Gore Vidal
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 was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gore Vidal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Gattaca
1997
Thinking XXX
2004
Salinger
2013
Roma
1972
With Honors
1994
Shrink
2009
The Celluloid Closet
1996
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Bob Roberts
1992
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
Igby Goes Down
2002
Public Speaking
2011
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
The Best Man
1964
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
Why We Fight
2005
Billy the Kid
1989
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
The Cockettes
2002
Best of Enemies
2015
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
1981
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Wilde Salomé
2013
Global Haywire
2006
Valentino's Ghost
2013
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
2005
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
The Homosexuals
1967
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2011
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
2003
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
1984
Standing Army
2010