Best of Enemies
Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.
- Robert Gordon,Morgan Neville
- 1h 27m
- July 31, 2015 · United States of America
Overview
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?"
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 31, 2015
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Participant,Magnolia Pictures,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Tremolo Productions,Motto Pictures,ITVS,Media Ranch
- Cast
- Everett Dirksen,Gore Vidal,Christopher Hitchens,Kelsey Grammer,Brooke Gladstone,Arthur Miller,Norman Mailer,James J. Kilpatrick,Paul Newman,Muhammad Aliand 15 more
- Director
- Robert Gordon,Morgan Neville
- Writer
- Robert Gordon,Morgan Neville
- Producer
- Julie Goldman,Morgan Neville,Robert Gordon
- Cinematography
- Graham Willoughby,David Leonard,Mark Schwartzbard
- Music
- Jonathan Kirkscey
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb