 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Bring It On: August release, a studio dumping month, yet it opened at number one.
    “But bring it on opened at number one and stayed there for 3 weeks.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:22:35 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Donnie Darko: The script circulated so long it arrived with food stains.
    “So they literally sent me a script that had food stains on a bunch of the pages.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:25:16 · Adam Fields (0.90 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Donnie Darko: Fields planted a trades story claiming filming would start that summer; it was invented and it worked.
    “The producer planted a story in the Hollywood trades, announcing they were gonna start filming that summer.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:28:38 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Donnie Darko: Fields confirms the trades story was fake, but agents began calling.
    “It was total bullshit.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:28:42 · Adam Fields (0.90 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Donnie Darko: Gyllenhaal wanted an anti-teen movie, not parties and pies.
    “parties and sticking things into pies.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:29:22 · Jake Gyllenhaal (0.85 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about Donnie Darko: Subplot about a youth dance team named Sparkle Motion that Raftery skips.
    “and a whole subplot about a youth dance team named Sparkle Motion.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:31:16 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about Donnie Darko: Cost $4.5 million and shot in 28 days, the same as the countdown, a coincidence.
    “Donnie Darko cost just $4.5 million, and wound up being filmed in just 28 days.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:32:07 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about Donnie Darko: During the shoot a Boeing 747 hit a bird and rained engine parts on a nearby beach.
    “According to one newspaper account, a Boeing 747 hit a bird and began raining down engine parts on a beach not far from where the movie was filming.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:32:17 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  19. fun, about Donnie Darko: Fields on Sundance: open late, after people have seen bad movies; after the premiere no studio bought it.
    “You never want to open Sundance.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:37:22 · Adam Fields (0.90 sure it was them)
  20. fun, about Donnie Darko: Raftery says the eeriest scene is kids hearing a plane overhead and looking to the sky.
    “The scene that always gets me is one in which Donny and a bunch of school kids are standing outside.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:38:21 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about Corky Romano: Raftery's joke about who audiences watched instead.
    “Sorry.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:41:29 · Brian Raftery (0.60 sure it was them)
  22. fun, about Donnie Darko: Grossed barely half a million dollars, then became the first midnight movie of the 2000s.
    “Donnie Darko wound up grossing barely half a million dollars in the US.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:41:34 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  23. fun, about Donnie Darko: Called a prime example of subreddit cinema.
    “Donny Darko would become a prime example of subreddit cinema.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:42:12 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

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