Where to watch Best of Enemies(2015)

Name: Best of Enemies
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2015-07-31
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr., Kelsey Grammer, John Lithgow, Dick Cavett

Movie · 2015 · 1h 27m · Documentary, History

In the United States, Best of Enemies is available to stream on Netflix and Prime Video. It's also free on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, YouTube Free, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.

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Best of Enemies plot summary

Buckley vs. Vidal. 2 Men. 10 Debates. Television Would Never Be the Same.

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"