National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
2023•15•2h 15m•9.0•Released
DramaHistoryComedy
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.
Director
Jeremy Herrin
Writer
James Graham
Languages
English
Studio
National Theatre
Cast
Zachary Quinto
Gore Vidal
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
Sam Otto
Tariq Ali / Matt
Deborah Alli
Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone
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