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| From 1974 to 1989, Z Channel graced the Los Angeles airwaves as one of the country's first pay-television stations. Though its subscription rate barely reached into the hundred thousands, the cable station presaged later channels such as Sundance and IFC with an eclectic slate of movie programming that included art-house, foreign, independent, classic, and otherwise rare and/or out-of-the-mainstream films--this at at time when VCRs and cable were still in their infancy and cinephiles had to frequent repertory theaters to quench their cinematic thirsts. Z Channel's visionary approach was the brainchild of its main programmer, Jerry Harvey, who shaped the station's offerings with his encyclopedic knowledge and impeccable taste as well as innovations like director's cuts and theme nights. Unfortunately, the very qualities that made Harvey such a cinematic obsessive also lent themselves to emotional instability, and both he and Z Channel came to an abrupt end when he killed his wife and then himself one trag... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Education/General Interest |
| Directors: |
Xan Cassavetes |
| UPC: |
829567025529, 829567025536 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 0min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD, VHS |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Subgenre: |
Film About Film |
| Release Date: |
2004 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS
- 2hr 0min
- Arts Alliance America
- October 11, 2005
- Not Rated
- 829567025536
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Professional Reviews
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(10/01/2007, p.132, Damon Wise): 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n extraordinary piece of work that succeeds....What stays in the mind is Harvey's impeccable and infectious enthusiasm." |
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