Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

6.973

121 minutes

5/16/2004

Overview

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 List

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