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Best of Enemies

The film recounts the ten debates between William F. Buckley,Jr. and Gore Vidal since 1968 in ABC News. The film also takes a closer look at their subsequent thoughts and action on their following articles.
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January 20, 2016 Simultaneously documenting the on-and-off air sparring matches for audiences too young to remember them, but also chart their place in the history of modern political discourse make this a nourishing and entertaining documentary.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
July 10, 2016 Its goal is primarily to entertain its audience by presenting a chewy compendium of the snittiest sound bites.
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Seanax.com
February 12, 2016 As Christopher Hitchens puts it, "There's nothing feigned about their mutual animosity. They really do despise each other."
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San Diego Reader
August 21, 2015 What followed [in the debates] was not so much a clash of well-articulated ideas as a clash of highly articulate persons who regarded ideas as ammunition.
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Boston Globe
August 13, 2015 Like its two subjects, "Best of Enemies" is lively and smart. Unlike them, it's even-handed.
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Seattle Times
August 13, 2015 For better or for worse, we'll never again see television quite like that documented in the compelling "Best of Enemies" ...
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Baltimore Magazine
June 12, 2016 Almost obscenely entertaining.
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Detroit News
August 14, 2015 Did anyone win? Most say Vidal, since Buckley descended to physical threats. But really, has anyone won in any of this endless bickering?
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BuzzFeed News
December 04, 2015 This doc about the 10-night series, directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville (who won an Oscar last year for Twenty Feet From Stardom), provides an entertaining and, ultimately, depressing peek into TV at a pivotal moment.
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Arizona Republic
August 13, 2015 There is something about the siren call of the TV camera that can turn even big thinkers into brawlers. It was true then and it's true now, and "Best of Enemies" serves as a thoroughly enjoyable reminder.
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Flavorwire
May 27, 2016 If even these two witty, well-educated, well-mannered men of letters couldn't keep their on-air interactions from degenerating into cheap shots and name-calling, who could?
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Washington Free Beacon
July 14, 2016 Anyone interested in political debate and the state of modern television will find Best of Enemies most engrossing.
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...