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language and some sexual content
Plot: What's the story about?
In a role Aaron Eckhart seems born to play, the hero of "Thank You for Smoking" is Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator (Macy) who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes on TV talk shows and enlisting a Hollywood super-agent (Rob Lowe) to promote smoking in movies. Nick's newfound notoriety attracts the attention of both tobacco's head honcho (Duvall) and an investigative reporter for an influential Washington daily (Holmes). Nick says he is just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage, but he begins to think about how his work makes him look in the eyes of his young son Joey (Bright).
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Who stars in Thank You for Smoking: Cast List
Chief of Station, The Bricklayer
Better Start Swimming, Every Day
Godsend, Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends
River Wild, Lovelace
I'll See You in My Dreams, Barnyard
Miss Meadows, The Giver
Get Smart, Anchorman
Dog Gone, Monster Trucks
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Ricky Stanicky
The Bachelors
Who's making Thank You for Smoking: Crew List
A look at the Thank You for Smoking behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Jason Reitman last directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife and The Front-Runner. The film's writer Jason Reitman last wrote Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
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Production: What we know about Thank You for Smoking?
Key Facts
- The film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, September 9, is a fiercely satirical look at today's "culture of spin" based on Christopher Buckley's acclaimed 1994 novel of the same title and adapted for the screen by Reitman.
Filming Timeline
- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
Thank You for Smoking Release Date: When was the film released?
Thank You for Smoking was a release in 2006 on Friday, March 24, 2006. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Inside Man, Stoned and Brick.
Thank You for Smoking DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Thank You for Smoking was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, October 3, 2006 .