Donnie Darko Page #3

FRANK:

Look up in the sky, Donnie.

He looks up into the black night.

FRANK:

28 days... 6 hours... 42 minutes...

12 seconds. That is when the world

will end.

Donnie looks back at Frank. His expression is a vacant expanse

of confusion.

INT. FOYER - NIGHT

Elizabeth comes through the front door, leans back against

it, closes her eyes.

INT. FAMILY ROOM - NIGHT

Eddie Darko sleeps reclined in the La-Z Boy. The final notes

of the Channel 12 National Anthem fade away to static.

From above... a thunderous crash. Plaster rains from the

ceiling ...Books fly off the bookshelf as the entire wall-

mount collapses to the floor.

Eddie jerks awake.

INT. FOYER - NEXT

Elizabeth falls back in horror as plaster rains down from

around the chandelier... debris falling in the dining-room

doorway.

EXT. SEVENTH HOLE - MORNING (SUNDAY MORNING, 10 A.M.)

Donnie is curled up, asleep on the green. A golf ball lands

on the green and rolls within inches of his head.

A golf cart filled with four older men arrives. Dr. Fisher

(forty-five) gets out first.

DR. FISHER

Donnie Darko?

(beat)

Son? What's going on here?

Jim Cunningham (forty), the man riding shotgun, gets out of

the cart and walks over.

JIM CUNNINGHAM:

Who is it, Don?

DR. FISHER

Eddie Darko's kid.

Donnie gets up and brushes himself off. On his arm he sees

something written in black magic marker.

Numbers... 28:
06:42:12.

Donnie stares at the numbers on his arm, confused.

DR. FISHER

(to Jim, kissing his

ass)

Sorry about this, Jim, just a... a

kid from the neighbourhood.

(back to Donnie)

So let's stay off the greens at night,

OK?

Jim Cunningham stares at Donnie with a friendly grin.

DONNIE:

Sorry, Dr. Fisher. It won't happen

again.

EXT. NEIGHBOURHOOD STREET / DARKO HOUSE - MORNING (11 A.M.)

Donnie walks down the street towards his house.

A fire engine. Two police cars. A news van... All parked in

front of his house.

There are dozens of neighbours in the street surrounding a

barricade. Donnie moves through the crowd where a Police

Officer is standing.

DONNIE:

Hey, I live here!

POLICE OFFICER:

Are you... Donnie Darko?

DONNIE:

Yeah!

The Officer lets him through.

Near the cul-de-sac there is a large caterpillar crane lifting

something from inside the house. There are firemen roaming

around. Two Police Officers are speaking with Eddie and Rose.

Donnie looks over at the house.

A crane lifts a gigantic jet engine over from the house

towards a large flatbed truck. Firemen kick pieces of wood

and shingle from the roof.

He turns and sees his entire family standing there. Eddie is

holding Samantha.

SAMANTHA:

It fell on your room.

EXT. CUL-DE-SAC - LATER ON

Two men in suits approach from a black sedan. A police officer

directs them to Rose. One of the men removes a badge from

his pocket and holds it up for Rose to see.

MAN:

Mrs. Darko, my name is Bob Garland

and this is David Coleman. We're

with the FAA. If you don't mind,

we'd like to speak with you and your

husband privately.

Elizabeth looks over at Donnie with a grin.

ELIZABETH:

(whispering)

They don't know where it came from.

Donnie looks over in awe as the mammoth engine is now strapped

to the flatbed truck. A man in a silver firesuit sprays the

engine down with water.

EXT. CUL-DE-SAC - MOMENTS LATER

Eddie is signing some documents in front of Garland at a

table that has been set up. Another FAA guy is there.

FAA MAN:

(pointing to the

document)

And then here as well.

Eddie signs off, and Garland takes the documents.

GARLAND:

We've arranged for you to stay at a

hotel, get some sleep. We'll take

care of things here.

Eddie picks Samantha up into his arms. He stands with Rose

and Elizabeth... turning towards Donnie... who seems lost in

a trance.

EDDIE:

Come on, Donnie... we're going to a

hotel.

INT. HOLIDAY INN, ROOM 614 - SUNDOWN (SUNDAY NIGHT, 5:30

P.M.)

Donnie lies in bed, watching television. Elizabeth is spread

out on the other bed. Samantha sits on the edge of Elizabeth's

bed, holding a stuffed unicorn named Ariel.

SAMANTHA:

If it fell from a plane, then what

happened to the plane?

ELIZABETH:

They don't know, Samantha.

SAMANTHA:

Is there any way that we can make

money from this? Couldn't we get on

television if we sue the airline?

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