Bibliograph

Best of enemies [2015], Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media [and others] ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon

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Label

Best of enemies [2015], Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media [and others] ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for some sexual content/nudity and language

Main title

Best of enemies [2015]

Oclc number

923775326

Responsibility statement

Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media [and others] ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon

Runtime

Summary

In 1968, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals, William F. Buckley on the right and Gore Vidal on the left, to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Like fighters in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult, their explosive exchanges devolving into vitriolic name-calling. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed. And a new era in public discourse was born

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

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