Description
Title
Thank You for Smoking
Year
2005
Rated
R
Released
14 Apr 2006
Runtime
92 min
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Director
Jason Reitman
Writer
Jason Reitman (screenplay), Christopher Buckley (novel)
Actors
Joan Lunden, Eric Haberman, Aaron Eckhart, Mary Jo Smith
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.
Language
English
Country
USA
Awards
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 30 nominations.
Metascore
71
imdbRating
7.6
imdbVotes
198,940
imdbID
tt0427944
Type
movie
DVD
03 Oct 2006
BoxOffice
$24,800,000
Production
Fox Searchlight
Website
http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/thankyouforsmoking/