National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)

9.0/10 • 135 min • Drama History Comedy

Overview

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

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

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