Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004

English

7.6

♡ 6

100%

los angeles, california

memory

retrospective

Xan Cassavetes Director

Quentin Tarantino as Self

Sam Peckinpah as Self

Alan Rudolph as Self

Jacqueline Bisset as Self

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.