18 May 2023 Drama, Comedy, History 135 mins
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.
Watch the official National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies 2023 trailer in HD below.
Zachary Quinto as Gore Vidal
David Harewood as William F. Buckley, Jr.
Emilio Doorgasingh as William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen
Clare Foster as Patricia Buckley
Tom Godwin as Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...
John Hodgkinson as Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley
Syrus Lowe as James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kevin McMonagle as Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite
Sam Otto as Tariq Ali / Matt
Deborah Alli as Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone
Best of Enemies Trailer
NT Live: Best of Enemies Trailer
United Kingdom 18 May 2023
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