Thank You for Smoking
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage.
Comedy, Drama
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Room 9 Entertainment
Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor, Maria Bello as Polly Bailey, Cameron Bright as Joey Naylor, Adam Brody as Jack, Sam Elliott as Lorne Lutch, Katie Holmes as Heather Holloway, Rob Lowe as Jeff Megall, William H. Macy as Senator Ortolan Finistirre, Robert Duvall as The Captain, David Koechner as Bobby Jay Bliss, J.K. Simmons as BR, Kim Dickens as Jill Naylor, Connie Ray as Pearl, Joan Lunden as Joan Lunden, Mary Jo Smith as Sue Maclean, Todd Louiso as Ron Goode, Jeff Witzke as Kidnapper, Marianne Muellerleile as Teacher, Jordan Garrett as Kid #2, Courtney Taylor Burness as Kid #3, Daniel Travis as Brad, Richard Speight Jr. as Trainee, Renée Graham as Tiffany, Timothy Dowling as EGO Assistant, Dennis Miller as Dennis Miller, Terry James as Ski Mask #1, Marc Scizak as Ski Mask #2, Rachel Thorp as Flighty Girl, Aaron Lustig as Doctor, Melora Hardin as Interviewer, Brian Palermo as FBI Agent (voice), Michael Mantell as Dr. Meisenbach, Spencer Garrett as Senator Lothridge, Earl Billings as Senator Dupree, Catherine Reitman as Reporter #1, Sean Patrick Murphy as Reporter #2, David O. Sacks as Oil Lobbyist, Nancy O'Dell as Nancy Humphries O'Dell, Roy Jenkins as Debate Moderator, Bruce French as Gentleman #2, Christopher Buckley as Man at Metro Station (uncredited), Dana E. Glauberman as Hotel Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited), Eva La Dare as Flight Attendant (uncredited), Robert Malina as Peter (uncredited), Aloma Wright as Gizelle (voice) (uncredited)