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Thank you for smoking

As the saying goes, Aaron Eckhart was born to play Nick Naylor, the 30-something "voice of Big Tobacco" in this brazen satire of corporate profits and what lobbyists will do to protect them. Right from the opening, Eckhart is in spin mode, turning the tables on a popular talk show when he states health officials want a young teen stricken by cancer to die more than big tobacco does, since the boy would be a martyr to them, but only a single lost customer to the industry. Audiences gasp, panelists guffaw, and the kid happily shakes Nick's hand. The Academy of Tobacco Studies has a colorful array of folks surrounding Nick, including his cantankerous boss (J.K. Simmons) and the Colonel (Robert Duvall), tobacco's undisputed leader. His closet friends are lobbyists for guns (David Koechner) and alcohol (Maria Bello) who discuss their odd businesses over regular lunches, but when a cutie-pie reporter (Katie Holmes) swings into Nick's life, things begin to unravel. Based on Christopher Buckley's even more outlandish novel, Thank You for Smoking is a bright light for the filmgoer tired of gutless films formulated by committee, and first-time filmmaker Jason Reitman has expertly cast the film, which includes deft turns by William H. Macy and Sam Elliot. Nick's son, a throwaway in the novel, becomes a major influence here in Nick's development and a key student of Naylorisms such as, "If you argue correctly, then you're never wrong," though a father and son trip to Hollywood to visit an uber agent (Rob Lowe at his most suave) demonstrates how the inclusion of the son both helps and hurts the film. Book fans will miss the wicked plot turn, but the final result is a sharp and smart comedy deserving of a long, savory drag.

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  • "Terima kasih sudah merokok"
  • "Thank you for smoking"@it
  • "Thank You for Smoking"

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  • "Nick Taylor, chief spokesman for The Academy of Tobacco studies, pitted against an increasingly self-righteous anti-smoking society--and against someone who wants him stubbed out for good."
  • "De woordvoerder van de tabakslobby in de Verenigde Staten zoekt met collega's uit de wapen- en drankindustrie manieren om zijn gewraakte product aan de man te brengen."
  • "Dans ce roman satirique, Christopher Buckley met en scène un porte-parole de l'industrie du tabac, Nick Naylor, dont le job ingrat consiste à défendre publiquement le tabagisme."
  • "Nick Naylor a sûrement le job le plus ingrat de tous les Etats-Unis. Porte-parole de l'industrie du tabac, il est l'un des hommes les plus impopulaires de Washington. De conférence de presse en talk-show télévisé, de colloque sur la santé en réunion à Hollywood, son habile - et douteuse - défense du tabagisme soulève les passions et l'entraîne dans des aventures invraisemblables. Voire parfois périlleuses."
  • "A spoof on the movement to ban smoking. Nick Naylor, a spokesman for the tobacco industry, considers it a privilege to defend the rights of smokers from the neo-puritans, but no one admires him for his idealism. When he is kidnaped by anti-smoking zealots he becomes an instant celebrity and everyone loves him."
  • "As the saying goes, Aaron Eckhart was born to play Nick Naylor, the 30-something "voice of Big Tobacco" in this brazen satire of corporate profits and what lobbyists will do to protect them. Right from the opening, Eckhart is in spin mode, turning the tables on a popular talk show when he states health officials want a young teen stricken by cancer to die more than big tobacco does, since the boy would be a martyr to them, but only a single lost customer to the industry. Audiences gasp, panelists guffaw, and the kid happily shakes Nick's hand. The Academy of Tobacco Studies has a colorful array of folks surrounding Nick, including his cantankerous boss (J.K. Simmons) and the Colonel (Robert Duvall), tobacco's undisputed leader. His closet friends are lobbyists for guns (David Koechner) and alcohol (Maria Bello) who discuss their odd businesses over regular lunches, but when a cutie-pie reporter (Katie Holmes) swings into Nick's life, things begin to unravel. Based on Christopher Buckley's even more outlandish novel, Thank You for Smoking is a bright light for the filmgoer tired of gutless films formulated by committee, and first-time filmmaker Jason Reitman has expertly cast the film, which includes deft turns by William H. Macy and Sam Elliot. Nick's son, a throwaway in the novel, becomes a major influence here in Nick's development and a key student of Naylorisms such as, "If you argue correctly, then you're never wrong," though a father and son trip to Hollywood to visit an uber agent (Rob Lowe at his most suave) demonstrates how the inclusion of the son both helps and hurts the film. Book fans will miss the wicked plot turn, but the final result is a sharp and smart comedy deserving of a long, savory drag."@en
  • "Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, undertakes a media blitz to defend the rights of smokers, a job that has unexpected repercussions when he is targeted by someone out to prove just how hazardous smoking can be."
  • "Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, undertakes a media blitz to defend the rights of smokers, a job that has unexpected repercussions when he is targeted by someone out to prove just how hazardous smoking can be."@en

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  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Political fiction"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Satire"
  • "Satire"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "Fumatul strict permis : [roman]"
  • "Thank you for smoking"@en
  • "Thank you for smoking"
  • "Thank you for smoking : the shooting script"
  • "Zdes' kurjat : roman"
  • "Fijn dat u rookt"
  • "Thank you for smoking : [screenplay]"@en
  • "Fumatul strict permis"
  • "Здесь курят : роман"
  • "Danke, dass Sie hier rauchen : Roman"
  • "Si prega di fumare"@it
  • "Si prega di fumare"
  • "Zdesʹ kuri︠a︡t : roman"
  • "Thank you for smoking the shooting script"@en
  • "Salles fumeurs"
  • "Thank you for smoking : a novel"
  • "Thank you for smoking : a novel"@en
  • "Thank you for smoking = Terima kasih sudah merokok"
  • "Danke, daß Sie hier rauchen : Roman"
  • "THANK YOU FOR SMOKING"
  • "Thank You for Smoking"@en
  • "Thank you for smoking a novel"@en

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