Directed by:
Glenn JordanScreenplay:
Larry GelbartComposer:
Richard GibbsCast:
James Garner, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert, Joanna Cassidy, Fred Dalton Thompson, Leilani Sarelle, Matt Clark, Jeffrey DeMunn, David Rasche, Graham Beckel (more)Plots(1)
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 Pryce), who turns out to have $25 billion at his beck and call. Barbarians at the Gate was adapted by Larry Gelbart from the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Nancy Stephens
USA
Best movies:
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
F. William Parker
USA
Best movies:
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Lost Highway (1997)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Matthew Labyorteaux
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Bruce Holman
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Chaplin (1992)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Tom Aldredge
USA
Best movies:
Cold Mountain (2003)
Lawn Dogs (1997)
Rounders (1998)
Kathe Mazur
USA
Best movies:
American Sniper (2014)
The Gymnast (2006)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Rosanna Huffman
USA
Best movies:
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
North and South (1985) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Ann Cooper
Best movies:
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Blue Sunshine (1977)
Jeanne Mori
Best movies:
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Real Genius (1985)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Steven M. Gagnon
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files (1998)
Escape from New York (1981)
Due Date (2010)
Timothy Stickney
USA
Best movies:
Green Card (1990)
Where the Heart Is (1990)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Roger Rook
Best movies:
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Swing Shift (1984)
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992) (TV movie)
Susan Ware
Best movies:
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)
Determination of Death (2001)
Andrea Leonelli
Best movies:
Barbarians at the Gate (1993) (TV movie)