Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)

06/07/2013 (US) • Documentary • 1h 27m

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.

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)

06/07/2013 (US) • 1h 27m

Documentary

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.

Top Billed 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)

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$300,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

shock jock

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