Gore Vidal Movies

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and...

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an...

Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the...

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

A new bride gets caught between her decadent husband and his black half-brother.

The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in...

This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and...

Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed...

An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.

Anchored by intimate, one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining...

A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

A contrarian and wickedly funny man, this PBS American Masters special explores Gore Vidal's extraordinary life and work, joining him at his...

Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming...

In documentary style, Al Pacino tells the story of how he came to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He travels to the Mojave Desert...

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the...

A woman is accused by a poison-pen letter of murdering her husband.

The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.

The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half...