Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie poster

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie poster

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013 1h 27m 6Movie

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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Jeremy Newberger

Director

Seth Kramer

Director

Daniel A. Miller

Writer, Director

Top Cast

Morton Downey, Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Gloria Allred

Gloria Allred

Self

Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann

Self

Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

Self

Richard Bey

Self

Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott

Self

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

Self

Larry King

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman

Self (archive footage)

Wally George

Wally George

Self (archive footage)