Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

June 7, 201387 min5.9EN
Documentary

Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights, rabid audience, and Mort's cigarette smoke always "in your face," The Morton Downey Jr. Show was billed as "3-D television," "rock and roll without the music." Évocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.

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Cast

Morton Downey, Jr.
Morton Downey, Jr.Self (archive footage)
Gloria Allred
Gloria AllredSelf
Michele Bachmann
Michele BachmannSelf
Glenn Beck
Glenn BeckSelf
Richard Bey
Richard BeySelf
Chris Elliott
Chris ElliottSelf
Al Sharpton
Al SharptonSelf
Larry King
Larry KingSelf (archive footage)
Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd KaufmanSelf (archive footage)
Wally George
Wally GeorgeSelf (archive footage)