FREE PREVIEW SCREENINGS OF A SCANNER DARKLY ON SUNDAY 13 AUGUST

America’s endless and futile war on drugs has become one and the same with its war on terror. Reluctant undercover cop Bob Arctor (Keanu Reeves) follows orders to start spying on his friends, Jim Barris (Robert Downey Jr.), Ernie Luckman (Woody Harrelson), Donna Hawthorne (Winona Ryder) and Charles Freck (Rory Cochrane). When he is directed to step up the surveillance on himself, he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities and loyalties are impossible to decode. Based on legendary science-fiction author Philip K. Dick’s own experiences, “A Scanner Darkly” tells the darkly comedic, caustic, but deeply tragic tale of drug use in the modern world. The film plays like a graphic novel come to life with live-action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process—a method known as interpolated rotoscoping, first employed in writer/director Richard Linklater’s 2001 film "Waking Life" — to create a haunting version of America, seven years from now.

The screenings will take place on Sunday 13th August, 10:30 for 11am start:

Greenwich Picturehouse / Greenwich High Street, Phoenix Picturehouse / 57 Walton Street, Oxford Greenwich London Ritzy / Coldharbour Lane, Brixton Cameo / Home Street, Edinburgh Harbour Lights Picturehouse / Ocean Village, Arts Picturehouse / St Andrews Street, Cambridge Southampton. Picturehouse at FACT / Wood Street, Liverpool For more information and to win exclusive prizes go to www.guardian.co.uk/film/ascannerdarkly

Take this voucher into one of the participating cinemas to claim a pair of free preview tickets to see A Scanner Darkly on August 13 2006. There is no cash alternative. Tickets are non-transferable. There is no late admittance. Age restrictions in accordance with the film's certificate will apply. Tickets are subject to availability and are offered on a first come, first served basis while stocks last. No photocopies can be exchanged for tickets. In the event of any dispute, the cinema manager's decision is final. Tickets can only be redeemed during box office hours at participating cinemas from today until date of screening. Promoter is Warner Bros. Pictures.