Thank You For Smoking

20th Century Fox (2005)

Comedy, Drama
 /   / Color / 92 mins
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In Collection
#621
7.7

Plot

The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.

Cast

Aaron Eckhart Nick Naylor
Maria Bello Polly Bailey
Cameron Bright Joey Naylor
Adam Brody Jack
Sam Elliott Lorne Lutch
Katie Holmes Heather Holloway
David Koechner Bobby Jay Bliss
Rob Lowe Jeff Megall
William H. Macy Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre
J.K. Simmons Budd Rohrabacher

Crew

Director
Jason Reitman
Producer Eveleen Bandy , Stephen Belafonte
Writer Jason Reitman , Christopher Buckley
Cinematography Jim Whitaker
Musician Rolfe Kent

Trailer

Edition Details

Release Date 08/01/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (16:9) Theatrical Widescreen (2.40:1)
Subtitles English
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features

Audio Commentary by Director and Cast 13 Deleted Scenes with Optional Directors Commentary Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of Thank You for Smoking America: Living the Spin Featurette Still Galleries Theatrical Trailer

Images

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