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Release
Date: |
03/17/2006
- Nationwide |
Run
Time: |
1
hr. 32 min. |
MPAA
Rating: |
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For
language and some sexual content. |
Genre: |
Comedy |
Starring: |
Aaron
Eckhart, Robert Duvall, Katie Holmes, William H Macy, Adam Brody
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Director(s): |
Jason
Reitman
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Producer(s): |
David
O. Sacks |
Writer(s): |
Christopher
Buckley, Jason Reitman |
Studio: |
Fox
Searchlight |
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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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