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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.

Director

Bruce David Klein

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

N/A

Production

HBO Documentary Films,Atlas Media Corp.

Awards

1 nomination

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♪ There's blood... ♪ - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

♪ There's blood... ♪

(upbeat music playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(upbeat music playing)

He was
a larger-than-life character. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

He was a larger-than-life character.

Burrough: Joe came from
the world of personal
injury lawyers, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Burrough: Joe came from the world of personal injury lawyers...

This is a totally
irresponsible act, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

This is a totally irresponsible act,

Texaco, they go down there
and they say, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Texaco, they go down there and they say,

Reporter: Here in Texas,
they're calling it
the showdown in the courtroom. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: Here in Texas, they're calling it the showdow...

Reporter: And would have
to start paying interest
on that amount immediately. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: And would have to start paying interest on that am...

Reporter: The value of Texaco
stock has taken a nosedive. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: The value of Texaco stock has taken a nosedive.

And I think the only person
who thought it might not - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And I think the only person who thought it might not

Carl:
You have to buy things - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl: You have to buy things

Overblown on the good side,
overblown on the bad side. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Overblown on the good side, overblown on the bad side.

My instincts looked Texaco - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

My instincts looked Texaco

I took a shot
and bought all that stock - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I took a shot and bought all that stock

(phone ringing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(phone ringing)

(line ringing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"I'm gonna start
with numbers from 12 down. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"I'm gonna start with numbers from 12 down.

"And when you get to the number
that you will settle for - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"And when you get to the number that you will settle fo...

So now Jamail
walks in with Liedtke, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

So now Jamail walks in with Liedtke,

I said, "Come on, this is
the biggest bullshit case - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I said, "Come on, this is the biggest bullshit case

It's a little bit of an act,
and he says, "I'm leavin'," - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

It's a little bit of an act, and he says, "I'...

Jamail turns around
as he gets to the door. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Jamail turns around as he gets to the door.

"Let's you and I
go have a drink." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"Let's you and I go have a drink."

I'm here on Sixth Avenue.
Where the hell am I
going to have a drink?" - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I'm here on Sixth Avenue. Where the hell am I going to ...

And the Parker Meridian,
we walk in there, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And the Parker Meridian, we walk in there,

I said, "I wanna have a drink."
He said, "We're not open." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I said, "I wanna have a drink." He said, "We&...

And Jamail sits down,
he's taking the vodka.
So he goes... - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And Jamail sits down, he's taking the vodka. So he goes...

I said, "Don't even negotiate."
He said, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I said, "Don't even negotiate." He said,

I said, "Do you want the number, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I said, "Do you want the number,

I said, "Yeah, I think I know." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I said, "Yeah, I think I know."

The number is $3 billion." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

The number is $3 billion."

I say, "So, let me ask you
a question, Joe." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I say, "So, let me ask you a question, Joe."

You know, all well-dressed
people looking at this guy - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

You know, all well-dressed people looking at this guy

"I'm gonna buy pussy!" - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"I'm gonna buy pussy!"

Reporter: Texaco has agreed
to pay Pennzoil - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Reporter: Texaco has agreed to pay Pennzoil

I think it was around
$600 million - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think it was around $600 million

Jennings:
On Wall Street today,
the trading was heavy. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Jennings: On Wall Street today, the trading was heavy.

You can use this.
This is sort of
something for ya. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

You can use this. This is sort of something for ya.

So... (laughs) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Look. This was sent to me
by Joe Jamail. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Look. This was sent to me by Joe Jamail.

And, you see, this is the way
he was in the restaurant, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And, you see, this is the way he was in the restaurant,

And he writes, "Friend Carl, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And he writes, "Friend Carl,

(tranquil music playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(tranquil music playing)

But there's tough times
when you're not gonna enjoy it. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

But there's tough times when you're not gonna enjo...

But you have to have
a passion for it. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

But you have to have a passion for it.

When I hear the click,
I know I won. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

When I hear the click, I know I won.

