National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
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9.0 | 2023 | 2h 15m

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

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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.

James Graham Writer
Jeremy Herrin Director

Top Billed Cast

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto

Gore Vidal

David Harewood

David Harewood

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Emilio Doorgasingh

Emilio Doorgasingh

William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen

Clare Foster

Clare Foster

Patricia Buckley

Tom Godwin

Tom Godwin

Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...

John Hodgkinson

John Hodgkinson

Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley

Syrus Lowe

Syrus Lowe

James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kevin McMonagle

Kevin McMonagle

Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite

Sam Otto

Sam Otto

Tariq Ali / Matt

Deborah Alli

Deborah Alli

Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone