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Barbarians at the Gate

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Barbarians at the Gate
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R,1hr 47min
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1993
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HBO Home Video
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 ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
F. Ross Johnson
Henry Kravis
Peter Cohen
Linda Robinson
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