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

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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)

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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41 cast members

Name	Known for
Jerry Harvey Self - Program Director, Z Channel (archive footage) Self - Program Director, Z Channel (archive footage) See fewer	China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
Chuck Ross Self - Z's Top Door-to-Door Salesman Self - Z's Top Door-to-Door Salesman See fewer	Mike Hammer (1958)
Timothy Ryerson Self - Future Z Asst. Programmer Self - Future Z Asst. Programmer See fewer	Tiger Street (1998)
Bob Strock Self - Z Marketing Executive Self - Z Marketing Executive See fewer	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Quentin Tarantino Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Edwin Michaelove Self - Founding Z Programmer Self - Founding Z Programmer See fewer	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
F.X. Feeney Self - Film Critic Self - Film Critic See fewer	The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Jerry Pam Self - Z Producer Self - Z Producer See fewer	Highpoint (1982)
C.L. Batten Self - English Professor, UCLA Self - English Professor, UCLA See fewer	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Douglas Venturelli Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)
Kevin Thomas Self - Film Critic Self - Film Critic See fewer	Wolfman's Got Nards (2018)
Robert Altman Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Don Hyde Self - Friend of Peckinpah & Jerry Harvey Self - Friend of Peckinpah & Jerry Harvey See fewer	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
James B. Harris Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	The Killing (1956)
Doreen Ringer Ross Self - Longtime Girlfriend Self - Longtime Girlfriend See fewer	Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003)
Vera Anderson Self - First Wife Self - First Wife See fewer	The Dogwalker (1999)
Bill Mechanic Self - Former Programmer, Select TV Self - Former Programmer, Select TV See fewer	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Jonathan Turell Self - Janus Films / Criterion Collection Self - Janus Films / Criterion Collection See fewer	Fellini's Homecoming (2006)
Ned Nalle Self - Film Executive, Universal Self - Film Executive, Universal See fewer	Legend of the Seeker (2008)
Henry Jaglom Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	New Year's Day (1989)
Alan Rudolph Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Trouble in Mind (1985)
Charles Champlin Self - Film Critic Self - Film Critic See fewer	The Player (1992)
Stuart Cooper Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	The Investigation (II) (2016)
David Chasman Self - File Executive, MGM / UA Self - File Executive, MGM / UA See fewer	The Secret of My Success (1987)
Alexander Payne Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Nebraska (2013)
Vilmos Zsigmond Self - Cinematographer Self - Cinematographer See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
James Woods Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	Vampires (1998)
Charles H. Joffe Self - Producer (as Charles Joffe) Self - Producer (as Charles Joffe) See fewer	Annie Hall (1977)
Andrea Grossman Self - Z Programming Assistant Self - Z Programming Assistant See fewer	Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011)
Penelope Spheeris Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Suburbia (1983)
Theresa Russell Self - Actress Self - Actress See fewer	Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Jim Jarmusch Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Jacqueline Bisset Self - Actress Self - Actress See fewer	Bullitt (1968)
Jeff Schwager Self - Z Assistant Programmer Self - Z Assistant Programmer See fewer	Chapelwaite (2021)
Paul Verhoeven Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	RoboCop (1987)
Ernest Borgnine Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Marty (1955)
William Holden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Kris Kristofferson Self Self See fewer	Blade (1998)
John McNally Self (Interviewer) (voice) Self (Interviewer) (voice) See fewer	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Sam Peckinpah Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wild Bunch (1969)
Andrei Rublev Self Self See fewer	Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)