Thank You for Smoking (2006)

Cast/Avec Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall, Kim Dickens…

Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the Vice President and the chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies (Tobacco Institute), a tobacco lobby whose stated purpose is to research the links between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer. Unsurprisingly, the group, funded by cigarette companies, does not find any link between the two. Nick's job requires him to inform the public of these results, as well as defend the rights of smokers. The film follows his career as a talking head for Big Tobacco, appearing in both public speaking engagements and on television programs. Each week, Nick meets with Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner), lobbyists for the alcohol and firearms industries respectively, for lunch and mutual support. The three jokingly refer to themselves as "the M.O.D. Squad" (alluding to both the phrase "Merchants Of Death" and the television show The Mod Squad).

Lobbyiste séduisant et ambitieux, Nick Naylor met son charme, son talent et son sourire carnassier au service de la société Big Tobacco pour contrer les ravages de la politique de prévention contre le tabagisme. De conférence de presse en talk-show télévisé, il défend l'indéfendable, mais a du mal à convaincre son ex-femme qu'il peut être un père modèle pour son fils.