Movie Description
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
(1997)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jon Else,Linda Harrar
- Producer : Jon Else,Linda Harrar
- Writer : Jon Else
- Editor : Glenn Hunsberger,Deborah Hoffmann,Robert Dalva
- Cast : Alfre Woodard,Marc Reisner,Catherine Mulholland,Clara Rambeau,Kevin Starr,Robert Towne,Ernie Kinney,Cynthia Irwin,Flora Nash,Howard Holland,Vernon Miller,Robert Phillips,George Miller,Elma Blaver,Sally Gaines,David Gaines,Augie Hess,Patricia Mulroy,Blaine Hamann,Barry Goldwater,Floyd Dominy,Daniel Beard,David Brower,Tommy Nelson,Ila Clements,Ferrell Secakuku,David Wegner,Katie Lee,Martin Litton,Jack Woolf,Leland Sparks,Martin Semper,Jeff Edwards,Kathleen Brown,Pete Peña Jr.,Pete Peña Sr.,Jason Peltier,Dean MacCannell,Tony Silva,Gary Zahm,John Harris,Sandra Postel,Harris Chan,Tiahoga Ruge,Hillel Shuval,Amos Banin,Jad Isaac,Dan Luecke,Charles Wilkinson,Ken Strom,Chips Barry,Steven Flanders,Glenn France,Elsa Lopez,Martha Davis,Alejandro Robles,Franklin D. Roosevelt,John F. Kennedy,Jimmy Carter,Bill Clinton,George H. W. Bush
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'
Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter
Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe
Self - California State Librarian
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe
Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75
Self - Congressman, California
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Self - Manager, Hoover Dam
Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995
Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club
Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker
Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker
Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe
Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies
Self - River Runner
Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors
Self - Grower
Self
Self - Semper Truck Lines
Self - Tulare Basin
Self - California State Treasurer
Self - Truck Driver
Self - Farm Laborer
Self - Manager, CVP Water Association
Self - Sociologist, University of California
Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978
Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Self - Westlands Grower
Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'
Self - Three Gorges Engineer
Self - Director, CICEANA
Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot
Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem
Self - Environmental Defense Fund
Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Self - National Audubon Society
Self - Director, Denver Water Department
Self - City Ice Company
Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ
Self - Metropolitan Water District
Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee
Self - Conservation International
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Posters
Facts
Original TitleCadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Status Released
Release Information
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1997-06-24
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 04h 11m
Production CompaniesKTEH,PBS,Trans Pacific Television
Genres
- Documentary
- History
