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Release Date:
November 24, 2023
Original Title:
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Believe Entertainment Group
NBCUniversal
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 94
Doll hospitals, cabbage ‘births,’ a four-year legal battle over the origin of the idea and a billion-dollar toy brand that put the wheels of modern-day Black Friday shopping riots into motion. This is the unbelievable true story you never knew about the toy craze that started it all, the Cabbage Patch Kids.
Director:
Andrew Jenks
Editor:
A.M. Peters
Joseph Vele
Brandon Faris
Executive Producer:
Dan Goodman
William H. Masterson III
Neil Patrick Harris
Brian Hunt
Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic
Sound Editor:
Brandon Faris
Benny Mouthon
Sound Mixer:
Amelia Palmer
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