Gore Vidal

Author 34 / Actor 15 / Writer 11 · 1900 – 2013 · 🎬 26 📖 34

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Vidal was heavily involved in politics, and unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the United States House of Representatives, and later in 1982 to the United States Senate.

All · 60 🎬 Movies · 26 📖 Books · 34

Fiction drama film American fiction (fictional works by one author) History Fiction, historical, general

Highlights

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

2013

Salinger

2013

The Cage Door Is Always Open

2012

Frequent Collaborators

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

4 shared

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

3 shared

Federico Fellini

3 shared

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

3 shared

Montgomery Clift

2 shared

Robert Hamer

2 shared

All decades 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

🎬 Movies

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

actor

2013

Salinger

actor

2013

The Cage Door Is Always Open

actor

2012

Shrink

actor

2009

Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11

actor

2007

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

actor

2006

One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

actor

2005

Igby Goes Down

actor

2003

Gattaca

Gattaca

actor

1998

Shadow Conspiracy

actor

1997

With Honors

actor

1994

Bob Roberts

actor

1992

The Palermo Connection

writer

1990

The Sicilian

writer

1987

Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

actor

1983

Caligula

writer

1980

Roma

Roma

actor

1972

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

writer

1970

Is Paris Burning?

writer

1966

The Best Man

The Best Man

writer

1964

The Scapegoat

writer

1960

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

actor

1959

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

writer

1959

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

writer

1959

I Accuse!

writer

1958

The Catered Affair

writer

1956

📖 Books

The Golden Age

The Golden Age

author

2000

The Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution

author

1998

Creacion

Creacion

author

1993

Live from Golgotha

Live from Golgotha

author

1992

Where joy resides

Where joy resides

author

1989

Hollywood

Hollywood

author

1989

Empire

Empire

author

1987

Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)

Lincoln (Narratives of a Golden Age)

author

1984

Duluth

Duluth

author

1983

Creation

Creation

author

1981

Kalki

Kalki

author

1978

The Other Persuasion

The Other Persuasion

author

1977

Matters of fact and of fiction

Matters of fact and of fiction

author

1977

Rinkitink in Oz

author

1976

1876

1876

author

1976

Burr

Burr

author

1973

Myron

Myron

author

1973

Two Sisters

Two Sisters

author

1970

Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge

author

1968

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

author

1967

Julian

Julian

author

1964

A thirsty evil

A thirsty evil

author

1956

Death Likes it Hot

Death Likes it Hot

author

1954

Messiah

Messiah

author

1954

Death before Bedtime

Death before Bedtime

author

1953

Death in Fifth Position (Mentor Books)

Death in Fifth Position (Mentor Books)

author

1952

The judgment of Paris

The judgment of Paris

author

1952

Dark Green, Bright Red

Dark Green, Bright Red

author

1950

A search for the king

A search for the king

author

1950

The season of comfort

The season of comfort

author

1949

The city and the pillar

The city and the pillar

author

1948

Dangerous voyage

author

1946

Williwaw

Williwaw

author

1946

Le journal d'une femme de chambre

Le journal d'une femme de chambre

author

1900

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