Actor Robert Downey Jr. poses during a photo call for "A Scanner Darkly," which takes a bleak look at drug abuse, at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. The actor has fought a long public battle with drug abuse, and joked that he was qualified for the role thanks to, "25 years of drug research I had been doing previously."
In this image released by Warner Independent Pictures, Robert Downey Jr. plays Jim Barris in director Richard Linklater's "A Scanner Darkly," based on the Philip K. Dick novel. The director shot the movie with the actors in live action, then painted over them with shimmery digital animation.
In this image released by Warner Independent Pictures, Keanu Reeves, left, plays Bob Arctor and Winona Ryder plays Donna Hawthorne in director Richard Linklater's "A Scanner Darkly," based on the Philip K. Dick novel. The film is a bleak look at drug abuse depicted as part film, part comic book.
Actor Keanu Reeves attends a news conference for "A Scanner Darkly," at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. The Richard Linklater film debuts in U.S. theatres on July 7.
Actor Keanu Reeves listens as a question is being translated during a news conference for "A Scanner Darkly," at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. Co-star Robert Downey Jr., is to Reeves' right.
American director Richard Linklater gestures as he attends a news conference for his film "A Scanner Darkly" at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Robert Downey Jr. star in the film.
Happy Birthday Hef!
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, second right, holds a birthday cake with Playmate girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, left, Bridget Marquardt, second left and Holly Madison, right, during a photocall to celebrate his 80th birthday at the 59th International Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006.
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, second right, raises his glass with girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, left, Bridget Marquardt, second left and Holly Madison in celebration of his 80th birthday on May 25, 2006, in Cannes, France. Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1953 at the age of 27. By 1971, he also owned 23 Playboy clubs, resorts and casinos, helping to make Playboy and Hefner household names.
Hugh Hefner walks along the beach in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. The Playboy magazine founder was accompanied by three of his playmate girlfriends to the French Riviera as part of a whirlwind European tour to celebrate his 80th birthday.
'Days of Glory'
French actor Jamel Debbouze raises hands with a World War II veteran as they arrive for the screening of the film "Indigenes" at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. It's the story of World War II soldiers from French colonies who risked their lives to free a country that treated them as second-class human beings. It will open in U.S. theatres as "Days of Glory."
Australian director Jane Campion arrives for the screening of the film "Indigenes," by French director Rachid Bouchareb at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006.
Italian actress and festival jury member Monica Bellucci, right, kisses his husband, French actor Vincent Cassel, as they arrive for the screening of "Indigenes," by French director Rachid Bouchareb at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. Loosely translated as "Native," the movie will open in U.S. theatres as "Days of Glory."
French actor Jamel Debbouze, second right, raises hands with an unidentified World War II veteran, along with director Rachid Bouchareb, left, as they arrive for the screening of their film "Indigenes" in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. Bouchareb found his story in an article about a monument to colonial soldiers who were massacred trying to protect a small Alsace village from the Nazis.
Director and writer Rachid Bouchareb poses during a photo call for his film "Indigenes" in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. Bouchareb interviewed veterans in France, Morocco, Algeria and Senegal, pored through army archives, and went through 25 versions of the script. The film is in competition at the festival.
Director Tim Burton poses during a photo call for the Cinefondation Jury at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, France, on May 25, 2006. The festival runs through May 28.