Best of Enemies

In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging and the national political convention season in full swing, ABC pitted a pair of American intellectual lions--William F. Buckley on the right, Gore Vidal on the left--against each other in live debates over the state of the nation. The scathing clashes--and their impact on TV punditry over the generations since--are provocatively visited in this documentary. Kelsey Grammer and John Lithgow provide voice-overs as Buckley and Gore. 89 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; featurette; additional interviews; theatrical trailer.