National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)

05/18/2023 (GB) • Drama, History, Comedy • 2h 15m

Overview

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)

05/18/2023 (GB) • 2h 15m

Drama, History, Comedy

Overview

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

Top Billed Cast

Gore Vidal

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Emilio Doorgasingh

William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen

Patricia Buckley

Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...

John Hodgkinson

Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley

James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kevin McMonagle

Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite

Tariq Ali / Matt

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

filmed theater

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