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S. Darko (2009) (V) More at IMDbPro »

• The other library microfiche that Corey goes over are articles of a girl's "manhole cover death", and a boy being crushed by a "flying dumpster".
  
  
• This film was made on a 25 day schedule, for under $4 million.
  
  
• Water is a central element of time travel per Darko lore. Randy's red car is homage to Frank's red car from Donnie Darko (2001). The painting in the church depicts an airplane with a missing engine, is another homage to Donnie Darko (2001). But the painting was not created for the film, it already existed.
  
  
• Samantha's gown was from designer Elsie Katz couture collection.
  
  
• The shots of Iraq Jack James Lafferty climbing the windmill were unscripted.
  
  
• The scene of Corey Briana Evigan talking with Officer O'Dell Bret Roberts was the first scene shot.
  
  
• According to the DVD commentary from director Chris Fisher, writer Nathan Atkins wanted to not tell the story from the POV of the receiver but from the POV of the manipulated dead.
  
  
• Director Chris Fisher tried to purchase the iron Jesus statue. Its price tag was around $4000.
  
  
• The author of the book 'Jesusonomy' C. Fisher, is the film's director Chris Fisher. Chris originally wanted to call the book Jesusology, but that name was already taken.
  
  
• Cinematographer Marvin V. Rush worked with director Chris Fisher on "Moonlight" (2007). Rush's favorite shot of the film is the underwater shot of Samantha Daveigh Chase floating in the party pool.
  
  
• The meteorites falling to earth are actually tesseracts, four-dimensional hypercubes.
  
  
• During filming, Ed Westwick had one of his eardrums accidentally blown out when an explosion went off too closely to him, and threw his back out while trying to pick up Daveigh Chase.
  
  
• The "100 Monkeys" displayed on the theater marquee refers to Jackson Rathbone's band of the same name.
  
  

• SPOILER: The meteor crater at the end of the film has a slight bunny resemblance.
  
  

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