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Thank You for Smoking

PROFILE OVERVIEW

Theatrical Release:

Friday, March 24, 2006 

DVD Release:

Tuesday, October 3, 2006  dvd cover

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Directed by:
Genres:

Drama Indie

Keywords:

based on novel intern

Distributor:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Box Office Total:

MPAA Rating:

R for language and some sexual content.

SYNOPSIS

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).

ADDITIONAL NOTES

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.

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iconBrian added the soundtrack release date of April 18, 2006. Dec. 22, 2008

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