Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies (2015)

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

  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2015-07-31
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 134 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Tremolo Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville.
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Summary

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

    as Self
  • William F. Buckley Jr.

    as Self
  • Kelsey Grammer

    as Self
  • John Lithgow

    as Self
  • Dick Cavett

    as Self
  • Christopher Hitchens

    as Self
  • Noam Chomsky

    as Self
Camera David Leonard Director of Photography
Directing Robert Gordon Director
Directing Morgan Neville Director
Writing Morgan Neville Writer
Writing Robert Gordon Writer
Editing Aaron Wickenden Editor
Camera Mark Schwartzbard Director of Photography
Sound Jonathan Kirkscey Original Music Composer
Camera Graham Willoughby Director of Photography
Sound Pete Horner Supervising Sound Editor
Production Morgan Neville Producer
Production Julie Goldman Executive Producer
Production Robert Gordon Producer
Editing Eileen Meyer Editor

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