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Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
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Documentary
5.9/10(18 ratings)
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.
06-07-2013
1h 27m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Directors:
Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger
Writer:
Daniel A. Miller
Budget:
$300,000
Key Crew
Editor:
Seth Kramer
Art Direction:
Jeremy Newberger
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Morton Downey, Jr.
Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show.
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