Barbarians at the Gate (film)

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name =Barbarians at the Gate

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imdb_id =0106356
writer =Larry Gelbart
Based on book by Bryan Burrough John Helyar
starring =James Garner Jonathan Pryce
director =Glenn Jordan
producer =Ray Stark
music =| distributor =Home Box Office
released =1993 (USA)
runtime =107 min.
language =English
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"Barbarians at the Gate" is a made-for-TV movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.

The film was directed by Glenn Jordan and stars James Garner as F. Ross Johnson, the CEO of R.J.R. Nabisco with plans to buy out the rest of the Nabisco shareholders. In the film, Johnson decides to take his company private after receiving advance news of the likely market failure of the company's smokeless cigarette called "Premier".

Johnson's bid for the company is opposed by two of the pioneers of the leveraged buyout, Henry Kravis (who is played by Jonathan Pryce), and his cousin George R. Roberts. Kravis feels betrayed when, after Johnson initially discusses doing the LBO with Kravis, he actually takes the potentially enormous deal to another firm, American Express' former Shearson Lehman Hutton division. Ted Forstmann and his Forstmann Little buyout firm also play a prominent role.

After Kravis and Johnson are unable to reconcile their differences, a bidding war ensues, which Kravis ultimately wins. The unfortunate side effect of the greatly increased buyout price is the creation of an initially unforeseen and distinctly troubling level of debt for the company.

Cast

* Tom Aldredge as Charlie Hugel
* Graham Beckel as Don Kelly
* Joanna Cassidy as Linda Robinson
* Matt Clark as Ed Horrigan
* Jeffrey DeMunn as John Greeniaus
* Peter Dvorsky as George R. Roberts
* James Garner as F. Ross Johnson
* Mark Harelik as Peter Atkins
* Joseph Kell as Nick Forstmann
* Jonathan Pryce as Henry Kravis
* David Rasche as Ted Forstmann
* Peter Riegert as Peter Cohen
* Leilani Sarelle as Laurie Johnson
* Fred Dalton Thompson as Jim Robinson
* Rita Wilson as Carolyne Roehm-Kravis

References

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*Imdb title|0106356|Barbarians at the Gate