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Feature film — 2013

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)

6.01h 27mDocumentary

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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Director: Jeremy Newberger

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Morton Downey, Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Gloria Allred as Self

Gloria Allred

Self

Michele Bachmann as Self

Michele Bachmann

Self

Glenn Beck as Self

Glenn Beck

Self

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Richard Bey

Self

Chris Elliott as Self

Chris Elliott

Self

Al Sharpton as Self

Al Sharpton

Self

Larry King as Self (archive footage)

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Lloyd Kaufman as Self (archive footage)

Lloyd Kaufman

Self (archive footage)

Wally George as Self (archive footage)

Wally George

Self (archive footage)

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