Got Your Ticket Yet? Robert Pattinson’s Cosmopolis To Premiere In New York August 13

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Ahead of its Stateside release on August 17 in New York and LA – then August 24 in selected locations in the U.S – David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis starring Robert Pattinson and a stellar supporting cast will premiere in New York on August 13.

Remember the off-the-chart premieres from the mini tour of Cosmopolis in May-June? Well, hold on to your iphones folks because the white limo is coming to the Big Apple – and there are free tickets available.

In conjunction with Moviefone,New York Magazine and Entertainment One Films, the Twitter-led offer is open to anyone who lives in NYC capable of doing this.

But back to the film.

Adapted from Don DeLillo’s novel about a disaffected, financial wunderkind’s – Eric Packer – descent into an imploding Manhattan pursued by an anonymous assassin, a cream-pie-fixated provocateur, and his own existential demons; the film has already been released across Europe and Canada – albeit limited – after its May 25 premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, it didn’t win, but it did get a massive reaction from critics that ranged from baffled to richter-scale-rapturous.

The majority of critics – perhaps the key word – hailed Cronenberg’s vision a stunning think-piece. Film4Online editor Catherine Bray dubbed it “the film of Cannes.” Her phenomenal review and IQ’s comprehensive coverage of the rest can be read here.

But the praise didn’t stop there.

Pattinson’s performance in the film has been called his finest to date, a definitive exit pass from the shadow of Edward Cullen and previous perceptions.

It’s likely the attendance at the NYC premiere will be star-studded and packed to the rafters. With or without the starpower of Pattinson, the cinephile draw of Cronenberg is substantial on its own.

The man behind the lens of masterpieces such as The Fly, Eastern Promises, Videodrome, eXistenZ and A History ofViolence – to name but a few – it’s a rep that’s speaks for itself.

Throw in heavyweight talents like the Oscar nominated Paul Giamatti (The Truman Show, Sideways, Donnie Brasco, Man on the Moon), Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Kevin Durand and Jay Baruchel – and it’s quality red carpet whichever way you look at it.

As of now Entertainment One have only confirmed a New York premiere, not a L.A. But that may change. Watch the U.S trailer for Cosmopolis here.