Best of Enemies
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Gordon
Frank Rich
Fred Kaplan
William Sheehan
Richard Wald
Reid Buckley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Frank Rich
Fred Kaplan
William Sheehan
Richard Wald
Reid Buckley
Brooke Gladstone
Andrew Sullivan
Lee Edwards
John Mcwhorter
John Lithgow
Dick Cavett
Sam Tanenhaus
Linda Bridges
Christopher Hitchens
Kelsey Grammer
Todd Gitlin
Crew
Linda Bridges
Reid Buckley
Caryn Capotosto
Dick Cavett
Steve Clack
Lee Edwards
Todd Gitlin
Brooke Gladstone
Julie Goldman
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon
Kelsey Grammer
Scott Grossman
Dennis Hamlin
Christopher Hitchens
Pete Horner
Jade Howard
Tom Hurxthal
Fred Kaplan
Jonathan Kirkscey
David Leonard
David Leonard
John Lithgow
Michael Lonsdale
John Mcwhorter
Eileen Meyer
Eileen Meyer
Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville
Clif Phillips
Benjamin Posnack
Frank Rich
Mark Schwartzbard
Mark Schwartzbard
William Sheehan
Andrew Sullivan
Sam Tanenhaus
Dimitri Tisseyre
Richard Wald
Aaron Webster
Aaron Wickenden
Graham Willoughby
Graham Willoughby
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2015 (U.S. Documentary Competition)
Released in United States 2015 (Festival Favorites)
Released in United States 2015 (Documentary Centerpiece)
Released in United States 2015 (Marquee Presentations)
Released in United States 2015 (Opening Night)
Limited Release in United States July 31, 2015
Released in United States 2015
Sundance Contact is Josh Braun: info@submarine.com; Samantha Racanelli: sracanelli@wmeentertainment.com
Limited Release in United States July 31, 2015
