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Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

1997 | 251m | English

(84 votes)

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Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries.
Release Date: Jun 24, 1997
Director: Jon Else, Linda Harrar
Writer: Jon Else, Marc Reisner, Sandra Postel
Genres: History, Documentary
Keywords california, israel, palestine, mexico city, mexico, denver, colorado, grand canyon, jordan, dam, water shortage, las vegas, pesticide, water pollution, birth defect, salmon, flood, environmental conservation, drought, farming, aqueduct, american west, irrigation, water rights, yangtze river, civil engineering, phoenix, arizona, sierra club, hoover dam, agribusiness, sanitation, california desert, colorado river, water, gaza, dam collapse, extinct animal, hydroelectric dam, fisheries, water conservation
Production Companies KTEH, PBS, Trans Pacific Television
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 03, 2024
Entered: May 05, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Character
Alfre Woodard Narrator (voice)
Marc Reisner Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'
Catherine Mulholland Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter
Clara Rambeau Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe
Kevin Starr Self - California State Librarian
Robert Towne Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Ernie Kinney Self - Owens Valley Resident
Cynthia Irwin Self - Owens Valley Resident
Flora Nash Self - Owens Valley Resident
Howard Holland Self - Owens Valley Resident
Vernon Miller Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe
Robert Phillips Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75
George Miller Self - Congressman, California
Elma Blaver Self - Mono Lake Resident
Sally Gaines Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee
David Gaines Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)
Augie Hess Self - Mono Lake Resident
Patricia Mulroy Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Blaine Hamann Self - Manager, Hoover Dam
Barry Goldwater Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
Floyd Dominy Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969
Daniel Beard Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995
David Brower Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club
Tommy Nelson Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker
Ila Clements Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker
Ferrell Secakuku Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe
David Wegner Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies
Katie Lee Self - River Runner
Martin Litton Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors
Jack Woolf Self - Grower
Leland Sparks Self
Martin Semper Self - Semper Truck Lines
Jeff Edwards Self - Tulare Basin
Kathleen Brown Self - California State Treasurer
Pete Peña Jr. Self - Truck Driver
Pete Peña Sr. Self - Farm Laborer
Jason Peltier Self - Manager, CVP Water Association
Dean MacCannell Self - Sociologist, University of California
Tony Silva Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978
Gary Zahm Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service
John Harris Self - Westlands Grower
Sandra Postel Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'
Harris Chan Self - Three Gorges Engineer
Tiahoga Ruge Self - Director, CICEANA
Hillel Shuval Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Amos Banin Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot
Jad Isaac Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem
Dan Luecke Self - Environmental Defense Fund
Charles Wilkinson Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Ken Strom Self - National Audubon Society
Chips Barry Self - Director, Denver Water Department
Steven Flanders Self - City Ice Company
Glenn France Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ
Elsa Lopez Self - Metropolitan Water District
Martha Davis Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee
Alejandro Robles Self - Conservation International
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush Self (archive footage)
Name Job
Stephen Lighthill Additional Photography
Jon Else Cinematography, Writer, Director
Deborah Hoffmann Editor
Jon Shenk Assistant Editor
Linda Harrar Director
Dan McCann Line Producer
Jamie'Stobie Post-Production Manager
Richard Berge Production Coordinator
Martha Olson Jarocki Archival Footage Coordinator
John Haptas Location Sound Recordist
Todd Wagner Researcher
Jay Boekelheide Sound Designer
Robert Dalva Editor
Glenn Hunsberger Editor
David Linstrom Location Sound Recordist
H.J. Brown Cinematography
Michael Chin Cinematography
Marc Reisner Book
Martin Bresnick Original Music Composer
Rena Kosersky Music Consultant
Sandra Postel Book
Don Briggs Additional Photography
Brett Wiley Additional Photography
Phil Tuwaletstiwa Thanks
Name Title
Jon Else Producer
Ramona S. Diaz Associate Producer
Linda Harrar Producer
Jonathan T. Taplin Executive Producer
Sandra Itkoff Executive Producer
Kirsten Jones Neff Associate Producer
Jonathan Halperin Associate Producer
Deborah Fryers Associate Producer
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