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Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical black comedy film starring Dick Van Dyke and a long list of comedic actors. The film was written for the screen and produced by Norman Lear, who also directed the film, marking his directorial debut. It remains his only directorial feature film credit.
Feb 19, 1971 · Cold Turkey: Directed by Norman Lear. With Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton. Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days.
"A New Leaf" gets a little sentimental at the end, but not too much, and "Cold Turkey" ends with the scoundrels being shot by their own cigarette lighter. The movie, as everybody knows by now, concerns an attempt by a small town in Iowa to qualify for a $25 million award by signing all its citizens to a 30-day no smoking pledge.
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Aug 5, 2009 · When the entire town of Eagle Rock, Iowa gives up smoking for 30 days to win $25 million, the town doctor is one of the last holdouts and the hardest one to keep from lighting...
Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa accepts the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage the effort.
Cold Turkey (1971) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Small-town residents try to quit smoking for a cash reward. Cast & Crew. Read More. Norman Lear. Director. Dick Van Dyke. Rev. Clayton Brooks. Pippa Scott. Natalie Brooks. Tom Poston. Mr. Edgar Stopworth.
Dick Van Dyke stars as Clayton Brooks, minister in a small Iowa town, who takes up the challenge presented by an ad exec (Bob Newhart) for a tobacco company: any city or town in America that can give up smoking for 30 days gets $25 million dollars.
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Margaret Rau. Novel. Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
