poster

2013

(06/07/2013) (US)

Documentary,

1h 27m

60

User Score

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.

2013

60

User Score

(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.

Cast

Morton Downey, Jr.

Morton Downey, Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Larry King

Larry King

Self (archive footage)

Lloyd Kaufman

Lloyd Kaufman

Self (archive footage)

Wally George

Wally George

Self (archive footage)