Thank You for Smoking: The Shooting Script

"Nick Naylor doesn't hide the truth...he filters it"—The official screenplay book tie-in to the hit movie from Fox Searchlight, based on the acclaimed novel.

A fiercely satirical look at today's "culture of spin," this hilarious movie portrays the chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, Nick Naylor, as the hero. Nick makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco and an opportunistic senator who wants to put poison labels on cigarette packs, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes on TV talk shows and enlisting a Hollywood super-agent to promote smoking in movies.

Nick's newfound notoriety attracts the attention of both tobacco's head honcho and an investigative reporter for an influential Washington daily. Nick says he is just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage, but the increased scrutiny of his son and a very real death threat may force him to think differently.

Thank You for Smoking features an all star cast including Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, and Robert Duvall. The Newmarket Shooting Script® book includes the screenplay and introduction by Jason Reitman, a foreword by Christopher Buckley, production notes, a section of 23 color photos, and the complete cast and crew credits.

Jason Reitman makes his feature film directorial debut with Thank You for Smoking. The accomplished director of such award-winning shorts as In God We Trust and Gulp, which screened in more than 100 film festivals worldwide, he previously directed television commercials and received honors from the Cannes commercial awards, the Addys, as well as the highly coveted One Show. Reitman lives in Los Angeles. Christopher Buckley is editor of Forbes FYI magazine and the author of eleven books, many of them national bestsellers, including Thank You for Smoking. He is the winner of the distinguished ninth annual Thurber Prize for American Humor. Buckley lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children and dog, Duck.