National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)

Movie · Released · 135 min · ★ 9.0

Drama, History, Comedy

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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.

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Cast

Zachary QuintoGore VidalDavid HarewoodWilliam F. Buckley, Jr.Emilio DoorgasinghWilliam Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard AustenClare FosterPatricia BuckleyTom GodwinFrank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...John HodgkinsonHoward K Smith / Mayor DaleySyrus LoweJames Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.Kevin McMonagleElmer Lower / Walter KronkiteSam OttoTariq Ali / Matt

Deborah AlliAretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone