Barbarians at the Gate (1993)

Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
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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. Barbarians at the Gate was adapted by Larry Gelbart from the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. Advertised as a "docucomedy", the film premiered March 20, 1993, over the HBO cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Starring:
James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, (more)
Director(s):
Glenn Jordan
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Format(s):
DVD,  (View All Versions)
 

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Synopsis of Barbarians at the Gate

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. Barbarians at the Gate was adapted by Larry Gelbart from the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. Advertised as a "docucomedy", the film premiered March 20, 1993, over the HBO cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
107 mins

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Director(s):
Glenn Jordan
Writer(s):
Larry Gelbart
Producer(s):
Raymond Stark
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R(Not For Children)
Categories:
Television
Barbarians at the Gate Awards:
  • 1993 - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Warning:  This product is intended for mature audiences only. It may contain violence, sexual content, drug abuse and/or strong language. You must be 17 or older to purchase it. By ordering this item you are certifying that you are at least 17 years of age.

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Member Reviews (4)

 
Arthur W.

It's what you expect with a Made for TV movie. Everything is slightly watered down, especially when you compare it to the novel. Not close to what you would get from "Wall Street" but comparable to "The Boiler Room".

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Paul C.

It wasn't funny enough to be a good comedy, although some of the bits were good. And it didn't give you a good enough idea of what was going on to be a documentary. Characters uniformly unlikable even though they tried to white wash Garner's. Biggest problem was that it was dated. This is all old news. And it was done before the long term implications of buying up companies at prices that exceeded their value was obvious. Basically this was a large pyramid scheme where you had to keep finding investors dumb enough to raise the last inflated price.

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Matthew C.

you american dreamers are completley outta touch with the reasons why we consume filth on a daily basis. My fda once said I was on the way to well ness but we need side stepping films like this as well as theses legalized slow death merchantiles to keep away the predators from attaking the water supply and ...ways in which a deathbed consumer can rectify the misery the est. set us with. Viva america and n.w.o. But hey thats freedom. Decent "movie" though. Where was phillip morris in all this? Waitng outside the property rights courtroom, with an army of trademark professionals cocked and loaded? Go DODGERS!

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