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National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
9.0 / 10• 2023• 2h 15m•NR• English
DramaHistoryComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Zachary Quinto
Gore Vidal
Lead
David Harewood
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Emilio Doorgasingh
William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen
Clare Foster
Patricia Buckley
Tom Godwin
Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...
John Hodgkinson
Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley
Syrus Lowe
James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kevin McMonagle
Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jeremy Herrin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
