Cold Turkey Original Folded One Sheet Movie Poster (1971) de Norman

The film was set in the fictional small town of Eagle Rock, Iowa, but the filming was actually done in and around Greenfield. The movie's plot was simple: as part of a public relations campaign, an advertising executive comes up with the idea of a tobacco company paying $25 million to any town in America that can stop smoking for 30 days. The cold turkey campaign turns Eagle Rock into a.. "Cold Turkey," filmed in 1969 mostly in Greenfield, but with scenes in Winterset, Orient, Macksburg and Des Moines, was the only film Lear wrote, directed and produced.

Cold Turkey is a 1971 satirical black comedy film starring Dick Van Dyke and a long list of comedic actors. The film was written for the screen, produced, and directed by Norman Lear, marking his directorial debut and his only directorial feature film credit.. Lear filmed the only movie he ever directed, "Cold Turkey," in Greenfield and other area cities in 1969. On Saturday, he visited Greenfield fo…