Cola Wars
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.
Release Date: 2019-08-18
Official website: https://www.history.com/specials/cola-wars
Brian Unger
Self
Joanne Lipman
Self
Michael Jackson
Self [Archival Footage]
Tom Brokaw
Self [Archival Footage]
Ted Koppel
Self [Archival Footage]
John Belushi
Self [Archival Footage]
Steve Guttenberg
Self [Archival Footage]
Peter Jennings
Self [Archival Footage]
Bill Cosby
Self [Archival Footage]
Billy Joel
Self [Archival Footage]