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Best of Enemies

2015-07-31 · 87 min · ★ 7.2

Documentary · History

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"

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Directors
Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Production companies
Tremolo Productions, Media Ranch, Motto Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Participant, ITVS, Ford Foundation / JustFilms
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 1,000,000

Top Cast

Gore VidalGore VidalSelf
William F. Buckley Jr.William F. Buckley Jr.Self
Kelsey GrammerKelsey GrammerVoice of William F. Buckley
John LithgowJohn LithgowVoice of Gore Vidal
Dick CavettDick CavettSelf
Christopher HitchensChristopher HitchensSelf
Noam ChomskyNoam ChomskySelf (archival)
Reid BuckleySelf
Andrew SullivanAndrew SullivanSelf
Todd GitlinSelf
Brooke GladstoneSelf
Paul NewmanPaul NewmanSelf (archival)
Arthur MillerArthur MillerSelf (archival)
Muhammad AliMuhammad AliSelf (archival)
Sam DonaldsonSam DonaldsonSelf (archival)
Norman MailerNorman MailerSelf (archival)
Matt TyrnauerMatt TyrnauerSelf
Godfrey CambridgeGodfrey CambridgeSelf (archival)
John McWhorterJohn McWhorterSelf
Christopher Lehmann-HauptSelf

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