Cold Turkey

E687533

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (49)

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

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean Stapleton appearedIn Cold Turkey
Tom Poston notableWork Cold Turkey