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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

  • May 2004
  • 2hrs

    1min

  • History
  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Xan Cassavetes,

    Ed Carroll,

    Alison Palmer Bourke,

    Starring

    James Woods,

    Jacqueline Bisset,

    Kris Kristofferson,

    Theresa Russell

    ...

    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.