Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Xan Cassavetes
2004-05-16


6.9
121 min

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

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