Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

The read

It runs a compact 1h 27m.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Seth KramerDirector
• Daniel A. MillerDirector
• Daniel A. MillerWriter
• Jeremy NewbergerDirector
• Peter RundquistOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Morton Downey, Jr.Self (archive footage)
• Gloria AllredSelf
• Michele BachmannSelf
• Glenn BeckSelf
• Richard BeySelf
• Chris ElliottSelf
• Al SharptonSelf
• Larry KingSelf (archive footage)
• Lloyd KaufmanSelf (archive footage)
• Wally GeorgeSelf (archive footage)

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