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Thank you for smoking - Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Jason Reitman

Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

Nick Naylor doesn't hide the truth... he filters it.

The hero of Thank you for smoking is Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), 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 (William H 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 new-found notoriety attracts the attention of both tobacco's head honcho (Robert Duvall) and an investigative reporter for an influential Washington daily (Katie 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 (Cameron Bright).

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film black comedy satire drama smoking cigarettes product placement tobacco spin health cancer evil

Persons of interest

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
William H Macy .... Senator Ortolan Finistirre
JK Simmons .... BR
Robert Duvall .... Captain
Kim Dickens .... Jill Naylor
Rob Lowe .... Jeff Megall
Todd Louiso .... Ron Goode
Dennis Miller .... Himself
Joan Lunden .... Herself
Jeff Witzke .... Kidnapper
Richard Speight Jr .... Ricky Del
Nancy O'Dell .... Herself
Earl Billings .... Senator Dupree
Christopher Buckley .... Author
Jason Reitman .... Screenwriter
Jason Reitman .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Thank you for smoking official movie site
Awards and festivals

National Board of Review, USA 2006: Won: Top Independent Films, Best Directorial Debut (Jason Reitman)

Sydney Film Festival 2006: Closing night film

Toronto International Film Festival 2005: Screening

US Comedy Arts Festival 2006: Won: Breakout filmmaker (Jason Reitman)

Studios and distributors:

Fox Searchlight * 20th Century Fox

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Like they say, we all know that smoking is bad for us. Thank you for smoking is a witty film about the humorous side of spin-doctoring as might have been written by the people who make The West Wing. There's nothing new in this movie but it's a reasonably mature way to pass 1½ hours.