♪ Leading the way ♪ - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

♪ Leading the way ♪

Burrough:
This was an awful time
in the airline business. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Burrough: This was an awful time in the airline business.

And when this fella,
Frank Lorenzo, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

And when this fella, Frank Lorenzo,

Show me a business person
that doesn't like a monopoly - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Show me a business person that doesn't like a monopoly

Carl:
So they all met with me. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl: So they all met with me.

Announcer:
Today's TWA is the new spirit - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Announcer: Today's TWA is the new spirit

The staff gave me
this toy plane - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

The staff gave me this toy plane

(music box playing) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(music box playing)

Carl Icahn,
the controversial financier - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl Icahn, the controversial financier

Now they will be watching
to see how he himself - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Now they will be watching to see how he himself

We want a TWA that can exist
and it will exist - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

We want a TWA that can exist and it will exist

She said,
"You got enough, it's too bad." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

She said, "You got enough, it's too bad."

Striker:
Carl Icahn not fair
to flight attendants! - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Striker: Carl Icahn not fair to flight attendants!

Fifteen days into the strike
by TWA flight attendants, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Fifteen days into the strike by TWA flight attendants,

TWA employees confronting
a bottom-line businessman. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

TWA employees confronting a bottom-line businessman.

Carl: This company
would have been bankrupt - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Carl: This company would have been bankrupt

♪ TWA ♪ - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

We can't do that."
I said, "Well, why not?" - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

We can't do that." I said, "Well, why not?&qu...

Striker: The flight attendants
are out here today because
they want to show Carl Icahn - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Striker: The flight attendants are out here today because th...

We're holding together better
than any other union I know
that has struck in the past. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

We're holding together better than any other union I kn...

Some woman down the road
calls me up, panicked. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Some woman down the road calls me up, panicked.

"There are a thousand people
walking up the road, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

"There are a thousand people walking up the road,

She says,
"I'm calling the police.
I'm calling the police." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

She says, "I'm calling the police. I'm callin...

Striker:
Here's the lies right here, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Striker: Here's the lies right here,

(strikers complaining) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(strikers complaining)

-woman: Quiet, let him talk.
-Carl: You've got an airline - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

-woman: Quiet, let him talk. -Carl: You've got an airli...

(strikers drowning out Icahn) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(strikers drowning out Icahn)

-Can I finish?
-(strikers clamoring) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

-Can I finish? -(strikers clamoring)

-man: That's fair.
-Miss Frankovich - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

-man: That's fair. -Miss Frankovich

I told her I need
three people there, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I told her I need three people there,

I'm getting a lot of calls from
a lot of flight attendants, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I'm getting a lot of calls from a lot of flight attenda...

-man: That's not true.
-(strikers clamoring) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

-man: That's not true. -(strikers clamoring)

You can't force me
to like somebody, okay?
I don't like dealing with her. - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

You can't force me to like somebody, okay? I don't...

Okay? Because she lies.
But that doesn't mean I don't
have a whole group of people - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Okay? Because she lies. But that doesn't mean I don...

(strikers jeering) - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

(strikers jeering)

After a week,
she pulled them off, - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

After a week, she pulled them off,

Wapner:
I don't know if Carl expected - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Wapner: I don't know if Carl expected

I think he would tell you
he thought he was - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I think he would tell you he thought he was

The companies
that he leaves behind - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

The companies that he leaves behind

I've been seeing
a counselor since the strike - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

I've been seeing a counselor since the strike

Every one
of those flight attendants - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Every one of those flight attendants

Many of them said,
"Hey, Vicki Frankovich,
the heck with it." - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

Many of them said, "Hey, Vicki Frankovich, the heck wit...

If I hadn't come along
and borrowed $700 million - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

If I hadn't come along and borrowed $700 million

If you're chapter 11,
it wouldn't do you any damn good - Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

If you're chapter 11, it wouldn't do you any damn ...

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Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Bruce David Klein

Writer: Bruce David Klein

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Atlas Media Corp.

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Feb 2022

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/icahn-the-restless-billionaire