Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (TV)
2004 · Documentary · 120 min. · United States
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
Direction Xan Cassavetes
Cast Robert Altman · Jacqueline Bisset · Jim Jarmusch · Kris Kristofferson · Andrei Rublev · Penelope Spheeris · Quentin Tarantino · Paul Verhoeven · James Woods · Vilmos Zsigmond · Vera Carlisle Anderson · C.L. Batten · Ernest Borgnine · Charles Champlin · David Chasman · Stuart Cooper · F.X. Feeney · James B. Harris · Jerry Harvey · William Holden · Don Hyde · Charles H. Joffe · Henry Jaglom · Bill Mechanic · Ned Nalle · Alexander Payne · Sam Peckinpah · Doreen Ringer Ross · Chuck Ross · Alan Rudolph · Theresa Russell · Timothy Ryerson · Jeff Schwager · Bob Strock · Kevin Thomas · Jonathan Turell · Douglas Venturelli · John McNally
Soundtrack Steven Hufsteter
Cinematography John Pirozzi
Original title Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (TV)
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