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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia is a 2013 documentary film about the life and career of author Gore Vidal. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013.
“A terrific documentary…writer/director Nicholas Wrathall does a heroic job of packing Vidal’s eventful life into the film’s 89 minutes.” — Bloomberg News
Apr 19, 2013 · Nicholas Wrathall's documentary chronicles the celebrated life and career of the late author and political gadfly.
Controversial, brilliant, and ever entertaining, the late Gore Vidal recalls his remarkable life as America’s most outspoken intellectual superstar in this illuminating, up close and personal documentary.
Anchored by intimate one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining portrait of the last lion of the age of American liberalism.
Nicholas D. Wrathall, Theodore James, Andrew Kortschak, Walter Kortschak, Burr Steers, Chad Troutwine. Starring. Gore Vidal, Jay Parini. Studio. Sundance Selects. By clicking play, you agree to our Terms of Use. Send us feedback.
With commentary by those who knew him best, including filmmaker/nephew Burr Steers and the late Christopher Hitchens, plus loads of footage from his legendary on-air career, Wrathall reminds us why Vidal will forever stand as one of the most dazzling and fearless critics of our time.
