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First Look: Thank You for Smoking
Release Date: March 17, 2006
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Director: Jason Reitman
Producers: David O. Sacks, Edward R. Pressman, John Schmidt, Alessandro
Camon
Screenwriter: Jason Reitman, based on the novel by: Christopher Buckley
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott,
Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, JK Simmons, Robert
Duvall
Synopsis:
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 newfound 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).
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/thankyouforsmoking/
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