Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)
Overview
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
Gloria Allred
Self
Michele Bachmann
Self
Glenn Beck
Self
Chris Elliott
Self
Al Sharpton
Self
Larry King
Self (archive footage)
Lloyd Kaufman
Self (archive footage)
Wally George
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