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The Resource Best of enemies, Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media ; Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; produced by Sandbar, LLC

Best of enemies, Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media ; Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; produced by Sandbar, LLC

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Summary
In the summer of 1968 television news changed forever. Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley Jr. was a leading light of the new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore Vidal was a leftist novelist and polemicist. Armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, Vidal and Buckley believed each other's political ideologies were dangerous for America. Like rounds in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult--their explosive exchanges devolving into vitrolic name-calling. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed, and a new era in public discourse was born
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.)
Note
Special features: Additional interviews: Andrew Sullivan, Christopher Hitchens, Dick Cavett, George Merlis, James Wolcott, Lee Edwards, Linda Bridges, Matt Tyrnauer, Reid Buckley, Sam Tanenhaus; Interview with directors Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon; Theatrical trailer
Instance
Label
Best of enemies
Title
Best of enemies
Statement of responsibility
Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media ; Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; produced by Sandbar, LLC
Title variation
Best of enemies
Title variation remainder
Buckley vs. Vidal
Contributor
Film director
Film producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
In the summer of 1968 television news changed forever. Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley Jr. was a leading light of the new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore Vidal was a leftist novelist and polemicist. Armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, Vidal and Buckley believed each other's political ideologies were dangerous for America. Like rounds in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult--their explosive exchanges devolving into vitrolic name-calling. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed, and a new era in public discourse was born
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
  • 323.0973
  • 808.53
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for some sexual content, nudity and language
Language note
English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
  • JC571
  • P96.D38
LC item number
  • .B47 2015
  • B47 2015
http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/on-screenparticipant
  • D4m9K1g_g8k
  • aZdZ7FmWR34
PerformerNote
William F. Buckley, Jr. ; Gore Vidal ; readings by John Lithgow, Kelsey Grammer ; featuring: Todd Gitlin, Brooke Gladstone, Richard Wald, William Sheehan, Frank Rich, Sam Tanenhaus, Lee Edwards, Reid Buckley, Linda Bridges, Fred Kaplan, Matt Tyrnauer, George Merlis, Dick Cavett, Eric Alterman, Ginia Bellafante, John McWhorter, James Wolcott, Andrew Sullivan, Christopher Hitchens
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1961-
  • 1925-2008
  • 1925-2012
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Neville, Morgan
  • Gordon, Robert
  • Buckley, William F.
  • Vidal, Gore
Runtime
88
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Buckley, William F.
  • Vidal, Gore
  • Debates and debating
  • Debates and debating in mass media
  • Conservatism
  • Liberalism
Technique
live action
Label
Best of enemies, Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media ; Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; produced by Sandbar, LLC
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Special features: Additional interviews: Andrew Sullivan, Christopher Hitchens, Dick Cavett, George Merlis, James Wolcott, Lee Edwards, Linda Bridges, Matt Tyrnauer, Reid Buckley, Sam Tanenhaus; Interview with directors Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon; Theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
876964009034
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
10903
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn923775326
  • (OCoLC)923775326
System details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.78:1 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Best of enemies, Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media ; Independent Lens ; Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media present in association with ITVS ; a Tremolo/Media Ranch production ; executive producers, Julie Goldman, Clif Phillips ; produced and directed by Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon ; produced by Sandbar, LLC
Publication
Copyright
Note
Special features: Additional interviews: Andrew Sullivan, Christopher Hitchens, Dick Cavett, George Merlis, James Wolcott, Lee Edwards, Linda Bridges, Matt Tyrnauer, Reid Buckley, Sam Tanenhaus; Interview with directors Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon; Theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
876964009034
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
10903
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn923775326
  • (OCoLC)923775326
System details
DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.78:1 widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

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