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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the book: Barbarians at the gate / by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
In the 1980s, everyone was making the big bucks and F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, wants to make his fortune. He decides to buy out the Nabisco shareholders and take over his company in order to escape the tyranny of the stockholders. Johnson is introduced to the master of the leveraged buyout, Henry Kravis, but afraid of losing the company to this sharp dealer, he decides to make his move with Peter Cohen. Kravis mounts his own buy-out campaign, which leads to a battle for control of Nabisco
Originally broadcast on HBO as a TV movie in 1993
Anamorphic widescreen format
Directors of photography, Tom Del Ruth, Nic Knowland ; editor, Patrick Kennedy ; music, Richard Gibbs
James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy
MPAA rating: R rated
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Closed-captioned. English (Dolby surround), French (stereo.), or Spanish (mono.) soundtracks; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles
Emmy Awards, 1993: Outstanding Made for Television Movie