Thank You for Smoking Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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).

Drama

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  Aaron Eckhart

  Deep Water, Muzzle: City of Wolves

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  Maria Bello

  Better Start Swimming, Prisoners

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  Cameron Bright

  The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Walled In

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  Adam Brody

  Think Like A Man Too, Jennifer's Body

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  Sam Elliott

  A Star Is Born, The Good Dinosaur

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  Katie Holmes

  The Giver, Batman Begins

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  David Koechner

  Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Hit and Run

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  Rob Lowe

  The Third Parent, St. Elmo’s Fire

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  William H. Macy

  The Running Man, Soul On Fire

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  JK Simmons

  The Bachelors

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  Robert Duvall.

Who is making Thank You for Smoking – Crew List

A look at Thank You for Smoking behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Jason Reitman last helmed Saturday Night and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The film's writer Jason Reitman last penned Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Director

Jason Reitman

Screenwriter

Jason Reitman

Producer

David O. Sacks

Production – What we know about the Thank You for Smoking

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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.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

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