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Cold Turkey

  • 19711971
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 39m
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Cold Turkey (1971)
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.
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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 t... Read allHoping 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.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.
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2.3K
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    • Norman Lear
  • Writers
    • Norman Lear(screen story by)
    • William Price Fox(screen story by)
    • Margaret Rau(suggested from material by)
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Pippa Scott
    • Tom Poston
    • Norman Lear
  • Writers
    • Norman Lear(screen story by)
    • William Price Fox(screen story by)
    • Margaret Rau(suggested from material by)
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Pippa Scott
    • Tom Poston
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 55User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Dick Van Dyke, Sudie Bond, Barbara Cason, Vincent Gardenia, Stan Gottlieb, and Raymond Kark in Cold Turkey (1971)
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    Dick Van Dyke and Pippa Scott in Cold Turkey (1971)
    Cold Turkey (1971)
    Norman Lear in Cold Turkey (1971)
    Dick Van Dyke and Tom Poston in Cold Turkey (1971)
    M. Emmet Walsh and Vincent Gardenia in Cold Turkey (1971)
    Dick Van Dyke in Cold Turkey (1971)
    Dick Van Dyke and Pippa Scott in Cold Turkey (1971)
    Dick Van Dyke in Cold Turkey (1971)
    Dick Van Dyke and Pippa Scott in Cold Turkey (1971)
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    Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke
    • Rev. Clayton Brooks
    Pippa Scott
    Pippa Scott
    • Natalie Brooks
    Tom Poston
    Tom Poston
    • Mr. Stopworth
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Hiram C. Grayson
    Bob & Ray
    • Hugh Upson
    • (as Bob and Ray)
    • …
    Vincent Gardenia
    Vincent Gardenia
    • Mayor Quincey L. Wappler
    Barnard Hughes
    Barnard Hughes
    • Dr. Proctor
    Graham Jarvis
    Graham Jarvis
    • Amos Bush
    Jean Stapleton
    Jean Stapleton
    • Mrs. Wappler
    Barbara Cason
    Barbara Cason
    • Letitia Hornsby
    Judith Lowry
    Judith Lowry
    • Odie Turman
    Sudie Bond
    Sudie Bond
    • Cissy
    Helen Page Camp
    Helen Page Camp
    • Mrs. Watson
    Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict
    • Zen Buddhist
    Simon Scott
    Simon Scott
    • Mr. Kandiss
    Raymond Kark
    • Homer Watson
    Peggy Rea
    Peggy Rea
    • Mrs. Proctor
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Tobacco Executive
      • Norman Lear
    • Writers
      • Norman Lear(screen story by) (screenplay by)
      • William Price Fox(screen story by)
      • Margaret Rau(suggested from material by)
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    • Trivia
      Dropping the cigarettes onto the crowd, in the last midnight town square gathering, was actually done by putting 8" diameter, 25'-long pipes against the trees in the town square. The pipes were then filled with cigarettes. Then, on cue, air was blasted into the pipe bottom, shooting them into the air and onto the crowd. After each take everyone was asked to gather up the cigarettes from the ground and turn them in so they could be reloaded into the cigarette canons and rained down again. The filming of this final scene took several weeks in the late fall in Iowa where it is pretty cold. In the movie it is supposed to be summer time so the actresses are dressed in summer dresses. In between takes everyone (actors and extras) were huddled in winter coats sucking on ice cubes. The ice cubes kept their mouth and breath cold so they wouldn't steam when they breathed.
    • Goofs
      Bishop Manley calls Dearborn, Michigan "General Motors country." Actually, Dearborn is the home of Ford Motor Company, its world headquarters and its flagship River Rouge plant. No GM facilities have been located in Dearborn.
    • Quotes

      Edgar Stopworth: The booze bone is connected to the smoke bone and the smoke bone is connected to the head bone and that's the word of the Lord!

    • Connections
      Featured in Casting By (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      He Gives Us All His Love
      Written and Performed by Randy Newman

    User reviews55

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    9/10
    Hilarious, Underrated Satire
    Fantastic movie comedy -- easily one of the best satires of American life ever put on film. Norman Lear wrote and directed this gem just before moving on to "All In The Family". "Cold Turkey" and "All In The Family" are his two greatest creations. It begins with the script. It's funny from beginning to end. The script has clever dialogue, inventive ideas, an eye for detail. I can't do it justice. Just see the movie. The cast includes many of my all-time favorites, including Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Tom Poston, Barnard Hughes, and Jean Stapleton. You'll see a lot of people you recognize from other movies and sitcoms of the 1970s, including many who turned up on "All In The Family" and other Lear shows. "Cold Turkey" is also the best movie showcase for possibly the greatest comedy team of all time. Bob & Ray are brilliant satirizing newscasters of the time, like Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Paul Harvey, and Hugh Downs. If you're not a Bob & Ray fan, hopefully this movie will make you one. Randy Newman's soundtrack is terrific. If it ever came out on a CD, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. And it helps that the movie, which is set in a small Iowa town, was actually filmed in a small Iowa town, rather than some Hollywood backlot. It gives the movie a feeling of authenticity. This movie should have been on the AFI 100 Best Comedies list. See it.
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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1971 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Greenfield, Iowa, USA
    • Production companies
      • Tandem Productions
      • DFI
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    • 1 hour 39 minutes
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