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Thank You for Smoking (2005)
7.7
Ratings: 7.7/10 from 107,230 users
Metascore:
71/100
Reviews: 297 user | 226 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com 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 twelve-year-old son. Director:Jason Reitman |
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
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Herself
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Eric Haberman | ... | |
| Aaron Eckhart | ... | ||
| Mary Jo Smith | ... |
Sue Maclean
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| Todd Louiso | ... |
Ron Goode
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| Jeff Witzke | ... |
Kidnapper
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| J.K. Simmons | ... | ||
| Marianne Muellerleile | ... |
Teacher
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| Cameron Bright | ... | ||
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Alex Diaz | ... |
Kid #1
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| Jordan Garrett | ... |
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| Courtney Taylor Burness | ... |
Kid #3
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| Jordan Del Spina | ... |
Kid #4
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| Maria Bello | ... | ||
| David Koechner | ... | ||
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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 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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Gracias por fumar See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$262,923 (USA) (19 March 2006) (5 Screens)Gross:
$24,792,061 (USA) (10 September 2006)Company Credits
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Joan Lunden: Robin Williger. He is a 15 year old freshman from Racine, Wisconsin. He enjoys studying history; he's on the debate team. Robin's future looked very, very bright. But recently he was diagnosed with cancer, a very tough kind of cancer. Robin tells me he has quit smoking, though, and he no longer thinks that cigarettes are "cool."
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Written by Merle Travis, Tex Williams
Performed by Tex Williams and The Western Caravan
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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When Nick Naylor is sitting with his son Joey Naylor waiting to meet Jeff Megall, they are watching BBC's The Blue Planet. See more »Goofs
Continuity: After Nick testifies before the Senate committee he leaves his son Joey in the hearing room. When Nick steps out of the building Joey is inexplicably at his side. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joan Lunden: Robin Williger. He is a 15 year old freshman from Racine, Wisconsin. He enjoys studying history; he's on the debate team. Robin's future looked very, very bright. But recently he was diagnosed with cancer, a very tough kind of cancer. Robin tells me he has quit smoking, though, and he no longer thinks that cigarettes are "cool."
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"Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette!"Written by Merle Travis, Tex Williams
Performed by Tex Williams and The Western Caravan
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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