Thank You for Smoking (2006)

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R | 1 hr 32 mins | Comedy, Satire, Adaptation, Political | Released: 3/17/2006 |Box Office Total: $24.7M

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Synopsis:

Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, 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 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 to promote smoking in movies. Nick's newfound notoriety attracts the attention of both tobacco's head honcho and an investigative reporter for an influential Washington daily. Nick says he is just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage, but the increased scrutiny of his son and a very real death threat may force him to think differently.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/17/2006

Director	Credit
Jason Reitman	Director
Cast	Credit
Aaron Eckhart	Nick Naylor
Maria Bello	Polly Bailey
Cameron Bright	Joey Naylor
Adam Brody	Jack Bein
Sam Elliott	Lorne Lutch
Katie Holmes	Heather Holloway
David Koechner	Bobby Jay Bliss
Rob Lowe	Jeff Megall
William H. Macy	Senator Ortolan Finistirre
J K Simmons	BR
Robert Duvall	The Captain
Todd Louiso	Ron Goode
Kim Dickens	Jill Naylor
Connie Ray	Pearl
Rachel Thorp	Flighty Girl
Joan Lunden	Herself
Eric Haberman	Robin Williger
Mary Jo Smith	Sue Maclean
Jeff Witzke	Kidnapper
Marianne Muellerleile	Teacher
Alex Diaz	Kid #1
Jordan Garrett	Kid #2
Courtney Burness	Kid #3
Jordan Orr	Kid #4
Daniel Travis	Brad
Katie Winslow	Jeanette
Richard Speight Jr	Trainee
Eric Maldonado	Tobacco Club Host
Renee Graham	Tiffany
Timothy Dowling	EGO Assistant
Dennis Miller	Himself
Terry James	Ski Mask #1
Mark Scizak	Ski Mask #2
Karen Harrison	Nurse
Aaron Lustig	Doctor
Melora Hardin	Interviewer
Brian Palermo	Voice of FBI Agent
Michael Mantell	Dr. Meisenbach
Tonyo Melendez	Mr. Herera
Spencer Garrett	Senator Lothridge
Earl Billings	Senator Dupree
Catherine Reitman	Reporter #1
Sean Patrick Murphy	Reporter #2
David O. Sacks	Oil Lobbyist
Nancy O'Dell	Herself
Roy Jenkins	Debate Moderator
Howard Weitzman	Gentleman #1
Bruce French	Gentleman #2
Robert L Richards	Gentleman #3
Production Credits	Credit
John Schmidt	Executive Producer
David J Bloomfield	Co-Executive Producer
Eveleen Bandy	Associate Producer
David O. Sacks	Producer
Daniel Brunt	Co-Producer
Michael R Newman	Co-Producer
Stephen Belafonte	Associate Producer
Edward R. Pressman	Executive Producer
Dan Dubiecki	Co-Producer
Alessandro Camon	Executive Producer
Mindy Marin	Co-Producer
Peter Thiel	Executive Producer
Elon Musk	Executive Producer
Max Levchin	Executive Producer
Mark Woolway	Executive Producer
Michael Beugg	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Room 9 Entertainment, LLC	Production Company
ContentFilm International	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Searchlight Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Lucky Red	Distribution Rights Foreign Distribution Rights
Haut et Court	Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
ProRom	Foreign Distribution Rights
Sena	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Cineart	Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Indie Circle	Distribution Rights Foreign Distribution Rights
Frenetic Films	Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Writer	Credit
Jason Reitman	Screenplay
Christopher Buckley	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Amy Smolev	Assistant Accountant
Gavin J Behrman	Production Accountant
Bob Weber	Post-Production Accountant
Marc E Spivey	Production Insurance - Insurance
Stephanie Wescott	Accountant - Payroll
Jill Rosenblatt	Assistant Accountant
Dave Bennett	Accountant - Completion Guarantor
Art Department	Credit
Theresa Greene	Art Department Coordinator
Phil Brandes	Painter - Paint Foreman
Kurt Meisenbach	Set Decorator
Steve Saklad	Production Designer
Steven Samanen	Assistant Art Director
Eddie Lin	Storyboard Artist
Paul Arthur Hartman	Leadman
Greg O'Donohue	Set Dresser
M Marcos Gonzalez	Swing Gang - Swings
Greg O'Donohue	Swing Gang - Swings
Carl Catanese	Leadman
Mark Brooks	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Otis Kaltvedt	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Stephen G Shifflette	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Mindy Marin	Casting Director
Ember Truesdell	Casting Assistant
Tammy L Smith	Extras Casting
Dixie Webster-Davis	Extras Casting
Cathy Weiner	Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Nathan Maruccio	Craft Service
Genaro Rodriguez	Catering - Chef
Jaime Ramirez	Catering - First Assistant Catering
Carmelo Randazzo	Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
Thomas M Cornelius	Craft Service
Luis Cabrera	Catering - Second Assistant Catering
Julie J Briggs	Craft Service - Craft Services Assistant
Carlos Rodriguez	Catering - Second Assistant Catering
Peter Roskovich	Catering - Catering Chef
Sam Ennis	Catering - First Assistant Catering
Film Camera	Credit
Tommy Lohman	Steadicam Operator (2nd Unit)
Tommy Lohman	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Josh Medak	Camera Assistant - B Camera 1st Assistant
Dale Robinette	Photography - Still Photographer
Donald Burghardt	Assistant Camera
