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

Plot

What's the story about?

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

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Thank You for Smoking.

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  Aaron Eckhart

  Sully, The Bricklayer

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  Maria Bello

  Better Start Swimming, Prisoners

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  Cameron Bright

  The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Godsend

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  Adam Brody

  American Fiction , Scream 4

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  Sam Elliott

  The Golden Compass, A Star Is Born

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  Katie Holmes

  Jack and Jill, The Secret: Dare to Dream

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  David Koechner

  A Week Away, Priceless

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  Rob Lowe

  Super Troopers 2, Dog Gone

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  William H. Macy

  Bobby, Sahara

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  JK Simmons

  The Bachelors

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  Robert Duvall.

Crew Behind the Film

The Thank You for Smoking behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Jason Reitman last directed Saturday Night and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The film's writer Jason Reitman last wrote Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

Director

Jason Reitman

Screenwriter

Jason Reitman

Producer

David O. Sacks

Production Details

What we know about the Thank You for Smoking movie production.

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.

Production Updates for Thank You for Smoking

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Thank You for Smoking movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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