Best of enemies, Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; Sandbar, LLC
Type
Label
Best of enemies, Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; Sandbar, LLC
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for some sexual content, nudity and language
Main title
Best of enemies
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
923775326
Responsibility statement
Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; Sandbar, LLC
Runtime
88
Summary
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 vitrolic name-calling. Live an unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed, and a new era in public discourse was born
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Grammer, Kelsey, 1955-
- Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
- Independent Lens,
- Hitchens, Christopher
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Sullivan, Andrew, 1963-
- Tremolo Productions
- Gladstone, Brooke
- Neville, Morgan
- Kaplan, Fred, 1937-
- Independent Television Service
- Tanenhaus, Sam
- McWhorter, John H.
- Bridges, Linda
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008
- Participant Media
- Sandbar Pictures
- Goldman, Julie
- Alterman, Eric
- Wolcott, James, 1952-
- Edwards, Lee
- Buckley, Fergus Reid, 1930-2014
- Gordon, Robert, 1961-
- Rich, Frank
- Gitlin, Todd
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Tyrnauer, Matt
- Cavett, Dick
- Media Ranch (Firm)
- Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Wald, Richard
- Merlis, George, 1940-
- Phillips, Cliff
Subject
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- Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
- Independent Lens,
- Hitchens, Christopher
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Sullivan, Andrew, 1963-
- Tremolo Productions
- Gladstone, Brooke
- Neville, Morgan
- Kaplan, Fred, 1937-
- Independent Television Service
- Tanenhaus, Sam
- McWhorter, John H.
- Bridges, Linda
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008
- Participant Media
- Sandbar Pictures
- Goldman, Julie
- Alterman, Eric
- Wolcott, James, 1952-
- Edwards, Lee
- Buckley, Fergus Reid, 1930-2014
- Gordon, Robert, 1961-
- Rich, Frank
- Gitlin, Todd
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Tyrnauer, Matt
- Cavett, Dick
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- Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Wald, Richard
- Merlis, George, 1940-
- Phillips, Cliff
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