Best of Enemies (2015)
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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Gore Vidal
as Self
as Self
William F. Buckley Jr.
as Self
as Self
Kelsey Grammer
as Self
as Self
John Lithgow
as Self
as Self
Dick Cavett
as Self
as Self
Christopher Hitchens
as Self
as Self
Noam Chomsky
as Self
as Self
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David Leonard
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Robert Gordon
Director
Director
Morgan Neville
Director
Director
Robert Gordon
Writer
Writer
Morgan Neville
Writer
Writer
Jonathan Kirkscey
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Aaron Wickenden
Editor
Editor
Mark Schwartzbard
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Graham Willoughby
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Robert Gordon
Producer
Producer
Morgan Neville
Producer
Producer
Julie Goldman
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Pete Horner
Supervising Sound Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Eileen Meyer
Editor
Editor
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