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  • Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
  • R
    TV Movie | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
R
TV Movie | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of Z Channel, one of the first U.S. pay cable stations and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974 in LA, their eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
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Director
Producers
Marshall Persinger (produced by) | Rick Ross (produced by)
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Cinematographer
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Updated May 3, 2004

Release date
Oct 13, 2004 (United States)

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Cast

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41 cast members
Name Known for
Jerry Harvey
Self - Program Director, Z Channel (archive footage) Self - Program Director, Z Channel (archive footage)   See fewer
Chuck Ross
Self - Z's Top Door-to-Door Salesman Self - Z's Top Door-to-Door Salesman   See fewer
Timothy Ryerson
Self - Future Z Asst. Programmer Self - Future Z Asst. Programmer   See fewer
Bob Strock
Self - Z Marketing Executive Self - Z Marketing Executive   See fewer
Quentin Tarantino
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Edwin Michaelove
Self - Founding Z Programmer Self - Founding Z Programmer   See fewer
F.X. Feeney
Self - Film Critic Self - Film Critic   See fewer
Jerry Pam
Self - Z Producer Self - Z Producer   See fewer
C.L. Batten
Self - English Professor, UCLA Self - English Professor, UCLA   See fewer
Douglas Venturelli
Self - Friend Self - Friend   See fewer
Kevin Thomas
Self - Film Critic Self - Film Critic   See fewer
Robert Altman
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Don Hyde
Self - Friend of Peckinpah & Jerry Harvey Self - Friend of Peckinpah & Jerry Harvey   See fewer
James B. Harris
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Doreen Ringer Ross
Self - Longtime Girlfriend Self - Longtime Girlfriend   See fewer
Vera Anderson
Self - First Wife Self - First Wife   See fewer
Bill Mechanic
Self - Former Programmer, Select TV Self - Former Programmer, Select TV   See fewer
Jonathan Turell
Self - Janus Films / Criterion Collection Self - Janus Films / Criterion Collection   See fewer
Ned Nalle
Self - Film Executive, Universal Self - Film Executive, Universal   See fewer
Henry Jaglom
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Alan Rudolph
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Charles Champlin
Self - Film Critic Self - Film Critic   See fewer
Stuart Cooper
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
David Chasman
Self - File Executive, MGM / UA Self - File Executive, MGM / UA   See fewer
Alexander Payne
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Self - Cinematographer Self - Cinematographer   See fewer
James Woods
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
Charles H. Joffe
Self - Producer (as Charles Joffe) Self - Producer (as Charles Joffe)   See fewer
Andrea Grossman
Self - Z Programming Assistant Self - Z Programming Assistant   See fewer
Penelope Spheeris
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Theresa Russell
Self - Actress Self - Actress   See fewer
Jim Jarmusch
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Jacqueline Bisset
Self - Actress Self - Actress   See fewer
Jeff Schwager
Self - Z Assistant Programmer Self - Z Assistant Programmer   See fewer
Paul Verhoeven
Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker   See fewer
Ernest Borgnine
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William Holden
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John McNally
Self (Interviewer) (voice) Self (Interviewer) (voice)   See fewer
Sam Peckinpah
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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