Best of Enemies (2015)
1h 27m
Running Time
July 31, 2015Release Date
Best of Enemies (2015)
1h 27m
Running Time
July 31, 2015Release Date
Network & Production Companies







Plot.
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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Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Gore Vidal
Self

William F. Buckley Jr.
Self

Kelsey Grammer
Self

John Lithgow
Self

Dick Cavett
Self

Todd Gitlin
Self - Media Studies, Columbia University

Christopher Hitchens
Self

Noam Chomsky
Self

David Leonard
Director of Photography

Robert Gordon
Director / Writer / Producer

Frank Rich
Self - Writer, New York Magazine

Morgan Neville
Director / Writer / Producer

Aaron Wickenden
Editor

Mark Schwartzbard
Director of Photography

Jonathan Kirkscey
Original Music Composer

Graham Willoughby
Director of Photography
Media.



Details.
Release DateJuly 31, 2015
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Budget$1,000,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
miami
chicago
politics
intellectual
author
debate
archival footage
television network
1960s
Wiki.
Best of Enemies is a 2015 American documentary film co-directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville about the televised debates between intellectuals Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. during the 1968 United States presidential election. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It was acquired by Magnolia and Participant Media.
The film took five years to make because of struggles to secure funding, get interviews, and uncover archival footage.
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