Middlesex, Virginia

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Middlesex is a coastal unincorporated community in Accomack County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States.[1]

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"Middlesex, Virginia" is the name of the main city in the film Donnie Darko, which was shot entirely in California.[2] However, the fictional Middlesex is actually based on director Richard Kelly's hometown of Midlothian, Virginia, in Chesterfield County.[3]

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  1. ^ "Middlesex". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Filming Locations for Donnie Darko (2001)". movie-locations.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  3. ^ Curran, Colleen (February 27, 2002). "How to be "Donnie Darko"". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia: Lee Enterprises. Retrieved April 23, 2025.

37°35′04″N 75°48′35″W / 37.58444°N 75.80972°W / 37.58444; -75.80972



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