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A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley.A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley.A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley.
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- 6 wins & 27 nominations
Gore Vidal
- Self - Debater
- (archive footage)
William F. Buckley
- Self - Debater
- (archive footage)
Noam Chomsky
- Self
- (archive footage)
Patricia Buckley
- Self - Buckley's Wife
- (archive footage)
Sam Donaldson
- Self - Correspondent, ABC News
- (archive footage)
Howard K. Smith
- Self - Anchor, ABC News
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaThe film-makers shot an interview with Gore Vidal, but ultimately decided not to use it, so he only appears in archive footage.
- Quotes
Richard Wald: ABC was the third of the three networks. It would've been fourth, but there were only three.
- Crazy creditsThere is a short scene after the credits showing footage of an interview with Buckley.
- ConnectionsEdited into Independent Lens: Best of Enemies (2016)
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When TV talking heads were educated and well spoken
Best of Enemies An awesome documentary which looks at the debates and personal rivalry between conservative, pretentious talking head pundit William F. Buckley Jr., and liberal antagonistic Gore Vidal in the tumultuous year of 1968. Very well done documentary. I wish they had showed more of the actual discussions and a little less of the media hype surrounding this great feud between two geniuses who just happened to have completely different views regarding nearly everything political. There should be debates like this today between learned and interesting pundits instead of the brainless, media grabbing news whores we have today on almost every news channel, and I use the word "news" sparingly when referring to the likes of FOX and MSNBC. It's interesting to note that although there were some radically different things going on in 1968...one could easily compare the premise of the two ideologies today in 2016. Definitely worth the watch.
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- MarkSeanOrr
- Dec 27, 2015
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- Best of Enemies
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $892,802
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $50,378
- Aug 2, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $892,802
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
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By what name was Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (2015) officially released in India in English?
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