Best of Enemies

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?"

Main Cast

Gore Vidal

Self

Age : 86 | Popularity : 10%

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Kelsey Grammer

Self

Age : 69 | Popularity : 33%

John Lithgow

Self

Age : 78 | Popularity : 23%

Dick Cavett

Self

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Christopher Hitchens

Self

Age : 62 | Popularity : 6%

Noam Chomsky

Self

Age : 95 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

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

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