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Barbarians at the gate, HBO Pictures presents in association with Columbia Pictures

Label
Barbarians at the gate, HBO Pictures presents in association with Columbia Pictures
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not Rated
Main title
Barbarians at the gate
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
47969049
Responsibility statement
HBO Pictures presents in association with Columbia Pictures
Runtime
107
Series statement
HBO original movies
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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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