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Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
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Description
Before Video, before the Internet and before Digital Television, one man delivered the world of cinema into American homes, uncut and without commercials, and created a revolution.
Launched in Los Angeles during 1974 to little fan fare, Z Channel was one of America's first pay cable stations. However it wasn't until 1980 when maverick programmer Jerry Harvey took over as Z Channel's Head of Programming that the station reached legendary status within the homes of Hollywoods most influential players and future pariahs.
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession chronicles Harvey's emergence as a brilliant programmer who revolutionized what movies Americans could watch. But as Z Channel soared to new heights, Harvey's emotional and physiological descent was as brutally rapid, cumulating in a shocking murder/suicide and the eventual demise of Z Channel itself.
Directed by Xan Cassavetes, the daughter of legendary filmmaker Jon Cassavetes, Z Channel includes interviews with Robert Altman, Jim Jarmusch, Alexander Payne, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Verhoeven, Jacqueline Bisset, Theresa Russell, James Woods, F.X. Feeney and many, many more.
Features clips from such renowned films as Das Boot, The Wild Bunch, Salvador, Dr. Strangelove, The Empire Strikes Back, Heaven's Gate, La Strada, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Once Upon a Time in America, Pandora's Box, Paths of Glory, Turkish Delight, A Safe Place and many others.
Launched in Los Angeles during 1974 to little fan fare, Z Channel was one of America's first pay cable stations. However it wasn't until 1980 when maverick programmer Jerry Harvey took over as Z Channel's Head of Programming that the station reached legendary status within the homes of Hollywoods most influential players and future pariahs.
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession chronicles Harvey's emergence as a brilliant programmer who revolutionized what movies Americans could watch. But as Z Channel soared to new heights, Harvey's emotional and physiological descent was as brutally rapid, cumulating in a shocking murder/suicide and the eventual demise of Z Channel itself.
Directed by Xan Cassavetes, the daughter of legendary filmmaker Jon Cassavetes, Z Channel includes interviews with Robert Altman, Jim Jarmusch, Alexander Payne, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Verhoeven, Jacqueline Bisset, Theresa Russell, James Woods, F.X. Feeney and many, many more.
Features clips from such renowned films as Das Boot, The Wild Bunch, Salvador, Dr. Strangelove, The Empire Strikes Back, Heaven's Gate, La Strada, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Once Upon a Time in America, Pandora's Box, Paths of Glory, Turkish Delight, A Safe Place and many others.
Details
Released: Wed 11 Oct 2006
Catalogue Number: 198493
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean What are DVD regions?
- Actors: Robert Altman, FX Feeney, Gerry Harvey, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Verhoeven, James Woods
- Director: Xan Cassavetes
- Distributor: DV1
- Feature:
- 24 page booklet
- Over 30 minutes of extra interviews and film clips by Robert Altman, Paul Verhoeven and many, many more. Featuring the untold story of Peckinpah’s “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid”.
- Feature length audio Commentary by director Xan Cassavetes, daughter of legendary filmmaker Jon Cassavetes.
- On the Film Scene with Critic Charles Champlin interviewing Hollywood Luminaries such as David Lean, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Speilberg and Jessica Lange.
- “Castaway’s Choice” Full length radio interview with Jerry Harvey by radio show host John McNally.
- AFI Tribute to Z with panelist Oliver Stone, Monte Hellman, Richard Brookes, Kris Kristofferson and Charles Joffee.
- A chronology of Z Channel’s Rise and Fall.
- The Z Channel montage featuring footage from some of cinema’s greatest films.
- Discs: 2
- Format: PAL
- Running Time: 120 minutes
Track Listing
| Disk 1 | |
| 1. | Director’s Commentary Featuring Film Crew |
| 2. | Scene Selection |
| 3. | Dv1 Propaganda |
| Disk 2 | |
| 1. | Pat Garret & Billy The Kid – An Obsession With Uncut Film |
| 2. | Touch Of Evil |
| 3. | Spetters |
| 4. | 3 Woman – & Robert Altman |
| 5. | Peckinpah Meets Fellini |
| 6. | Afi Tribute Segment – Panel Discussion |
| 7. | On The Film Scene |
| 8. | The Uncut Gerry Harvey Radio Interview |
| 9. | Z Cinematic Montage |
| 10. | The Chronology Of Z Channel. |
| 11. | Filmmaker Biographies |
Availability
Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.
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