SOME OF MY CONTRIBUTIONS
TO Z CHANNEL PROGRAMMING

Premieres

The Grim Reaper  (United States premiere of Bernardo Bertolucci's first film) Ludwig (exclusive television premiere of Luchino Visconti's four-hour epic) The Bat Whispers (exclusive television premiere of 1930 wide-screen horror movie) Ossessione (exclusive television premiere of Luchino Visconti's neo-realist classic) Son of the Sheik (Rudolph Valentino film with Z Channel -commissioned score) The Memphis Belle (television premiere of William Wyler's World War II documentary) Mexican Bus Ride aka Subida al Cielo (exclusive television premiere of rare Luis Buñuel film)

Director's Cuts

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah) Cul de Sac (Roman Polanski)

Crisis in Conflict: Great Directors Focus on War (Film Festival)

Full Metal Jacket (non-exclusive television premiere of Stanley Kubrick film) Night and Fog (Alain Resnais) Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais) The Big Parade (King Vidor) Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir) The Shame (Ingmar Begman) The Sacrifice (Andrei Tarkovsky) They Were Expendable (John Ford) The Killing Fields (Roland Joffé)

Secret Agent Men (Film Festival)

The Living Daylights  (non-exclusive television premiere of James Bond film) Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard) Man Hunt (Fritz Lang) Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock)

Back to School (Film Festival)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off The Blackboard Jungle The Happiest Days of Your Life (Alastair Sim) College (Buster Keaton) Maedchen in Uniform (controversial German classic)

Tribute to UCLA Film & Television Archive (exclusive television premieres of classic restorations)

Applause My Man Godfrey Becky Sharp (restored -- first 3-color Technicolor feature film) A Star Is Born (1937) Stagecoach (John Wayne)

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