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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Feb 24, 2006
74 min
Documentary
6.6/ 10
9 votes

Overview

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.

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TMDB
6.6/10
9 votes
IMDB
7.4/10
701 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
72/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

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US Box Office$53,471Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

7 wins

Details

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Status

Released

Original Language

en

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Production Companies

Tilapia Film

Cast & Crew

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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

No Image

Paul Clement

Himself

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich

Self (archival footage)

Crew

C

Chris Metzler

Producer

Production

J

Jeff Springer

Director

Directing

B

Bill Elm

Original Music Composer

Sound

C

Chris Metzler

Director

Directing

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