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Thank You for Smoking

  • 20052005
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
220K
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POPULARITY
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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
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Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.

IMDb RATING
7.6/10
220K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,282
194
  • Director
    • Jason Reitman
  • Writers
    • Jason Reitman(screenplay)
    • Christopher Buckley(novel)
  • Stars
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Cameron Bright
    • Maria Bello
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jason Reitman
  • Writers
    • Jason Reitman(screenplay)
    • Christopher Buckley(novel)
  • Stars
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Cameron Bright
    • Maria Bello
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 450User reviews
    • 234Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 32 nominations

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    Photos202

    Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, and David Koechner in Thank You for Smoking (2005)
    Aaron Eckhart in Thank You for Smoking (2005)
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    Aaron Eckhart and Katie Holmes in Thank You for Smoking (2005)
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    Rachel with Cameron Bright (and brother Bryce) at the 'Thank You For Smoking' Premiere
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    Top cast

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    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • Nick Nayloras Nick Naylor
    Cameron Bright
    Cameron Bright
    • Joey Nayloras Joey Naylor
    Maria Bello
    Maria Bello
    • Polly Baileyas Polly Bailey
    Joan Lunden
    Joan Lunden
    • Joan Lundenas Joan Lunden
    Eric Haberman
    • Robin Willigeras Robin Williger
    Mary Jo Smith
    Mary Jo Smith
    • Sue Macleanas Sue Maclean
    Todd Louiso
    Todd Louiso
    • Ron Goodeas Ron Goode
    Jeff Witzke
    Jeff Witzke
    • Kidnapperas Kidnapper
    J.K. Simmons
    J.K. Simmons
    • BRas BR
    Marianne Muellerleile
    Marianne Muellerleile
    • Teacheras Teacher
    Alex Diaz
    • Kid #1as Kid #1
    Jordan Garrett
    Jordan Garrett
    • Kid #2as Kid #2
    Courtney Taylor Burness
    Courtney Taylor Burness
    • Kid #3as Kid #3
    • (as Courtney Burness)
    Jordan Orr
    Jordan Orr
    • Kid #4as Kid #4
    David Koechner
    David Koechner
    • Bobby Jay Blissas Bobby Jay Bliss
    Kim Dickens
    Kim Dickens
    • Jill Nayloras Jill Naylor
    Daniel Travis
    Daniel Travis
    • Bradas Brad
    William H. Macy
    William H. Macy
    • Senator Ortolan Finistirreas Senator Ortolan Finistirre
    • Director
      • Jason Reitman
    • Writers
      • Jason Reitman(screenplay)
      • Christopher Buckley(novel)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins arguments 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-title the M.O.D. 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 of a skull and crossbones on 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. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • lobbyist
    • tobacco industry
    • black comedy
    • tobacco lobby
    • cigarette smoking
    • 322 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • America is living in spin
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language and some sexual content
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      As part of the message the movies promotes, no one is shown smoking a cigarette throughout the entire movie. In fact, except in the black and white film that Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) watches, no one is seen even holding a cigarette. Naylor holds an empty packet, and The Captain (Robert Duvall) holds an (unlit) cigar.
    • Goofs
      During the MoD squad meeting, when Polly takes a bite of the pie she messes the cheese up, but in the next scene it's fine. Also, when Nick sees the cheese on top of the pie it is not melted, but when he pauses to think and stares at the pie, the cheese is clearly melted around the edges.
    • Quotes

      Joey Naylor: [eating fast food, next to Ferris wheel, at the Santa Monica Amusement Pier] ... so what happens when you're wrong?

      Nick Naylor: Whoa, Joey I'm never wrong.

      Joey Naylor: But you can't always be right...

      Nick Naylor: Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong.

      Joey Naylor: But what if you are wrong?

      Nick Naylor: OK, let's say that you're defending chocolate, and I'm defending vanilla. Now if I were to say to you: 'Vanilla is the best flavour ice-cream', you'd say...

      Joey Naylor: No, chocolate is.

      Nick Naylor: Exactly, but you can't win that argument... so, I'll ask you: so you think chocolate is the end all and the all of ice-cream, do you?

      Joey Naylor: It's the best ice-cream, I wouldn't order any other.

      Nick Naylor: Oh! So it's all chocolate for you is it?

      Joey Naylor: Yes, chocolate is all I need.

      Nick Naylor: Well, I need more than chocolate, and for that matter I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom. And choice when it comes to our ice-cream, and that Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty.

      Joey Naylor: But that's not what we're talking about

      Nick Naylor: Ah! But that's what I'm talking about.

      Joey Naylor: ...but you didn't prove that vanilla was the best...

      Nick Naylor: I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong I'm right.

      Joey Naylor: But you still didn't convince me

      Nick Naylor: It's that I'm not after you. I'm after them.

      [points into the crowd]

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are styled to appear as cigarette boxes.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Departed/Open Season/The Guardian/The Last King of Scotland/The Queen/School for Scoundrels/Beerleague (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette!
      Written by Merle Travis and Tex Williams

      Performed by Tex Williams and The Western Caravan

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

      Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

    User reviews450

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Inhale
    You'll need to inhale, then exhale slowly and relax before plunging into the world of Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), lobbyist and bag man for the Tobacco Industry. The laughs are some of the best abdominal exercise I've ever had at the movies. Thank You for Smoking is far and away the best satire to come out of Hollywood in years. The last attempt I remember was WAG THE DOG. This film is far better at true satire, its wit biting do-gooders and do-badders alike. It has been too long since Satire and the Politically Incorrect Sense of Humor have been allowed to point out the absurd in all sides of an issue. If you don't laugh out loud, your sense of humor has become a casualty of malpractice by the Doctors of Spin and the Nursemaids of Political Correctness.

    Young Jason Reitman's direction and screenplay are deft and light. He is never heavy-handed, or worse, condescending (as may have happened more than once in WAG THE DOG). Based on a novel by Christopher Buckley (the son of William F. Buckley), the script is the star here. The double, triple, and sometimes quadruple entendres are spoken conversationally by a star-studded ensemble cast, who clearly revel in great material and great lines. Every reviewer opines that this will be Aaron Eckhart's break-out role. With his Dudley-Do-Right face and "that guy who always gets the girl----- on crack" charm and glibness, his Nick Naylor is the ultimate purveyor of the spin doctor's prescription: "the means justify the end".

    The casting director should be congratulated in the same breath as the director. Rob Lowe as the "genius" behind Hollywood "EGO", a consultant firm which helps raise financing for movies with strategic product placement, is note-perfect in a "small role". With William H. Macy, the Vermont Senator who takes on the tobacco industry, Maria Bello, a fellow Merchant of Death lobbyist, and Robert Duvall, the "Captain" of this particular industry--- the cast is jaw-dropping, and sublimely funny. Katie Holmes, pre-TomKat, is gorgeous, seductive, and completely believable as the reporter who stops at nothing to get her story.

    Nick Naylor's relationship with his son is the lens which focuses Nick on his own behavior. Even that relationship is not treated as a cliché, or completely reverently by the satirist, who remains true to the last frame to the goal of letting the air out of our self-righteousness. It is a breath of fresh air. I not only recommend it, I intend to see it again.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gracias por fumar
    • Filming locations
      • The Prince - 3198 W 7th St, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Room 9 Entertainment
      • TYFS Productions LLC
      • ContentFilm
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,793,509
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $262,923
      • Mar 19, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,323,027
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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