Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal's primary photo
  • Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (2015)
  • R
    87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (2015)
R
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on the series of televised debates in 1968 between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley.
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Writers
Robert Gordon (co-writer) | Tom Graves (co-writer) | Morgan Neville (co-writer)
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Release date
Jul 31, 2015 (United States)

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Cast

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43 cast members
Name Known for
Gore Vidal
Self - Debater (archive footage) Self - Debater (archive footage)   See fewer
William F. Buckley
Self - Debater (archive footage) Self - Debater (archive footage)   See fewer
Todd Gitlin
Self - Media Studies, Columbia University Self - Media Studies, Columbia University   See fewer
Brooke Gladstone
Self - Host, NPR's On the Media Self - Host, NPR's On the Media   See fewer
Richard Wald
Self - Former President, NBC News Self - Former President, NBC News   See fewer
William Sheehan
Self - Former President, ABC News Self - Former President, ABC News   See fewer
Frank Rich
Self - Writer, New York Magazine Self - Writer, New York Magazine   See fewer
Sam Tanenhaus
Self - Biographer, William F. Buckley Jr. Self - Biographer, William F. Buckley Jr.   See fewer
Patricia Buckley
Self - Buckley's Wife (archive footage) Self - Buckley's Wife (archive footage)   See fewer
Lee Edwards
Self - Historian, The Heritage Foundation Self - Historian, The Heritage Foundation   See fewer
Reid Buckley
Self - Buckley's Brother Self - Buckley's Brother   See fewer
Linda Bridges
Self - Buckley's Personal Assistant Self - Buckley's Personal Assistant   See fewer
Fred Kaplan
Self - Author, Gore Vidal: A Biography Self - Author, Gore Vidal: A Biography   See fewer
Matt Tyrnauer
Self - Vidal's Editor & Friend Self - Vidal's Editor & Friend   See fewer
Sam Donaldson
Self - Correspondent, ABC News (archive footage) Self - Correspondent, ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Howard K. Smith
Self - Anchor, ABC News (archive footage) Self - Anchor, ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
George Merlis
Self - ABC Publicist Self - ABC Publicist   See fewer
Christopher Hitchens
Self - Political Essayist Self - Political Essayist   See fewer
Dick Cavett
Self - Talk Show Host Self - Talk Show Host   See fewer
Norman Mailer
Self - Author (archive footage) Self - Author (archive footage)   See fewer
Godfrey Cambridge
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
Muhammad Ali
Self - Boxer (archive footage) Self - Boxer (archive footage)   See fewer
Eric Alterman
Self - Media Historian Self - Media Historian   See fewer
Ginia Bellafante
Self - Culture Writer, New York Times Self - Culture Writer, New York Times   See fewer
Elmer Lower
Self - President, ABC News (archive footage) Self - President, ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
John McWhorter
Self - Linguist, Columbia University Self - Linguist, Columbia University   See fewer
James Wolcott
Self - Writer, Vanity Fair Magazine Self - Writer, Vanity Fair Magazine   See fewer
Andrew Sullivan
Self - Political Editor & Blogger Self - Political Editor & Blogger   See fewer
Everett Dirksen
Self - Senator, Illinois (archive footage) Self - Senator, Illinois (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard J. Daley
Self - Mayor, Chicago (archive footage) Self - Mayor, Chicago (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Miller
Self - Playwright (archive footage) Self - Playwright (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Newman
Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Al Capp
Self - Political Satirist (archive footage) Self - Political Satirist (archive footage)   See fewer
Shana Alexander
Self - Point Commentator (archive footage) Self - Point Commentator (archive footage)   See fewer
James J. Kilpatrick
Self - Counterpoint Commentator (archive footage) Self - Counterpoint Commentator (archive footage)   See fewer
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
Self - New York Times Writer Self - New York Times Writer   See fewer
John Lithgow
Gore Vidal (voice) Gore Vidal (voice)   See fewer
Kelsey Grammer
William F. Buckley (voice) William F. Buckley (voice)   See fewer
Noam Chomsky
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mason Pike
Klan Member (uncredited) Klan Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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