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Thank You for Smoking is a 2005 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Jason Reitman and starring Aaron Eckhart, based on the 1994 satirical novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley.
Thank You for Smoking: Directed by Jason Reitman. With Joan Lunden, Eric Haberman, Aaron Eckhart, Mary Jo Smith. Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.
The kidnapper (Jeff Witzke) covers Naylor in nicotine patches and leaves him naked in the lap of the Lincoln Memorial. Ironically, his smoking gave him a resistance to the nicotine, otherwise he would have died. Naylor is interviewed by a reporter for a Washington paper but ends up seducing her.
Loaded with delightfully unscrupulous characters and and a witty, cynical script, Thank You For Smoking is a sharp satire with a brilliantly smarmy lead performance from Aaron...
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Jan 11, 2010 · 381. 119K views 14 years ago. Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in todays neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by...
Mar 23, 2006 · Here is a satire both savage and elegant, a dagger instead of a shotgun. "Thank You for Smoking" targets the pro-smoking lobby with a dark appreciation of human nature. It stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor, a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies.
Thank You for Smoking. Aaron Eckhart lights up the laughs with a devilishly dry performance as a smooth-talking smoking lobbyist in this acclaimed satire.
