Best of Enemies
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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Gore Vidal
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William F. Buckley Jr.
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Kelsey Grammer
Voice of William F. Buckley
John Lithgow
Voice of Gore Vidal
Dick Cavett
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Christopher Hitchens
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Noam Chomsky
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Reid Buckley
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Andrew Sullivan
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Todd Gitlin
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Brooke Gladstone
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Paul Newman
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- When was Best of Enemies released?
- Best of Enemies was released in 2015. It has a runtime of 87 minutes.
- What kind of film is Best of Enemies?
- Best of Enemies is a documentary, history film. 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. Buck…
- Who stars in Best of Enemies?
- Best of Enemies stars Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr., Kelsey Grammer and John Lithgow.