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 Adam Brody as Jack
Directed by Jason Reitman Written By Jason Reitman Release Date: April 14, 2006 Genre: Comedy Co-Staring: Aaron Eckhart, William H. Macy, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe. Runtime: 92 Minutes Sypnosis: Tobacco industry lobbyist Nick Naylor has a seemingly impossible task: promoting cigarette smoking in a time when the health hazards of the activity have become too plain to ignore. Nick, however, revels in his job, using argument and twisted logic to place, as often as not, his clients in the positions of either altruistic do-gooders or victims. Nick's son Joey needs to understand and respect his dad's philosophy, and Nick works hard to respond to that need without compromising his lack of values. When a beautiful news reporter betrays Nick's sexually-achieved trust, his world seems in danger of collapsing. But there's always one more coffin nail in Nick's pack. Trivia and Facts: - Jason Reitman wrote individual letters to each of the stars in the film telling them why they would be right for the part. Every one of his first choices accepted their parts and most thanked Reitman for his great letter. - Sam Elliott wanted his character to refuse to take the money. Jason Reitman spent three hours persuading him to do the part as scripted. - One of Sam Elliott's conditions to do the part was to have him carry a rifle in a scene instead of the scripted shotgun. Jason Reitman agreed to change the script. When they were about to do the scene, Reitman realized that he had forgotten about the rifle and went to the prop wagon frantically hoping to find one. There were three guns laying on the tailgate, two shotguns and a rifle. When Elliott picked up the rifle, Reitman breathed a sigh of relief. He asked Elliott if he needed instruction on how to use it. Elliott declined and said that he knew how to use it because the rifle was his. - The black and white film that Naylor watches is the end of Sands of Iwo Jima (1949). - No one is shown smoking a cigarette throughout the entire movie. In fact, except in the black and white film that Naylor watches, no-one is seen even holding a cigarette. Naylor holds an empty packet and Robert Duvall holds an (unlit) cigar. - When Heather is watching Nick speak to the press on the TV (after the Washington Probe article), the name Theresa Greene is seen on a placard on one of the cubicles in the office. Theresa Greene was the art department coordinator for the movie. - Selected for the Deauville American Film Festival 2006. - Christopher Buckley (who wrote the original novel) can be seen at the metro station reading Heather's article about Nick. - Rob Lowe only worked a day. - When Nick Naylor is sitting with his son Joey Naylor waiting to meet Jeff Megall,they are watching BBC's The Blue Planet. - When the rights for the film were first purchased in the 1990s, Mel Gibson was going to play Nick Naylor. - Finisterre, the last name of William Macy's character, was in ancient times the word used to denominate the edge of the flat earth. It means, literally "end (finis) of the earth (terre)". It is also the name of the most western French département in Brittany. - The Academy of Tobacco Studies building in DC is actually the Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building, at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW. The Academy's sign is superimposed over the actual Department of Labor sign. - The movie's title can be seen on a placard on B.R.'s desk. Quotes: Jack: Okay, I'm gonna bring your dad in now. Is there anything I can get you, like an orange juice, or a coffee, or a Red Bull? Joey Naylor: No, thanks. Jack: Okay. Jack: [In Elevator] Did you hear that? Nick Naylor: [pause] No. Jack: Exactly. Jack: That sand's not gonna rake itself, Hiroshi. Jack: As you can see, Jeff just loves... Asian shit. Jack: I'm going to impale your mom on a spike and feed her dead body to my dog with syphilis.
Jeff Megall: Oh, stop. Next thing I know, he'll be telling you what position I used to play for the Bruins.
Jack: Alright come here, this is my favourite part. That one right there...[points in pool of fish]
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