Cold Turkey

1971 · 99 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.2 (33 votes)

Dir. Norman Lear · Starring Dick Van Dyke, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Vincent Gardenia · Music Randy Newman

“See the hilarious BATTLE OF THE BUTT!”

Comedy

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.

VIBE

A wild, cigarette-fueled descent into madness. This film is a chaotic, laugh-out-loud romp through the absurdities of addiction and small-town desperation. Expect over-the-top gags and pure, unadulterated 70s silliness.

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