Search - Barbarians at the Gate on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 09/25/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: HBO Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy Drama, Satire

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. Advertised as a "docucomedy", the film premiered March 20, 1993, over the HBO cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

James Garner - F. Ross Johnson
Jonathan Pryce - Henry Kravis
Peter Riegert - Peter Cohen
Joanna Cassidy - Linda Robinson
Jeffrey DeMunn - Greeniaus

Barbarians at the Gate, Glenn Jordan's pointed satire on big business in the 1980s, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo, and a Spanish soundtrack is included in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include cast and crew biographies. This HBO/Rysher disc does a great job of presenting the film for a reasonable price. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide