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Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.
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?"
$1,000,000
July 31, 2015
Tremolo Productions, Media Ranch
25 people
Gore Vidal
Self
Writing
William F. Buckley Jr.
Self
Acting
Kelsey Grammer
Voice of William F. Buckley
Acting
John Lithgow
Voice of Gore Vidal
Acting
Dick Cavett
Self
Acting
Christopher Hitchens
Self
Acting
Noam Chomsky
Self (archival)
Acting
Reid Buckley
Self
Writing
Andrew Sullivan
Self
Acting
Todd Gitlin
Self
Acting
Brooke Gladstone
Self
Acting
Paul Newman
Self (archival)
Acting
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