use of letterboxing on television, as well as showing "director's cut" versions of films (which is a term popularized after Z Channel's showing of Heaven's Gate). Z Channel's devotion to cinema and choice of rare and important films had an influence on such directors as Robert Altman, Quentin Tarantino, and Jim Jarmusch. The channel was the subject of the 2004 documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, which was directed by Alexandra Cassavetes, daughter of John Cassavetes. Selected films that aired on Z Channel 1900 48 Hrs. A Clockwork Orange A Touch of Class Airplane! Airport 1975 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore All That Jazz American Graffiti ...And Justice for All Apocalypse Now At Long Last Love Beverly Hills Cop Black Christmas Black Orpheus Blazing Saddles The Blue Lagoon The Blues Brothers Das Boot Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Caddyshack California Suite Candleshoe Chan Is Missing The Charge of the Light Brigade The China Syndrome City Lights Coal Miner's Daughter Corvette Summer Crocodile Dundee The Dark Crystal Death Race 2000 Desperately Seeking Susan Diva Dressed to Kill Electra Glide in Blue The Electric Horseman Eyes of Laura Mars Fatso Fiddler on the Roof Freebie and the Bean The Front The Front Page The Goodbye Girl The Great American Cowboy The Great Gatsby The Great Santini Harry and Tonto Heaven's Gate How I Won the War I Vitelloni Ikuru It's Alive Jesus Christ Superstar Johnny Guitar Julia The Last Starfighter The Leopard Let It Be Los Olvidados Love and Death MacArthur Magnum Force The Man Who Fell to Earth McCabe and Mrs. Miller Midnight Cowboy The Mission My Darling Clementine National Lampoon's Vacation North Dallas Forty On Golden Pond Once Upon A Time in America One on One The Onion Field Ordinary People Overlord The Parallax View Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid Paths of Glory Prince of the City The Prisoner of Second Avenue Private Benjamin Rear Window Ride the High Country Rocky Running Scared Salvador Same Time, Next Year Scarecrow The Seduction of Mimi Silver Streak Something for Everyone Somewhere in Time The Song Remains the Same The Spider's Stratagem A Star is Born (1937) A Star is Born (1976) Stardust Memories The Sting The Story of Adele H Straw Dogs The Super Cops That Most Important Thing: Love The Wind and the Lion The Yakuza Thieves Like Us Throne of Blood Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Time Bandits The