

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
2006 · Movie · 57m
Documentary
"Once “California’s Riviera”, the Salton Sea is now America’s worst ecological disaster."
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
72/100
Key crew
- Jeff SpringerDirector
- Bill ElmOriginal Music Composer
- Chris MetzlerDirector
Cast
- John WatersSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Sonny BonoHimself (archival footage)
- Norm NiverHimself
- Petre MelvinHimself
- Leonard KnightHimself
- Bobbie TodhunterHerself
- Steve HorvitzHimself
- Lechon RaineyHerself
- Paul ClementHimself
- Newt GingrichSelf (archival footage)
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