Thank You For Smoking
20th Century Fox (2005)
Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#1092
0*
DVD
92 mins
IMDB

Aaron Eckhart Nick Naylor
Maria Bello Polly Bailey
Cameron Bright Joey Naylor
Adam Brody Jack
Sam Elliott Lorne Lutch
Katie Holmes Heather Holloway
David Koechner Bobby Jay Bliss
Rob Lowe Jeff Megall
William H. Macy Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre
J.K. Simmons Budd Rohrabacher

Director Jason Reitman
Producer Eveleen Bandy
Stephen Belafonte
Writer Jason Reitman
Christopher Buckley
Cinematography Jim Whitaker
Musician Rolfe Kent

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.

Edition Details
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Country USA
Language English
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Barcode 024543255109
Region Region 1
Release Date 10/3/2006
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.40:1)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Director and Cast Commentary Deleted Scenes The Charlie Rose Show Interview with Jason Reitman, Aaron Eckhart, Christopher Buckley and David O. Sacks Making-Of Featurette American: Living In Spin Featurette And More!