Overview
Traces the long and ferocious rivalry between Coke and Pepsi, centered on the “New Coke” debacle of 1985. For almost a hundred years, Coke had been the undisputed leader in the multibillion dollar global soda industry–stodgy, predictable, but indisputably top dog–while Pepsi had been the upstart No. 2, forever poking at its big brother with cutting edge advertising. But in 1985, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Coca-Cola’s executives took a step so daring that no one in either company could believe it: they changed the formula of the most popular beverage on the planet.
Cast
Christopher Emerson
Narrator
Harvey Yazijan
Self
Bill Katz
Self
Joel Stein
Self
Rob Baskin
Self
Thomas Oliver
Self
Katie Bayne
Self
Michael Beindorff
Self
Patti Rueff
Self
Craig Weatherup
Self
Ken Ross
Self
Aaron Walton
Self
Becky Madeira
Self
Stuart Elliott
Self
Duane Stanford
Self
Brian Unger
Self
Neville Isdell
Self
Nikhil Deogun
Self
Allen Rosenshine
Self
Joanne Lipman
Self
Scott Miller
Self
Tony Tortorici
Self
Bob Stoddard
Self
Joe McCann
Self
Jesse Meyers
Self
Gary Von Kennel
Self
Roger Enrico
Self (archive footage)
Jay Coleman
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self (archive footage)
Donald Keough
Self (archive footage)
Ted Koppel
Self (archive footage)
John Belushi
Self (archive footage)
Steve Guttenberg
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Lippert
Self (archive footage)
Peter Jennings
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Self (archive footage)
Billy Joel
Self (archive footage)
Bill Murray
Self (archive footage)
Michael J. Fox
Self (archive footage)
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