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68% Critic Match
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
“Once “California’s Riviera”, the Salton Sea is now America’s worst ecological disaster.”
6.8 / 10• 2006• 57m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
John Waters
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lead
Sonny Bono
Himself (archival footage)
NN
Norm Niver
Himself
PM
Petre Melvin
Himself
Leonard Knight
Himself
BT
Bobbie Todhunter
Herself
SH
Steve Horvitz
Himself
LR
Lechon Rainey
Herself
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Chris Metzler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
