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Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

# Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.
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📜 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?"
💵 Budget: USD 1,000,000
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2015-07-31
⌚ Running Time: 87 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.2

Beloved Cast

Gore Vidal original image
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Gore Vidal
William F. Buckley Jr. original image
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William F. Buckley Jr.
Kelsey Grammer original image
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Kelsey Grammer
John Lithgow original image
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John Lithgow
Dick Cavett original image
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Dick Cavett
Christopher Hitchens original image
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Christopher Hitchens
Noam Chomsky original image
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Noam Chomsky

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