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Dominican Rep. Best of Enemies
- Original title
- Best of Enemies
- Year
- 2015
- Running time
- 87 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- William F. Buckley
Gore Vidal
Paul Newman
Arthur Miller
Walter Cronkite
Dick Cavett
Noam Chomsky- Christopher Hitchens
Matt Tyrnauer- Ginia Bellafante
- Sam Tanenhaus
- Brooke Gladstone
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Politics
- Synopsis
- 'Best of Enemies' is 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?'
- Awards
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2015: Sundance Film Festival: U.S. Documentary Competition2015: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary2015: National Board Review (NBR): Top Documentaries2015: Satellite Awards: Nominated fof Best Documentary2015: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Documentary
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