Barbarians at the Gate overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
This TV movie recounts the true-life story of a corporate takeover in the greed-driven 1980s. James Garner is F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR-Nabisco. Having just been burned by an expensive failure of a smokeless cigarette product, Johnson doesn't wish to incur the wrath of the stockholders. He begins drawing up plans to buy RJR-Nabisco outright so he'll have no one to answer to but himself. Unfortunately for Johnson, his company is also being coveted by sharkish "buyout king" Henry Kravis (Jonathan Pryce), who turns out to have $25 billion at his beck and call.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Glenn Jordan
- Studio: HBO
- Year: 1993
- Run Time: 107 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R (for language)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
- Filmed in: Made for TV, Color
