Thank You for Smoking
Nick Naylor doesn't hide the truth...he filters it.
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son.When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
- Director
- Jason Reitman
- Worldwide
- $25M
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Cast
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Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
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Box Office & Release
Thank You for Smoking returned 3.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Sep 9, 2005
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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