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Thank You for Smoking (2005)  link to Thank You for Smoking on IMDb  

Number: 501

cover Thank You for Smoking

IMDb Rating:
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7.6/10 (199.2K votes)

Country: United States, 92 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director(s): Jason Reitman

Storyline:
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.

Cast:

Joan Lunden Joan Lunden
Aaron Eckhart Nick Naylor
Mary Jo Smith Sue Maclean
Todd Louiso Ron Goode
Jeff Witzke Kidnapper

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 1 Slot 3

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1