JackThank You for Smoking
August 7th 2006 06:39
"Thank You for Smoking" is a film satire based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley.
In the movie Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the Vice President of and the chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, a tobacco lobby funded by cigarette companies to "research" the links between smoking cigarettes and health. Of course, no links are ever found. His job requires him to "inform" the public of these results, as well as defend the rights of smokers as a talking head on behalf of cigarettes, ranging in appearances from public to various television programs. Each week, Nick meets with Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner), the lobbyists for the alcohol and gun lobbies, collectively self-referred to as the M.O.D. Squad (or Merchants Of Death).
Interestingly, the act of smoking is not shown anywhere in the movie by anyone. Even when Nick reaches into his pocket to pull out a cigarette — his pack is empty.
Below is the trailer.
For those of you who are interested, John from the movie blog gives his 3 minute review of Thank You for Smoking.
Genre: Satire
Written By: Jason Reitman
Director: Jason Reitman
Producers: Eveleen Anne Bandy, Stephen Belafonte et al.
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, David Koechner, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall, Dennis Miller.
Release Dates: 14/04/2006 - US, 24/08/2006 - AUS.
Running Time: 92 min.
Budget: $7 Million
Rating: M - AUS: Moderate coarse language, Moderate sexual references, Moderate sex scene.
* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Thank You for Smoking.
In the movie Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the Vice President of and the chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, a tobacco lobby funded by cigarette companies to "research" the links between smoking cigarettes and health. Of course, no links are ever found. His job requires him to "inform" the public of these results, as well as defend the rights of smokers as a talking head on behalf of cigarettes, ranging in appearances from public to various television programs. Each week, Nick meets with Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner), the lobbyists for the alcohol and gun lobbies, collectively self-referred to as the M.O.D. Squad (or Merchants Of Death).
Below is the trailer.
For those of you who are interested, John from the movie blog gives his 3 minute review of Thank You for Smoking.
Genre: Satire
Written By: Jason Reitman
Director: Jason Reitman
Producers: Eveleen Anne Bandy, Stephen Belafonte et al.
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, David Koechner, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall, Dennis Miller.
Running Time: 92 min.
Budget: $7 Million
Rating: M - AUS: Moderate coarse language, Moderate sexual references, Moderate sex scene.
* This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Thank You for Smoking.
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Hoping to catch a screening over the weekend. Im sure areview will follow too.
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