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Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Red Band Trailer (2013)

Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star: controversial talk-show host Morton Downey, Jr.

In the late '80s, Downey tore apart the traditional talk format by turning debate of current issues into a gladiator pit. His blow-smoke-in-your-face style drew a rabid cult following, but also the title "Father of Trash Television." Was his show a platform for the working man or an incubator for Snooki and The Situation? Ironbound Films' Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie dissects the mind and motivation of television's most notorious agitator.

Lower the safety bar for a rollercoaster ride through Downey's euphoric ascent to fame and nauseating plummet to infamy. Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie features interviews with Herman Cain, Pat Buchanan, Chris Elliott, Gloria Allred, Sally Jessy Raphael, Alan Dershowitz, Curtis Sliwa, and Richard Bey. Never-before-seen footage reveals Downey's behind-the-scenes fistfights and foibles. Animation recreates the legends of Downey that bounce between executive nightmare and schoolboy fantasy.

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie also features an exclusive interview with Steven Pagones, the white assistant district attorney accused in 1988 of raping black teenager Tawana Brawley. Brawley advocate Al Sharpton refused to be interviewed for Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie , but there is shocking footage of him taped during a Morton Downey Jr. Show commercial break.

Duration
0 min 54 sec

Views
13,232

Posted On
June 04, 2013
Director
Daniel Miller

Writer
Unknown or Not Available

Studio
Magnolia Pictures

Release
June 7, 2013
Cast
Unknown or Not Available
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