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Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION

By | May 2005

AIRS ON IFC, MAY 14TH! The picture makes a case for placing Harvey on the Mount Rushmore of film preservationists — his broadcasts of uncut versions of “1900” and “Heaven’s Gate,” among others, helped rehabilitate the reputations of maligned films…

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Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION

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