Barbarians at the Gate
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Actor: Fred Dalton Thompson, James Garner, Joanna Cassidy, Jonathan Pryce, Peter RiegertDirector: Glenn Jordan
Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
Producer: Jeffrey Downer
Producer: Marykay Powell
Producer: Ray Stark
Producer: Thomas M. Hammel
Writer: Bryan Burrough
Writer: John Helyar
Writer: Larry Gelbart
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product features:
- The 80's. It was a time when everybody was doing the big bucks, but f. Ross Johnson, CEO of R.J. R. Nabisco has every intention of making a fortune. When Johnson (James Garner) decides to buy out the Nabisco shareholders and take over his company, no one is prepared for what hits the fan. Johnson is introduced to the master of the leveraged buyout, Henry Kravis (Johnathon Pryce) but, afraid of lo
DVD Reviews of Barbarians at the Gate
DVD Review: If you thought the movie was good ...
Summary: 4 Stars
If you thought the movie was good, you should read the book. It is far better. While the movie certainly held my attention from start to finish, I can't help but feel that only those who had read the book and know the story would have really appreciated the movie and the events that took place that time. It seems so long ago. But it's still a great case study. KKR still lives!DVD Review: Babarians At The Gate
Summary: 4 Stars
It took too long for this item to get to me even though I made an express shipping payment. However, the product quality is good.DVD Review: Funny, Entertaining and Based on Reality
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is very well done. I have read the book, and seen the movie several times. The book does a great job of describing the situation and providing a blow by blow account of the RJR takeover. The movie provides an entertaining interpretation on the book itself.
While the filmmakers take some artistic license and based the film on reality without completely adhering to it, the movie itself is both a very funny and a reasonably accurate portrayal of the book's themes and characters.
A good movie, good for laughs, and even better when you remember that in general, it really happened...
DVD Review: Oscar Award Winning Worthy!
Summary: 5 Stars
Barbarians at The Gate is remarkable! The difference between Wall Street and Barbarians at The Gate? Barbarians at The Gate is a true story! That makes for truly amazing entertainment! The television movie based on the book and made by HBO was about the LBO (leveraged buyout) of R.J.R. Nabisco! Directed by Glenn Jordan just after the huge (real-life) Wall Street crash this movie was a huge success!
F. Ross Johnson (played by James Garner), the CEO of R.J.R. Nabisco makes plans to buy out all of the Nabisco shareholders. After hearing horrible reviews of the failure of his company's (soon to be launched) new smokeless cigarette called Premier, F. Ross Johnson plans to to take his company private. After discussing doing the LBO with Henry Kravis and his cousin George R. Roberts he then decides to take it to another firm, making Henry Kravis feel betrayed. Thats when the battle begins!
Its an all our war on Wall Street as ballers go head to head! This 5 star film is a must see and a must own!
I recommend this!
~Darien S. McDaniel II
DVD Review: Great (and timely) must see movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an HBO-made movie I originally saw back when it came out. I recently thought about it, as we are experiencing similar corporate greed issues, but now which are affecting the entire world. I enjoyed it as much as I remember I did originally. And James Garner is outstanding! I wonder how long it will be before the next great, similar movie is made? Though this one will have to inject politics into it. Mmmm ... yummy!
Description of Barbarians at the Gate
WHEN THE CEO OF NABISCO DECIDES TO BUY OUT THE SHAREHOLDERS AND TAKE OVER THE COMPANY, NO ONE IS PREPARED FOR WHAT HITS THE FAN IN THIS COMEDY ABOUT BIG BUSINESS AND BIG BUCKS.This HBO original comedy, adapted by Larry Gelbart (Tootsie) from the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, concerns one of the most compelling tales of corporate buyout madness in the go-go 1980s. James Garner plays F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco. Following failed and expensive efforts to sell a smokeless cigarette to the public, Johnson decides that he's had enough of navigating around the wrath of the company's stockholders. Drawing up plans to buy RJR Nabisco outright, he soon finds himself outmatched (though still determined) in a race for the prize with takeover king Henry Kravis (Jonathan Pryce). The ensuing battle is both bitterly funny and full of acid-tinged insights into the '80s greed that changed corporate America forever. Besides Gelbart's great script and Glenn Jordan's competent direction, the star of this exciting film is Garner, who is absolutely wonderful as the gracious Johnson. --Tom Keogh
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