Me and Orson Welles vs National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.4/10 for Me and Orson Welles). Me and Orson Welles is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 2h 15m. Me and Orson Welles is the older of the two (2008 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Me and Orson Welles posterMe and Orson Welles2008 VS National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies posterNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies2023
Me and Orson WellesNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 9.0/10
Year20082023
Length1h 54m2h 15m
GenresComedy, Drama, HistoryComedy, Drama, History
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorRichard LinklaterJeremy Herrin
Main castLeo Bill, Patrick Kennedy, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Claire DanesSam Otto, David Harewood, Zachary Quinto, Clare Foster, Syrus Lowe

Synopsis

Me and Orson Welles

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies

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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