Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2h 1m
HistoryDocumentary
7.1

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.

Cast

Quentin Tarantino
Self
Robert Altman
Self
Jim Jarmusch
Self
Paul Verhoeven
Self
Alexander Payne
Self
James Woods
Self
Henry Jaglom
Self
Jacqueline Bisset
Self
Kris Kristofferson
Self
Theresa Russell
Self
Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
Penelope Spheeris
Self
James B. Harris
Self
Vera Carlisle Anderson
Self
Doreen Ringer Ross
Self
Douglas Venturelli
Self
Kevin Thomas
Self
Jerry Harvey
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Xan Cassavetes
Director
Iain Kennedy
Editor
John Pirozzi
Director of Photography
Ed Carroll
Executive Producer
Alison Palmer Bourke
Executive Producer
Rick Ross
Producer
Steve Matzkin
Producer
Marshall Persinger
Producer
Leslie Lowell
Associate Producer
Jonathan Montepare
Associate Producer
F. X. Feeney
Co-Producer
Steven Hufsteter
Original Music Composer
Susan Heimbeinder
Supervising Producer

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