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"Masterful."
"Best of Enemies” captivates with its detail and historical footage."
"Hugely fun."
"It's a scream and should wind up as one of the breakout documentary sensations of 2015."
"WICKEDLY ENTERTAINING. The directors avoid picking sides and instead enjoy the show."
"The best doc at Sundance. It rivetingly retraces how one heated rivalry sparked an entire culture of punditry."
"A RIVETING GABFEST. It might have been both the most entertaining film of this year’s Sundance."
"A MADCAP INTELLECTUAL ROMP. Lively and fascinating."
"Media history geeks, Christmas is about to come early. Makes a compelling case that modern TV news — i.e. the victory of volume and rage over civilized discourse — starts here."
"HILARIOUS AND THRILLING. Chock-full of one-liners and bon mots that would make any stand-up comedian green with envy."
"If you like witty repartee among intellectuals, it’s hard to see how you could have more fun than watching this movie. Highly entertaining."
"JUICY AND THRILLING. The directors have unearthed outstanding footage and interviewed many of today’s best thinkers."
"WICKEDLY ENTERTAINING. The debate footage is a gold mine. Highly viewable and highly illuminating. A history lesson that also manages to be extremely timely."
"FASCINATING. Thoroughly engrossing and surprisingly entertaining."
"TREMENDOUSLY ENTERTAINING. It’s rare that we get to see a specific moment in time that could be the origin of much of our current reality."
"A fast-paced, welcome nostalgia trip."
"Colorful and entertaining, wonderfully effective."
"A touching account of two men pushed to the brink of their abilities as tastemakers in one of the greatest duels of the 20th century."
"Smart, thorny, thoughtful documentary filmmaking."
"Excellent and illuminating."
"Breathtaking."
"How one yearns for a little of their exquisitely distilled poison among the moronic TV screamers of today."
"Fascinating."
"It’s fantastic"
"Fascinating."
"Entertaining and balanced."
"SUPERBLY ENTERTAINING."
"Deliciously feisty."
"Hugely entertaining. A must-view film for our media-besotted age."
"FLEET AND BRUTALLY FUNNY. Moviegoers wary of the summer's expensively rendered superhero skirmishes can still find mano-a-mano thrills — all verbal, no less tension-filled — in Best of Enemies."
"A MUST-VIEW FILM FOR OUR MEDIA-BESOTTED AGE. All of it is hugely entertaining to watch, but Best Of Enemies is a serious film about a serious failure to communicate ideas."
"Terrific"
"Riveting."
"A rich, extraordinarily fascinating account."
"Powerful"
"MASTERFUL. It’s not just a great documentary, it’s a vital one."
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87 OF THE LIVELIEST, MOST ENGAGING MINUTES OF THE YEAR."
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A top notch documentary with a climactic confrontation NO HOLLYWOOD SCRIPTWRITER COULD HAVE DEVISED."
"ELECTRIFYING. Lean, loving and heartily satisfying."
"There could scarcely be any documentary more ENTICING, SCINTILLATING AND DOWNRIGHT FASCINATING than Best of Enemies."
"Lively and accessible. Buckley and Vidal were remarkable characters."
"DELICIOUSLY FEISTY. Grade A minus."
"SUPERBLY ENTERTAINING."
"The best doc at Sundance. It rivetingly retraces how one heated rilvry sparked an entire culture of punditry."
"FASCINATING, SUPREMELY WELL-JUDGED AND UNEXPECTEDLY TOUCHING."
"A RIVETING GABFEST. It might have been both the most entertaining film of this year’s Sundance."
"How one yearns for a little of their exquisitely distilled poison among the moronic TV screamers of today."
"A MADCAP INTELLECTUAL ROMP. Lively and fascinating.”
"RIVETING. A delicious spectacle.”
"Media history geeks, Christmas is about to come early. Makes a compelling case that modern TV news — i.e. the victory of volume and rage over civilized discourse — starts here.”
"What a fun ride!”
"HILARIOUS AND THRILLING. Chock-full of one-liners and bon mots that would make any stand-up comedian green with envy.”
"If you like witty repartee among intellectuals, it’s hard to see how you could have more fun than watching this movie. Highly entertaining.”
"JUICY AND THRILLING. The directors have unearthed outstanding footage and interviewed many of today’s best thinkers.”
"WICKEDLY ENTERTAINING. The debate footage is a gold mine. Highly viewable and highly illuminating. A history lesson that also manages to be extremely timely."
"FASCINATING. Thoroughly engrossing and surprisingly entertaining."
"TREMENDOUSLY ENTERTAINING. It’s rare that we get to see a specific moment in time that could be the origin of much of our current reality."
"A fascinating tale that's exhilarating and engaging, an entirely fitting and vital showcase for the film's iconoclastic subjects."
"A fast-paced, welcome nostalgia trip."
"Colorful and entertaining, wonderfully effective."
"Absorbing New Documentary Best of Enemies Will Have You Riveted to the Screen."
"Thrilling cinema."
"Offers a bracing view of a pivotal time in our recent history."
"Enormously entertaining."
"A fascinating time machine."
"Grade: A"
"A MUST-VIEW FILM FOR OUR MEDIA-BESOTTED AGE. All of it is hugely entertaining to watch, but Best Of Enemies is a serious film about a serious failure to communicate ideas."
ABOUT THE FILM
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.
Our friends at Influence Film Club are now featuring Best of Enemies as the July ‘Film-of-the-Month.’ They put together a fantastic discussion guide to accompany the film, as well as an eye-opening interview with Co-Director Robert Gordon.
Visit their homepage:
http://influencefilmclub.com
http://influencefilmclub.com/film/best-of-enemies/
http://influencefilmclub.com/spot-on-directors-robert-gordon/
CAST & CREW
Cast:
William Buckley
Gore Vidal
Directed by:
Morgan Neville
Robert Gordon
Executive Producers:
Julie Goldman
Clif Phillips
Produced by:
Robert Gordon
Morgan Neville
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