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Thank You for Smoking [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![Thank You for Smoking [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YVWB899NL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello, Joan Lunden, Eric Haberman
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 88009
Format: Ac-3, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.8
MPN: FOXD2235511D
UPC: 024543255048
EAN: 0024543255048
ASIN: B000H0MKOC
Theatrical Release Date: April 14, 2006
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Played once, still in excellent condition.
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The Yuppie Nuremberg Defense June 17, 2008
Bentley (USA and England)
"I just need to pay the mortgage. Aside: The Yuppie Nuremberg Defense."
- Nick Naylor in Thank you for Smoking
Because of a fellow reviewer's comment, I decided to watch THANK YOU FOR SMOKING. Aaron Eckhart plays Nick Naylor who is a VP and "chief talking head" for the Academy of Tobacco Studies.
The Academy is supposed to research the link between nicotine and cancer. Who would have thought that they would never find any connection?
Nick gets himself into trouble with his "flexible morals" and his errant lobbying ways; but never loses the support of his young son Joey, played by Cameron Bright (despite what his ex wife calls his "dependency issues").
This is a great satirical piece; it was based upon a novel by Christopher Buckley and was the first full feature film directed by Jason Reitman (of Juno fame).
In terms of sensitivities, the film has little. This is not an endorsement of the cigarette industry; but it still does present a callous view of the deep sufferings of many (all caused by nicotine). If this does not hit close to home for you, the satire is well done and Naylor learns a lesson about the emancipation of those enslaved by nicotine himself in a not so presidential manner.
Nick swaps horses; but doesn't seem to have lost any of his stripes by the end of the flick. A very funny film about a not so funny addiction.
Recommended: B+ (A biting satirical study)
Bentley/2008
The King of Spin October 8, 2007
M. A. Ramos (Florida USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nick Naylor: Right there, looking into Joey's eyes, it all came back in a rush. Why I do what I do. Defending the defenseless, protecting the disenfranchised corporations that have been abandoned by their very own consumers: the logger, the sweatshop foreman, the oil driller, the land mine developer, the baby seal poacher...
Polly Bailey: Baby seal poacher?
The Merchants of Death, the MOD Squad, meet weekly in a bar for mutual support and to share tales of weal and woe. The Mod Squad consists of three spin masters, one each for the tobacco, alcohol and gun industries. We fallow Nick Naylor played by Aaron Eckhart who is the Spin King of the Tobacco Industry. Nick is great at what he does, and that is talk, or shall we say spin. He does damage control and promotes the tobacco industries. No matter what is thrown at him and regardless of how bad the allegation, Nick is able to make tobacco come out looking like the good guy to his audience.
Nick Naylor does not know the meaning of the word ethics, and won't let them get in the way of his arguments or our laughs. He weaves his way with twisted phrases and the ridiculous spin; you cannot help but laugh, even when you know you shouldn't. He does le his guard down and lets a reporter, played by Katie Holmes, get to close too him and shares too much information with her which she publishes. The only time you see that Nick may have a heart is when he sees that his 12-year old son is starting to follow in his foot steps and spins things to get his way, even his own mother.
This film will have you laughing out loud and though you do not want to, you will be rooting for Nick Naylor. What this movie shows is that all large industries that have the probability of bad press will have spin masters. And we know politicians use them as well. So take a comedic look at how they work.
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