Film · Drama, Comedy, History
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies (2023)
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
- Writers
- James Graham
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- May 18, 2023
Cast
Zachary QuintoGore Vidal
David HarewoodWilliam F. Buckley, Jr.
Emilio DoorgasinghWilliam Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen
Clare FosterPatricia Buckley
Tom GodwinFrank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...
John HodgkinsonHoward K Smith / Mayor Daley
Syrus LoweJames Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kevin McMonagleElmer Lower / Walter Kronkite
Sam OttoTariq Ali / Matt- Deborah AlliAretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone
