Barbarians at the Gate (1992)

Synopsis: The ultimate Wall Street feeding frenzy of the go-go '80s is humorously rendered in this dramatization of the infamous leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. F. Ross Johnson heads a group that makes... The ultimate Wall Street feeding frenzy of the go-go '80s is humorously rendered in this dramatization of the infamous leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. F. Ross Johnson heads a group that makes a $17.6 billion bid to buy his own company, Nabisco. He personally stands to earn millions of dollars if the deal goes through. Henry Kravis, of the investment firm Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co., gets wind of the bid and makes a counter offer of $20 billion. The resulting charade of appalling greed and high-finance shenanigans was at the expense of workers and taxpayers. It is an amazing and sad commentary on American big business and the trendy corporate takeovers that defined the 1980s. [More]

Starring: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy

Starring: James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy, John Mansfield

Director: Glenn Jordan

Director: Glenn Jordan

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