Fisher
Alex Greenwald as Seth Devlin
Seth Rogen as Ricky Danforth
Patience Cleveland as Roberta Sparrow (“Grandma Death”)
Jolene Purdy as Cherita Chen
Ashley Tisdale as Kim
Jerry Trainor as Lanky Kid
William Adams as little boy in the end
Production
Filming
The Long Beach, California home used in Donnie Darko as the fictional, upscale home of motivational speaker Jim Cunningham.
Donnie Darko was filmed in 28 days on a budget of .5 million. It almost went straight to home video release but was publicly released by the production company Flower Films.
The film was shot in California. The “Carpathian ridge” scenes were shot on the Angeles Crest Highway. Loyola High School, a prominent Catholic school in Los Angeles, California, was used as Donnie’s high school. The house where the Darko family lives is