BEST OF ENEMIES

Showings

The Belcourt Fri, Aug 28, 2015 2:00 PM
The Belcourt Fri, Aug 28, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Fri, Aug 28, 2015 7:00 PM
Post-screening discussion with co-director Robert Gordon, moderated by James Cathcart.
The Belcourt Fri, Aug 28, 2015 9:30 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Aug 29, 2015 2:00 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Aug 29, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Aug 29, 2015 6:00 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Aug 29, 2015 8:00 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Aug 29, 2015 10:00 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Aug 30, 2015 2:00 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Aug 30, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Aug 30, 2015 6:00 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Aug 30, 2015 8:00 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Aug 30, 2015 10:00 PM
The Belcourt Mon, Aug 31, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Mon, Aug 31, 2015 6:00 PM
The Belcourt Mon, Aug 31, 2015 9:20 PM
The Belcourt Tue, Sep 1, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Tue, Sep 1, 2015 6:00 PM
The Belcourt Tue, Sep 1, 2015 8:00 PM
The Belcourt Wed, Sep 2, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Wed, Sep 2, 2015 6:00 PM
The Belcourt Wed, Sep 2, 2015 8:00 PM
The Belcourt Thu, Sep 3, 2015 4:00 PM
The Belcourt Thu, Sep 3, 2015 6:00 PM
The Belcourt Thu, Sep 3, 2015 8:00 PM
The Belcourt Fri, Sep 4, 2015 4:50 PM
The Belcourt Fri, Sep 4, 2015 7:00 PM
The Belcourt Fri, Sep 4, 2015 10:25 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Sep 5, 2015 11:45 AM
The Belcourt Sat, Sep 5, 2015 4:50 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Sep 5, 2015 7:00 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Sep 5, 2015 10:25 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Sep 6, 2015 11:45 AM
The Belcourt Sun, Sep 6, 2015 4:50 PM
The Belcourt Mon, Sep 7, 2015 2:50 PM
The Belcourt Mon, Sep 7, 2015 7:00 PM
The Belcourt Tue, Sep 8, 2015 2:50 PM
The Belcourt Tue, Sep 8, 2015 7:00 PM
The Belcourt Wed, Sep 9, 2015 2:50 PM
The Belcourt Wed, Sep 9, 2015 7:00 PM
The Belcourt Thu, Sep 10, 2015 2:50 PM
The Belcourt Thu, Sep 10, 2015 7:00 PM
The Belcourt Fri, Sep 11, 2015 5:15 PM
The Belcourt Sat, Sep 12, 2015 10:30 AM
The Belcourt Sat, Sep 12, 2015 5:15 PM
The Belcourt Sun, Sep 13, 2015 5:15 PM

Description

In the summer of 1968, television news changed forever when a struggling 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—and their explosive exchanges devolved into vitriolic name-calling. It was unlike anything TV had ever broadcast, and all the more shocking because it was live and unscripted. Viewers were riveted. ABC News' ratings skyrocketed. And a new era in public discourse was born—a highbrow blood sport that marked the dawn of pundit television as we know it today. Co-directed by Morgan Neville (20 FEET FROM STARDOM) and Memphis-based filmmaker Robert Gordon (SHAKESPEARE WAS A BIG GEORGE JONES FAN).

“For American viewers of an intellectual/historical persuasion, there could scarcely be any documentary more enticing, scintillating and downright fascinating than Best of Enemies.” – Todd McCarty, Hollywood Reporter

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