Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

1h 27m
Documentary
6

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.

Cast

Morton Downey, Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Gloria Allred
Self
Michele Bachmann
Self
Glenn Beck
Self
Richard Bey
Self
Chris Elliott
Self
Al Sharpton
Self
Larry King
Self (archive footage)
Lloyd Kaufman
Self (archive footage)
Wally George
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Jeremy Newberger
Director, Art Direction
Seth Kramer
Director, Editor
Daniel A. Miller
Director, Writer
Roger Grange
Director of Photography
Peter Rundquist
Original Music Composer

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