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Best of Enemies

07/31/2015

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1hr 27min

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Documentary

,History

Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.

STORY

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?"

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Gore Vidal
  • William F. Buckley Jr.
  • Kelsey Grammer
  • John Lithgow
  • Dick Cavett

    Directors

  • Morgan Neville
  • Robert Gordon

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Tremolo Productions
  • Media Ranch
  • Motto Pictures
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • Participant
  • ITVS
  • JustFilms / Ford Foundation

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self

Kelsey Grammer

Self

John Lithgow

Self

Dick Cavett

Self

Christopher Hitchens

Self

Noam Chomsky

Self

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