Peter Albert	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Dexter Padgitt	Video - Video Technician
Tim Clarke	Loader
Jim Whitaker	Director of Photography
Aanand Shrestha	Film Lab - Film Technician
Jack Lewars	Colorist - Digital Colorist
Natasha Leonett	Color Timer - Digital Color Timer
Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Steve Sheridan	Color Timer
Andrew Depung	Loader
Richard Coniglio	Video - Video Technician
Michael Baird	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Brett Gates	Assistant Camera
Danny Nichols	Camera Operator
Colin Hudson	Steadicam Operator
David Insley	Camera Operator
Kenji Luster	Steadicam Operator
Bob Sterry	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Stuart Stein	Assistant Camera
Charlie Newberry	Loader
Scott Kaye	Camera Operator
Bruce Oldham	Camera Operator
Don Berg	Camera Operator - Jib Operator
Karen Iacofano	Camera Operator
Joe Pier	Camera Operator
Karen Persechino	Camera Operator - Board Operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
ContentFilm International	Co-Financier
Room 9 Entertainment, LLC	Co-Financier
Legal	Credit
Benjamin R Reder	Legal Services
Debbie Axel	Legal Services
Eric J Spiegelman	Legal Services
Noor Ahmed	Legal Services
Music	Credit
Merle Travis	Song
Nick South	Music Editor
Tex Williams	Song Performer
Peter Afterman	Music Supervisor
Matt Messina	Theme Music
Alison Litton	Music Coordinator
Rolfe Kent	Music
Danny Seim	Song Performer
Victor Young	Music
Tex Williams	Song
Margaret Yen	Music Supervisor
Curt Sobel	Music Editor - Temp Music Editor
Curt Sobel	Song Performer
Danny Seim	Song
Gary Schreiner	Song Performer
Curt Sobel	Song
Gary Schreiner	Song
The Mills Brothers	Song Performer
Swingle Singers	Song Performer
Matt Messina	Song
Talkdemonic	Song Performer
H Eugene Gifford	Song
The Kingston Trio	Song Performer
Ned Washington	Song
Johann Sebastian Bach	Song
Kevin O'Connor	Song
Hoyt Axton	Song
Kennard Ramsey	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Mark Scizak	Stunts
Terry James	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Traceigh Scottel	Production Coordinator - Production Office Coordinator
Christopher Miller	Location Manager
Mary Anne Seward	Script Supervisor
Michael Toji	Post-Production Supervisor
Raffi Paloulian	Script Coordinator - Script Clearance
Michael Beugg	Unit Production Manager
Michael Beugg	Line Producer
Jason Blumenfeld	Assistant Director
Michael Chickey	Assistant Location Manager
Tara L Craig	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
Bob Dohrmann	Production Supervisor
Errol Reichow	Location Scout
Jonathan Reich	Assistant Location Manager
Kelly McCormick	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
John Latenser	Location Manager
Heather Ignarro	Production Coordinator
Sonia Bhalla	Assistant Director
Ron Shino	Location Scout
Sharon Stetzel	Production Coordinator
Casey Mako	Assistant Director
Michyl-Shannon Quilty	Assistant Production Coordinator - Assistant Production Office Coordinator
Scott Brown	Assistant Director
Xanthus Valan	Assistant Director
Kurt Uebersax	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Jeremy Walker	Unit Publicist
Jessica Grant	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Robert Sharman	Sound - Utility Sound
Kevin Zimmerman	Assistant Sound Editor
Robert Althoff	Sound Recordist - Recordist
Richard Dwan	Sound Editor
Paul Drenning	ADR Mixer
Barney Cabral	ADR Editor
Patrick Cabral	Foley Artist
Craig Dollinger	Boom Operator
Melissa Hofmann	Rerecording Mixer
Perry Robertson	Supervising Sound Editor
Steven A Morrow	Sound Mixer
Geordy Sincavage	Foley Mixer
Scott Sanders	Supervising Sound Editor
Cynthia Merrill	Foley Artist
Adam Jenkins	Rerecording Mixer
Paul Flinton	Boom Operator
Brad Bryan	Sound - Utility Sound
Len Schmitz	Sound Mixer
J Stanley Johnston	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Robert Lukacs	Digital Effects Artist - Compositing Artist
Edward J Quirk	3-D Artist
Robert Malina	Visual Effects Editor
Virgil Sanchez	Special Effects Technician
Larry Fioritto	Special Effects Coordinator
Patrick Clancey	Titles and Opticals - Digital Opticals
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr	Visual Effects Producer
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr	Visual Effects Supervisor
Jennifer Lee	Titles - Main Title Designer
Lisa Tutunjian	Visual Effects Editor - Digital Intermediate Editor
Tommy Tran	Digital Effects Artist - Compositing Artist
Lorene Simpson	Visual Effects Producer - Digital Intermediate Producer
Ari Sachter-Zeltzer	Titles - Main Title Designer
Gareth Smith	Titles - Main Title Designer
Esther Lee	Visual Effects Producer - Digital Intermediate Assistant Producer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Elisabeth Fry	Makeup Artist
Julie Glick	Costume Supervisor
Danny Glicker	Costume Designer
Laura Little	Set Costumer
Marsha Lewis	Hair Stylist - Department Head Hair Stylist
John E Jackson	Makeup - Department Head Makeup Artist
Robin Luce	Makeup Artist
Maxine Morris	Hair Stylist
Deb Dalton	Costume Supervisor
Marta Villalobos	Set Costumer
Sherri Bramlett	Hair Stylist
Joan M Lynch	Set Costumer

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