Thank You for Smoking (2005)

What happens when you finally find that you’re really good at something but that something is considered morally reprehensible in the eyes of many? Find another job? That’s not so easy when you’ve already been tainted. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the face and the voice of “Big Tobacco.” He’s tasked by the Colonel (Robert Duvall), tobacco’s grand poobah, to bribe the original Marlboro man, Lorne Lutch (Sam Elliott), into clamming up over his condemnation of tobacco as the cause of his lung cancer. Nick offers him a choice of either keeping the cash or giving it away publicly on news TV to selected charities and continuing his struggle. Not an easy choice for a dying man.

Director:  Jason Reitman Writer:  Jason Reitman; Christopher Buckley Cast:
Aaron Eckhart -  Nick Naylor Maria Bello -  Polly Bailey Cameron Bright -  Joey Naylor Adam Brody -  Jack Sam Elliott -  Lorne Lutch Katie Holmes -  Heather Holloway David Koechner -  Bobby Jay Bliss Rob Lowe -  Jeff Megall		William H. Macy -  Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre J.K. Simmons -  Budd “BR” Rohrabacher Robert Duvall -  Doak ‘The Captain’ Boykin Kim Dickens -  Jill Naylor Connie Ray -  Pearl Todd Louiso -  Ron Goode Marianne Muellerleile -  Teacher Joan Lunden -  Herself