Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies (2015)

Released: 2015-07-31 Duration: 1hr 27min
Rating 7.2
Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.

Overview

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?"

Production Companies

Tremolo Productions
Tremolo Productions
Media Ranch
Motto Pictures
Motto Pictures
Magnolia Pictures
Magnolia Pictures
Participant
Participant
ITVS
ITVS
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
JustFilms / Ford Foundation

Additional Info

Budget $1,000,000.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 5.876

Directed By

Robert Gordon

Morgan Neville

Crew

Director of Photography
David Leonard
Director
Robert Gordon
Director
Morgan Neville
Director of Photography
Mark Schwartzbard
Original Music Composer
Jonathan Kirkscey
Director of Photography
Graham Willoughby
Supervising Sound Editor
Pete Horner
Producer
Morgan Neville
Executive Producer
Julie Goldman
Producer
Robert Gordon
Editor
Eileen Meyer

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