Best of Enemies

2015 "Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same."

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Best of Enemies

7.6 | 1h27m | en | History

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?"

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7.6 | 1h27m | en | History , Documentary

Synopsis

Cast

Gore Vidal , William F. Buckley Jr. , Kelsey Grammer

Director

Mark Schwartzbard

Producted By

Magnolia Pictures , Participant

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Cast

Gore Vidal

as Self

[2015] Best of Enemies [2013] Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia [2013] Valentino's Ghost [2013] Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open [2013] Wilde Salomé [2013] Salinger [2012] Norman Mailer: The American [2011] The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell [2010] Standing Army

William F. Buckley Jr.

as Self

[2024] The Incomparable Mr. Buckley [2020] Mighty Ira [2017] The Madding Crowd [2015] Best of Enemies [2011] Public Speaking [2001] New York in the Fifties [2000] The American President [1994] The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg [1993] Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

Kelsey Grammer

as Voice of William F. Buckley

[2026] Young Washington [2025] Wish You Were Here [2025] Turbulence [2025] Karen Kingsbury's The Christmas Ring [2024] Wanted Man [2024] Murder Company [2024] Lars Shrike Walks the Night [2024] George: Rise of a Revolutionary [2024] The Most Wonderful Time of the Year