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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

FEB 24, 2006 · 57 MIN · DIR. JEFF SPRINGER

Documentary

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.

Cast

  • John Waters

    John Waters

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Sonny Bono

    Sonny Bono

    Himself (archival footage)

  • Norm Niver

    Himself

  • Petre Melvin

    Himself

  • Leonard Knight

    Leonard Knight

    Himself

  • Bobbie Todhunter

    Herself

  • Steve Horvitz

    Himself

  • Lechon Rainey

    Herself

  • Paul Clement

    Himself

  • Newt Gingrich

    Newt Gingrich

    Self (archival footage)

Crew

Editor

Jeff Springer

Original Music Composer

Bill Elm

Producer

Chris Metzler