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Anytube

Best of Enemies

2015-07-31

87 mins

The Plot

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 and Crew

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Self

William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self

Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer

Voice of William F. Buckley

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Voice of Gore Vidal

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

Self

Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

Self

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Self (archival)

Reid Buckley

Reid Buckley

Self

Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan

Self

Todd Gitlin

Todd Gitlin

Self

Brooke Gladstone

Brooke Gladstone

Self

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Self (archival)

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

Self (archival)

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Self (archival)

Sam Donaldson

Sam Donaldson

Self (archival)

Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

Self (archival)

Matt Tyrnauer

Matt Tyrnauer

Self

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Self (archival)

John McWhorter

John McWhorter

Self

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Self

James J. Kilpatrick

James J. Kilpatrick

Self (archival)

Richard J. Daley

Richard J. Daley

Self (archival)

Everett Dirksen

Everett Dirksen

Self (archival)

James Wolcott

James Wolcott

Self

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Self (archival)

Videos & Trailers

Best Of Enemies - Official Trailer
Best of Enemies Official Trailer 1 (2015) - Documentary HD