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A Conversation About Addiction Incorporated with Director Charles Evans Junior and Behavioral Scientist Victor DeNoble

In the 1980s, Victor DeNoble was a research scientist at a major tobacco company, where he was tasked with finding a substitute for nicotine that would not cause heart attacks. He succeeded- but in the process, he proved something that the industry had been denying for years: that cigarettes were addictive. He also uncovered a new addictive ingredient- setting off a chain of events that still reverberates even today.

Filmmaker Charles Evans Jr. and Victor DeNoble of 'Addiction Incorporated'

The true story of Victor DeNoble, one of the most important and influential whistleblowers of all time, is the focus of director Charles Evans Junior documentary Addiction Incorporated.

In a true act of modern-day heroism, DeNoble took his findings to the people despite a strict confidentiality agreement, eventually testifying about his research in the...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? [Rec]³ Génesis Trailer This is the kind of trailer that gets me all jolly. Director/writer Paco Plaza has found a niche that works, and has worked for a few films.

Variance Films Announces December Theatrical Release of Explosive Documentary Addiction Incorporated

Variance Films announced today that they have partnered with Acappella Pictures for the theatrical release of Charles Evans Jr..s stunning new documentary feature, Addiction Incorporated.  The film will open in New York City on December 14th, 2011 at the prestigious Film Forum in New York City, and in Los Angeles on January 13th, 2012 at Landmark.s Nuart Theatre. The film will expand throughout the country through early 2012.

Addiction Incorporated tells the amazing story of Victor DeNoble, one of the most important and influential whistleblowers of all time.  In the 1980s, DeNoble was a research scientist at one of the leading tobacco companies, where he tasked with finding a substitute for nicotine that would not cause heart attacks.  His quest was to find out whether it would be possible to create a cigarette that would be safer for smokers. though not necessarily less addictive.

Title: Addiction Incorporated Directed By: Charles Evans Jr. Written By: Don Whittemore Cast: Victor DeNoble, Paul C. Mele, Walt Bogdanich, Russ Herman, Michael C. Moore, Keith Summa, Henry A. Waxman Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 10/25/11 Opens: December 14, 2011 at New York’s Film Forum Why do people smoke, despite evidence that smoking causes a myriad of fatal diseases, particularly involving the heart and lungs, as well as leaving the smoker with stained and rotting teeth, smelly breath, stained fingernails, general body odor, and an inability to puff up inside some states’ offices, restaurants, airlines and the like? People may start because of peer pressure, though according to the star...

A producer of The Aviator credited with persuading Leonardo DiCaprio to play Howard Hughes has been ditched from the Oscar nominations because of over-crowding. Charles Evans Jr., who claims the biopic of the eccentric maverick was his brainchild, has been dumped as a producer for the Best Picture award at this year's Academy Awards because of a limit imposed on the number of nominees. Only two of The Aviator's four producers - Michael Mann and Graham King - are now in the running to receive a statuette. Up to three producers can be nominated per film, but The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby failed to trim their credits so the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences (Ampas) has had to be ruthless, and decided to axe both Evans Jr. and Mann's former deputy Sandy Climan. Evans Jr. sued Mann in 2001 claiming he was excluded from the project after coming up with the original idea and convincing DiCaprio to take the lead role. The case was settled out of court and Evans was named as a producer.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose rules allow no more than three producers to take the stage to accept a best picture Oscar, has issued a list of the producers eligible to accept this year's award. Three of the nominated films had more credited producers than available slots. In the case of The Aviator, which lists 18 individuals who served in capacities that ranged from co-producer to executive producer, the Academy ruled in favor of Michael Mann, who initially developed the project, and Initial Entertainment Group CEO Graham King, who raised the foreign financing, among other roles. The two credited producers who failed to win the Academy's approval are Charles Evans Jr. and Sandy Climan. For Million Dollar Baby, which lists seven producers and exec producers, the Academy opted to recognize Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, omitting the name of Paul Haggis, who served as both producer and screenwriter.