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Thank You For Smoking (2006)

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Release Date: March 17, 2006 (Limited)
On DVD: October 3, 2006
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Jason Reitman
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, JK Simmons, Robert Duvall
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Official site: www2.foxsearchlight.com/thankyouforsmoking
Running Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and some sexual content.

The hero of THANK YOU FOR SMOKING is Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, who makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator (William H. Macy) who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes on TV talk shows and enlisting...

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A smart and satirical look at big tobacco and politics, "Thank You for Smoking" stars Aaron Eckhart, an actor I've never been very fond of, in his break-out role as a man who has been so consumed with the lying and manipulation he does for a living that he has essentially turned himself into a wide-eyed ball of innocence - even if it is all artificial. Full movie review »

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