Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
4h 11m
Running Time
June 24, 1997Release Date
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
4h 11m
Running Time
June 24, 1997Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.

Alfre Woodard
Narrator (voice)

Marc Reisner
Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert' / Book

Catherine Mulholland
Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

Clara Rambeau
Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

Kevin Starr
Self - California State Librarian

David Brower
Self

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' / Book

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)

Jon Else
Director / Producer / Writer / Cinematography

Linda Harrar
Director / Producer

Jonathan T. Taplin
Executive Producer

Sandra Itkoff
Executive Producer

Ramona S. Diaz
Associate Producer

Deborah Hoffmann
Editor

Kirsten Jones Neff
Associate Producer

Jonathan Halperin
Associate Producer

Deborah Fryers
Associate Producer

Dan McCann
Line Producer

Jamie'Stobie
Post-Production Manager

Richard Berge
Production Coordinator

Martha Olson Jarocki
Archival Footage Coordinator

John Haptas
Location Sound Recordist

Jon Shenk
Assistant Editor

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

Martin Bresnick
Original Music Composer

Rena Kosersky
Music Consultant

Don Briggs
Additional Photography

Stephen Lighthill
Additional Photography
Details.
This Movie Is About.
california
environmental conservation
farming
irrigation
water
israel
mexico city
palestine
denver, colorado
grand canyon
jordan
dam
water shortage
las vegas
pesticide
water pollution
birth defect
salmon
flood
drought
aqueduct
american west
water rights
yangtze river
civil engineering
phoenix arizona
sierra club
hoover dam
agribusiness
sanitation
california desert
colorado river
gaza
dam collapse
extinct animal
hydroelectric dam
fisheries
water conservation
Wiki.
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature is a 1997 American four-part documentary series about water, money, politics, and the transformation of nature. The film was directed by Jon H. Else and Linda Harrar.