Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Stark, Ray.
Gelbart, Larry.
Jordan, Glenn, 1936-
Garner, James.
Pryce, Jonathan.
Riegert, Peter.
Cassidy, Joanna, 1944-
Burrough, Bryan, 1961- Barbarians at the gate.
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| Other authors / contributors: | HBO Pictures.
Columbia Pictures.
Rastar Productions, Inc.
HBO Video (Firm)
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| ISBN: | 0783118627
9780783118628
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| Notes: | Based on the book: Barbarians at the gate / by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar.
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.
DVD.
Closed-captioned. English (Dolby surround), French (stereo.), or Spanish (mono.) soundtracks; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
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| Summary: | 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.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated.
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| Awards: | Emmy Awards, 1993: Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
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| Standard no.: | 026359083525
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| Publisher's no.: | 90835 HBO Home Video
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