Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013)
Director
Seth Kramer; Daniel A. Miller; Jeremy Newberger
Main cast
Morton Downey, Jr.; Gloria Allred; Michele Bachmann; Glenn Beck; Richard Bey
Genres
Documentary
Description
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." Ãvocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.
Seth Kramer; Daniel A. Miller; Jeremy Newberger
Main cast
Morton Downey, Jr.; Gloria Allred; Michele Bachmann; Glenn Beck; Richard Bey
Genres
Documentary
Description
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." Ãvocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the '80s and ultimately its most notorious agitator.
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