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1) The insider
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When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more.
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Jean Kilbourne and Rick Pollay - two of the world's leading experts on the marketing of tobacco products - examine how Big Tobacco has been able to harness the power of advertising to counter the influence of scientific research, shape news coverage, overcome public resistance, and maintain private profits at the expense of public health.
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Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
5) Cold turkey
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Farce about an entire Iowa town that tries to give up smoking in order to win $25 million.
6) Parrish
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"[A] starry saga of life in the verdant Tobacco Valley. Parrish enters this 'Million Dollar Mile' with only his name and his ambitions. He'll need little else traveling a rocky road to maturity and success. En route he'll have the support of his mother, the devoted love of a farm girl, the counsel of a savvy grower and confrontation with ruthless tycoon Judd Raike. Raike may control the valley but might not be able to stop an iron-willed youth on...
7) Cold turkey
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Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa accepts the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage the effort.
8) Bright leaf
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Brant Royle buys and sells tobacco, building a cigarette manufacturing empire, but his empire is starting to crumble. He is romantically drawn to the daughter of the tycoon who had earlier brought ruin to his family, and she may have an agenda of her own.
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In the 1980s, Victor DeNoble was a research scientist at Philip Morris, a major tobacco company, where he was charged with the tasked of finding a substitute for nicotine in cigarettes that would not pose the risk of heart attack. In the process, DeNoble uncovered what the company had been hiding for years: that nicotine is addictive.
11) Cold turkey
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Comic impresario Norman Lear makes his directorial debut with this farce about an entire town that tries to give up smoking in order to win $25 million.
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A Civil Action : A high-priced personal injury attorney takes on a case that becomes an epic legal battle ... one that may cost him his career, reputation and all that he owns.
The Insider : When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the...
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