How long is LIFF: Best Of Enemies?

LIFF: Best Of Enemies is 1 hr 27 min long.

What is LIFF: Best Of Enemies about?

Get out your boxing gloves, here comes director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, LIFF 2013) and Robert Gordon’s wonderful account of the infamous televised debates between liberal firebrand Gore Vidal and conservative gadfly William F. Buckley, Jr. during the 1968 Republican and Democratic Conventions. A sort of brainy equivalent of the Ali-Frazier boxing matches of the same general era, the televised debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal during the two national political conventions in the convulsive year of 1968 comprised a watershed event in several ways, all of which are reflected in this outstanding documentary.

LIFF: Best Of Enemies

Name: LIFF: Best Of Enemies
Duration: 87

NR 1 hr 27 min

List

Theaters near

Loading format filters…

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is LIFF: Best Of Enemies?: LIFF: Best Of Enemies is 1 hr 27 min long.

What is LIFF: Best Of Enemies about?: Get out your boxing gloves, here comes director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, LIFF 2013) and Robert Gordon’s wonderful account of the infamous televised debates between liberal firebrand Gore Vidal and conservative gadfly William F. Buckley, Jr. during the 1968 Republican and Democratic Conventions. A sort of brainy equivalent of the Ali-Frazier boxing matches of the same general era, the televised debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal during the two national political conventions in the convulsive year of 1968 comprised a watershed event in several ways, all of which are reflected in this outstanding documentary.