Movie

Best of Enemies

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

★ 7.2(147)20151h 27m

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Director: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Release date: 2015-07-31
Runtime: 1h 27m
Language: English
Budget: $1,000,000
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Tremolo Productions

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About Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies is a 2015 movie in the Documentary and History genres, directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville, starring Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr. and Kelsey Grammer. It has a runtime of 1 hour 27 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.2/10 from 147 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Best of Enemies in Germany — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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?"