Gore Vidal
Writing
Born October 3, 1925 — Died July 31, 2012
From West Point, New York, USA
Also known as Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Edgar Box, Cameron Kay
Biography
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal w...
Filmography
Best of Enemies
Self
20157.2
Wilde Salomé
Self
20136.2
Salinger
Self - Writer
20136.4
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Self
20137.7
Valentino's Ghost
Self
20135.7
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
Self
20135.0
Norman Mailer: The American
Self
20127.0
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Self
20115.9
Public Speaking
Self (archive footage)
20117.0
Standing Army
Self
20104.8
Shrink
George Charles
20096.2
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Self
20084.4
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
Self
20086.2
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Self
20066.7
Global Haywire
Self
2006
Revisiting Brideshead
Self
20058.0
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
Self
20057.0
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Self
20055.8
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
Narrator (Voice)
20053.8
Inside Deep Throat
Self
20056.4
Why We Fight
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
20057.5
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High Tech Lincoln
Self
2005
Thinking XXX
Self
20045.5
The Education of Gore Vidal
Self
20038.7
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
Self
20037.0
Igby Goes Down
First School Headmaster (uncredited)
20026.6
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
20026.7
Rescued from the Closet
Self
20016.5
Gattaca
Director Josef
19977.6
Shadow Conspiracy
Page
19975.0
The Celluloid Closet
Self
19967.2
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Self
19949.0
In Search of Oz
Self
19947.0
With Honors
Prof. Pitkannan
19946.7
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Self - Author
19937.7
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
Self
1993
Bob Roberts
Senator Brickley Paiste
19926.5
Billy the Kid
Preacher (uncredited)
19897.1
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
Self
19847.0
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
Self - Writer
19815.5
Roma
Gore Vidal (uncredited)
19727.2
The Homosexuals
Self
19671.0
The Best Man
Delegate (uncredited)
19647.3
Suddenly, Last Summer
Audience Member at Operation (uncredited)
19597.3
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Man (uncredited)
19466.9
Ten Year Old Boy Pilot
Himself
1936