National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
May 18, 2023 | IMDB 9
135 min Watch NowDrama, History, Comedy
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.
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