National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)
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.
- Released
- 2023-05-18
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jeremy Herrin
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Zachary Quinto as Gore Vidal
- David Harewood as William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Emilio Doorgasingh as William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen
- Clare Foster as Patricia Buckley
- Tom Godwin as Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...
- John Hodgkinson as Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley
- Syrus Lowe as James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Kevin McMonagle as Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite
- Sam Otto as Tariq Ali / Matt
- Deborah Alli as Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone
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