Directors Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville show what happened when in 1968 when ABC in hiring public intellectuals William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal to provide commentary during the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
**FILE**William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative pioneer and television "Firing Line" host, smiles during an interview at his home in New York on July 20, 2004. Buckley died Wednesday morning, Feb. 27, 2008.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative pioneer and television "Firing Line" host, smiles during an interview at his home in New York on July 20, 2004. Buckley died in 2008.