Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
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.
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2006)
Chris Metzler
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
6.8/10
10 votes
Rating consensus
68/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~68/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
John Waters
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sonny Bono
Himself (archival footage)
Norm Niver
Himself
Petre Melvin
Himself
Leonard Knight
Himself
Bobbie Todhunter
Herself
Steve Horvitz
Himself
Lechon Rainey
Herself
Paul Clement
Himself
Newt Gingrich
Self (archival footage)
Community Ledger
No logs yet — yours would be the first on Risocast.
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2006)
Chris Metzler
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