Movie Description
Best of Enemies
(2015)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?"
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert Gordon,Morgan Neville
- Producer : Morgan Neville,Robert Gordon
- Writer : Morgan Neville,Robert Gordon
- Editor : Aaron Wickenden,Eileen Meyer
- Cast : Gore Vidal,William F. Buckley Jr.,Kelsey Grammer,John Lithgow,Dick Cavett,Christopher Hitchens,Noam Chomsky
Cast
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Facts
Original TitleBest of Enemies
Status Released
Release Information
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2015-07-31
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 27m
Budget₹ 1000000
Homepagehttp://www.magpictures.com/bestofenemies/
Production CompaniesTremolo Productions,Media Ranch,Motto Pictures,Magnolia Pictures,Participant,ITVS,JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Genres
- Documentary
- History
