Best of enemies
Type
Label
Best of enemies
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated R
Main title
Best of enemies
Medium
electronic resource
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 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
Contributor
- Grammer, Kelsey, 1955-
- Hitchens, Christopher
- hoopla digital
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Sullivan, Andrew, 1963-
- Gladstone, Brooke
- Neville, Morgan
- Kaplan, Fred, 1937-
- Tanenhaus, Sam
- McWhorter, John H.
- Bridges, Linda
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008
- Goldman, Julie
- Alterman, Eric
- Wolcott, James, 1952-
- Buckley, Fergus Reid, 1930-2014
- Gordon, Robert, 1961-
- Rich, Frank
- Gitlin, Todd
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Tyrnauer, Matt
- Cavett, Dick
- Wald, Richard
- Merlis, George, 1940-
- Phillips, Cliff
- Willoughby, Graham, (Cinematographer)
- Edwards, Lee, 1932-
Subject
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor27
- Grammer, Kelsey, 1955-
- Hitchens, Christopher
- hoopla digital
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Sullivan, Andrew, 1963-
- Gladstone, Brooke
- Neville, Morgan
- Kaplan, Fred, 1937-
- Tanenhaus, Sam
- McWhorter, John H.
- Bridges, Linda
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008
- Goldman, Julie
- Alterman, Eric
- Wolcott, James, 1952-
- Buckley, Fergus Reid, 1930-2014
- Gordon, Robert, 1961-
- Rich, Frank
- Gitlin, Todd
- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Tyrnauer, Matt
- Cavett, Dick
- Wald, Richard
- Merlis, George, 1940-
- Phillips, Cliff
- Willoughby, Graham, (Cinematographer)
- Edwards, Lee, 1932-
- Subject6
- Content1
- resource.directorofphotography1
- resource.filmdirector2
- resource.filmproducer4
- intervieweeexpression17
- onscreenparticipant2
- resource.voiceactor2