Z Channel was a pay television channel that operated in Los Angeles and showcased motion pictures. It featured contemporary blockbusters, international cinema and American classics. Its amazing breadth of programming -- Director's cuts, rare films and provocative festivals, supplemented with Z Channel Magazine -- has never been duplicated on television.Following are some of my favorite programming contributions to Z Channel: |
| 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) |
| Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah) Cul de Sac (Roman Polanski) |
| 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) |
| The Living Daylights (non-exclusive television premiere of
James Bond film) Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard) Man Hunt (Fritz Lang) Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock) |
| 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) |
| 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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