The read
Scores higher than 79% of the 2,097 2010s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
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?"
Ratings
149 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert GordonDirector
- Morgan NevilleDirector
- Morgan NevilleWriter
- Robert GordonWriter
- Jonathan KirksceyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gore VidalSelf
- William F. Buckley Jr.Self
- Kelsey GrammerVoice of William F. Buckley
- John LithgowVoice of Gore Vidal
- Dick CavettSelf
- Christopher HitchensSelf
- Noam ChomskySelf (archival)
- Reid BuckleySelf
- Andrew SullivanSelf
- Todd GitlinSelf
- Brooke GladstoneSelf
- Paul NewmanSelf (archival)
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