Official Trailer for 'Billion Dollar Babies' Doc About Cabbage Patch Kids

"What are we supposed to say? 'You've been good, but Santa ran short.'" Abramorama has debuted a trailer for a documentary film called Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids, made by filmmaker Andrew Jenks. It premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, with a "theatrical-only extended version" out this fall. 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. The unbelievable true story you never knew about the toy craze that started it all, the Cabbage Patch Kids. Narrated and executive produced by Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris, the film features the first interview with Cabbage Patch Kids creator Xavier Roberts in over 20 years as well as interviews with journalist Connie Chung, and former Coleco marketing head Al Kahan. They just released Beanie Babies movies (a doc + a movie), and there's a doc about the dark sides of the Barbie doll, now here's another totally insane toy-craze doc to enjoy. Or maybe to be scared by...! Did any of you have one as a kid? // Continue Reading ›

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