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Best of Enemies is a 2015 American documentary film co-directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville about the televised debates between intellectuals Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. during the 1968 United States presidential election. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
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Jul 31, 2015 · In 1968, ideological opposites William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal hold a series of riveting, nationally televised debates that usher in a new era of public discourse and pundit...
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- Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon
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- Frank Rich, Matt Tyrnauer
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?"
- Christopher Hitchens
- Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon
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...
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- Gore Vidal
- Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon
- 2 min
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, mar...
Jan 23, 2015 · The on-camera clashes between William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal are vividly and entertainingly recounted in this fascinating documentary. By Joe Leydon.
