Trailer For Jason Reitman’s “Thank You For Smoking” Out Now
Over the years we’ve seen the children of some well-respected filmmakers carry on the family name in their own way (okay, so the Coppolas are the only ones coming to mind right now…) and it looks like Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, is in the process of doing the same. A trailer has appeared online for his upcoming film “Thank You For Smoking”, and while it’s not his first time directing a movie, I believe it is his first feature film. He also wrote the screenplay, which is based on the novel by Christopher Buckley. The movie is a dark comedy about a lobbyist for “Big Tobacco” (Aaron Eckhart), who makes a deal with a Hollywood agent (Rob Lowe) to promote smoking in movies, but has second thoughts when he realizes how he must look to his young son. With a cast that also includes Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Katie Holmes, Adam Brody, and J.K. Simmons, my interest is piqued. Thank You For Smoking premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this year and will hit theatres on March 17, 2006.
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actually, considering what we now know about William H. Macy, his involvement in this movie is no guarantee it’ll be good.
Posted by Goon on December 29th, 2005i saw this trailer before Munich and I just dont think it looks very funny. theres this other movie that had a trailer at the same time called American Dreamz which looked way better. dig that bad boy up.
Yeah it’s possible that I like the concept more than I’d actually like the movie. It could end up being one of those movies that thinks it’s a lot more clever than it really is. I still think it has potential though.
Posted by Sean on December 29th, 2005the characters seem like ones that would be good for a Coen Brothers movie, but the execution on the trailer just seemed cartoony to a fault… we’ll see.
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