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Release date United States: Friday, March 17, 2006, DVD release: TBA

Director: Jason Reitman

Cast:

Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor
Maria Bello as Polly Bailey
Adam Brody as Jack
Cameron Bright as Joey Naylor
Sam Elliott as Lorne Lutch
Katie Holmes as Heather Holloway
David Koechner as Bobby Jay Bliss
Rob Lowe as Jeff Megall
William H. Macy as Senator Ortolan Finistirre
J.K. Simmons as BR
Todd Louiso as Ron Goode
Robert Duvall as Captain
Kim Dickens as Jill Naylor

About:

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 a Hollywood super-agent (Rob Lowe) to promote smoking in movies. Nick's newfound notoriety attracts the attention of both tobacco's head honcho (Robert Duvall) and an investigative reporter for an influential Washington daily (Katie Holmes). Nick says he is just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage, but he begins to think about how his work makes him look in the eyes of his young son Joey (Cameron Bright).

Genres:
Drama - Comedy

Producers: David O. Sacks

Writers: Jason Reitman (screenplay) Christopher Buckley (novel)

Studio: Fox Searchlight Productions