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.
Comes with 24 page collector's booklet with original reproduced Z Magazine reviews.

Special Features:
Director's Commentary featuring film crew.
DV1 Propaganda
Pat Garret & Billy the Kid - An obsession with
Uncut film
Touch of Evil
Spetters
3 Woman - & Robert Altman
Peckinpah meets Fellini
AFI Tribute Segment - panel discussion
On the film Scene
The Uncut Gerry Harvey Radio Interview
Z Cinematic Montage
The Chronology of Z Channel
Filmmaker Biographies