Cold Turkey

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Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical comedy film about a small town attempting to quit smoking en masse to win a cash prize, directed by Norman Lear and featuring an ensemble cast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
antagonistOrganization Vicious Tobacco Company
basedOn original screenplay
characterPortrayedBy Reverend Clayton Brooks – Dick Van Dyke
cinematographyBy Charles F. Wheeler
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United States
delayedRelease true
director Norman Lear
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Sidney Katz
filmingCompletedYear 1969
genre comedy film
satire
hasEnsembleCast true
intendedAudience general audience
mainCharacter Reverend Clayton Brooks
medium theatrical film
musicBy Randy Newman
notableFor early feature film directed by Norman Lear
satirical portrayal of the tobacco industry
notableSong He Gives Us All His Love
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A small town attempts to quit smoking en masse to win a large cash prize offered by a tobacco company.
portrays a town-wide attempt to quit smoking for a cash prize
producer Norman Lear
productionCompany Lear/Tannenbaum Productions
reasonForDelay concerns about controversial subject matter and marketability
releaseYear 1971
runningTimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Norman Lear
setting small town in Iowa
songComposer Randy Newman
starredActor Barnard Hughes
Bob Newhart
Dick Van Dyke
Edward Everett Horton
Graham Jarvis
Jean Stapleton
M. Emmet Walsh
Pippa Scott
Tom Poston
Vincent Gardenia
theme anti-smoking
corporate greed
media manipulation
small-town American life
timePeriodOfSetting late 1960s United States
title Cold Turkey

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Jean Stapleton appearedIn Cold Turkey
Tom Poston notableWork Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey title Cold Turkey
Peggy Rea notableWork Cold Turkey