Thank You for Smoking
(2006)
Tagline
Tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor is trying to SAVE YOUR ASH!
Starring
Joan Lunden Eric Haberman Aaron Eckhart Mary Jo Smith Katie Holmes
Director
Genre
Running Time
92 minutes
Overview
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.
Released
16 June 2006
Budget
£6,500,000
Revenue
£0
Language
English
Studio
Room 9 Entertainment
Country of Origin
United States of America
Cast
| Joan Lunden | ... | Herself |
| Eric Haberman | ... | Robin Williger |
| Aaron Eckhart | ... | Nick Naylor |
| Mary Jo Smith | ... | Sue Maclean |
| Katie Holmes | ... | Heather Holloway |
| Adam Brody | ... | Jack |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Captain |
| Todd Louiso | ... | Ron Goode |
| Jeff Witzke | ... | Kidnapper |
| J.K. Simmons | ... | BR |
| Marianne Muellerleile | ... | Teacher |
| Cameron Bright | ... | Joey Naylor |
| Alex Diaz | ... | Kid #1 |
| Jordan Garrett | ... | Kid #2 |
| Courtney Taylor Burness | ... | Kid #3 |
| Jordan Del Spina | ... | Kid #4 (as Jordan Orr) |
| Maria Bello | ... | Polly Bailey |
| David Koechner | ... | Bobby Jay Bliss |
| Kim Dickens | ... | Jill Naylor |
| Daniel Travis | ... | Brad |
| William H. Macy | ... | Senator Ortolan Finistirre |
| Katie Winslow | ... | Jeanette |
| Richard Speight Jr. | ... | Trainee |
| Eric Maldonado | ... | Tobacco Club Host |
| Renée Graham | ... | Tiffany |
| Timothy Dowling | ... | EGO Assistant |
| Rob Lowe | ... | Jeff Megall |
| Sam Elliott | ... | Lorne Lutch |
| Connie Ray | ... | Pearl |
| Dennis Miller | ... | Himself |
Crew
| Jason Reitman | ... | Director |
| Jason Reitman | ... | Screenplay |
| Christopher Buckley | ... | Novel |
| Michael Beugg | ... | Executive Producer |
| Alessandro Camon | ... | Executive Producer |
| Max Levchin | ... | Executive Producer |
| Elon Musk | ... | Executive Producer |
| Edward R. Pressman | ... | Executive Producer |
| David O. Sacks | ... | Producer |
| John Schmidt | ... | Executive Producer |
| Peter Thiel | ... | Executive Producer |
| Mark Woolway | ... | Executive Producer |
| Rolfe Kent | ... | Original Music Composer |
| Jim Whitaker | ... | Director of Photography |
| Dana E. Glauberman | ... | Editor |