Best of Enemies is a dazzling intellectual feast that was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and directed by Robert Gordon and Oscar winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom). William F. Buckley, the leader of the new conservative movement, and Gore Vidal, leftist novelist and polemicist, battle for the soul of America in a series of debates hosted by ABC during the 1968 Presidential Conventions. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed. And a new era in public discourse was born.
87min/CA
Director: Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon
Executive Producer: Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips
Producer: Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon, Caryn Capotosto (Co-Producer)
Cinematographer: David Leonard
Editor: Aaron Wickenden & Eileen Meyer
Sound Designer: Pete Horner / Skywalker Sound
Music: Jonathan Kirkscey
Additional Credits: Assistant Editor: Lee Rosch
Principal Cast: Gore Vidal, Eric Alterman, Ginia Bellafante, Linda Bridges, Reid Buckley, Dick Cavett, Christopher Hitchens, Brooke Gladstone, Sam Tanenhaus, Matt Tyranauer
