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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

MOVIE • 2006

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Once “California’s Riviera”, the Salton Sea is now America’s worst ecological disaster.

The Salton Sea: An inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California. This film details the rise and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the "California Riviera" where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in paradise to its present state of decaying, forgotten ecological disaster.

TMDB ★ 3.5/5Votes: 11
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Top Cast

John Waters

John Waters

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono

Himself (archival footage)

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Norm Niver

Himself

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Petre Melvin

Himself

Leonard Knight

Leonard Knight

Himself

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Bobbie Todhunter

Herself

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Steve Horvitz

Himself

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Lechon Rainey

Herself

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Paul Clement

Himself

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Self (archival footage)

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Chris Metzler

Director

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Jeff Springer

Director

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Chris Metzler

Producer

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Bill Elm

Original Music Composer

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February 24, 2006

Runtime

57 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

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