
Best of Enemies
2015 • Documentary | History
Robert Gordon
Director
Morgan Neville
Director
Morgan Neville
Writer
Robert Gordon
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
July 31, 2015
Duration
87 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.4244
Budget
$1,000,000
Revenue
$0
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?"
Cast

Gore Vidal

William F. Buckley Jr.

Kelsey Grammer

John Lithgow

Dick Cavett

Christopher Hitchens

Noam Chomsky