Barbarians at the gate
(DVD) 

Based on the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar.

Special features: Cast/crew [text feature].

Directors of photography, Tom Del Ruth, Nic Knowland ; editor, Patrick Kennedy ; music, Richard Gibbs ; production designer, Linda Pearl.

James Garner (Ross Johnson), Jonathan Pryce (Henry Kravis), Peter Riegert (Peter Cohen), Joanna Cassidy (Linda Robinson), Fred Dalton Thompson (Jim Robinson), Leilani Ferrer (Laurie Johnson), Matt Clark (Ed Horrigan), Jeffrey DeMunn (John Greeniaus), David Rasche (Ted Forstmann), Tom Aldredge (Charlie Hugel), Graham Beckel (Don Kelly), Peter Dvorsky (George Roberts), Peter Frechette (Robert Allegro).

Originally broadcast by HBO as a made-for-television motion picture on March 20, 1993.

Barbarians at the Gate recounts the events surrounding the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the biggest history at the time, and widely considered to be a textbook example of corporate and executive greed. This story of high stakes, betrayal, and one-upsmanship begins when RJR Nabisco's CEO F. Ross Johnson chooses to buy out his own company to deflect shareholder backlash when an expensive project fails. This attempt ignites a power struggle between Johnson and Wall Street investment banker Henry Kravis, who intends to force Johnson out and take over RJR Nabisco himself. In this film, viewers used to looking in from the outside on high-profile leveraged buyouts and mega-buck financial struggles get an insider's perspective--and not just any insider--the man at the very top.

MPAA rating: Rated R.

DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital surround, stereo, mono; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 16:9.

In English, dubbed French or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Winner, 1993 Emmy Award Outstanding Made for Television Movie: producers Thomas M. Hammel, Glenn Jordan, Marykay Powell, Ray Stark; 1994 Golden Globe Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV; Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV: James Garner.