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September 23, 2006

Thank you for Smoking

Thank you for Smoking is Fox Searchlights latest foray into the black arts of ironic truth selling. Based on Christopher Buckleys, this is a cutting look at todays culture of spin. While the film focuses on the tobacco industry there are messages there for just about any lobby group you care to think of. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is chief spokesman for "Big Tobacco". He makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's hypocritically puritanical culture. 1200 people might die every day from tobacco-related illnesses, but Nick can successfully puts the case for cigarette smoking …Read the Rest