Best of Enemies
- Release Date
- July 31, 2015
- Director
- Robert Gordon , Morgan Neville
- Cast
- Kelsey Grammer , John Lithgow , Gore Vidal , Dick Cavett , Noam Chomsky , Christopher Hitchens
- Runtime
- 87
- Main Genre
- Documentary
- Studio
- Magnolia Pictures
- Writers
- Robert Gordon , Morgan Neville
- Tagline
- Buckley Vs. Vidal
Summary
In the summer of 1968, television news changed forever. Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley Jr. was a leading light of the new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore Vidal was a leftist novelist and polemicist. Armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, Vidal and Buckley believed each other’s political ideologies were dangerous for America. Like rounds in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult—their explosive exchanges devolving into vitriolic name-calling. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed. And a new era in public discourse was born.
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Best of Enemies Interview with Directors Neville & Gordon | EXCLUSIVE
Directors Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon discuss their research into political gurus William Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal for Best of Enemies.