Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
1997 | 251m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Jon Else, Linda Harrar |
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| Writer: | Jon Else, Marc Reisner, Sandra Postel |
| Staring: |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 | Director, Cinematography, Writer |
| 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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