Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 1997-06-24
  • Runtime: 4h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: KTEH
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Jon Else, Linda Harrar.

Summary

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.

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  • Alfre Woodard

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Marc Reisner

    as Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

  • Catherine Mulholland

    as Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

  • Clara Rambeau

    as Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

  • Kevin Starr

    as Self - California State Librarian

  • Robert Towne

    as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

  • Ernie Kinney

    as Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Cynthia Irwin

    as Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Flora Nash

    as Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Howard Holland

    as Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Vernon Miller

    as Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

  • Robert Phillips

    as Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

  • George Miller

    as Self - Congressman, California

  • Elma Blaver

    as Self - Mono Lake Resident

  • Sally Gaines

    as Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

  • David Gaines

    as Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)

  • Augie Hess

    as Self - Mono Lake Resident

  • Patricia Mulroy

    as Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

  • Blaine Hamann

    as Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

  • Barry Goldwater

    as Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

  • Floyd Dominy

    as Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

  • Daniel Beard

    as Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

  • David Brower

    as Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

  • Tommy Nelson

    as Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

  • Ila Clements

    as Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

  • Ferrell Secakuku

    as Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

  • David Wegner

    as Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

  • Katie Lee

    as Self - River Runner

  • Martin Litton

    as Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

  • Jack Woolf

    as Self - Grower

  • Leland Sparks

    as Self

  • Martin Semper

    as Self - Semper Truck Lines

  • Jeff Edwards

    as Self - Tulare Basin

  • Kathleen Brown

    as Self - California State Treasurer

  • Pete Peña Jr.

    as Self - Truck Driver

  • Pete Peña Sr.

    as Self - Farm Laborer

  • Jason Peltier

    as Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

  • Dean MacCannell

    as Self - Sociologist, University of California

  • Tony Silva

    as Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

  • Gary Zahm

    as Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

  • John Harris

    as Self - Westlands Grower

  • Sandra Postel

    as Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

  • Harris Chan

    as Self - Three Gorges Engineer

  • Tiahoga Ruge

    as Self - Director, CICEANA

  • Hillel Shuval

    as Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

  • Amos Banin

    as Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

  • Jad Isaac

    as Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

  • Dan Luecke

    as Self - Environmental Defense Fund

  • Charles Wilkinson

    as Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

  • Ken Strom

    as Self - National Audubon Society

  • Chips Barry

    as Self - Director, Denver Water Department

  • Steven Flanders

    as Self - City Ice Company

  • Glenn France

    as Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

  • Elsa Lopez

    as Self - Metropolitan Water District

  • Martha Davis

    as Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

  • Alejandro Robles

    as Self - Conservation International

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    as Self (archive footage)

  • John F. Kennedy

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Jimmy Carter

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Bill Clinton

    as Self (archive footage)

  • George H. W. Bush

    as Self (archive footage)
Directing Jon Else Director
Directing Linda Harrar Director
Production Jon Else Producer
Production Linda Harrar Producer
Production Jonathan T. Taplin Executive Producer
Writing Jon Else Writer
Production Sandra Itkoff Executive Producer
Production Ramona S. Diaz Associate Producer
Editing Deborah Hoffmann Editor
Production Kirsten Jones Neff Associate Producer
Production Jonathan Halperin Associate Producer
Production Deborah Fryers Associate Producer
Production Dan McCann Line Producer
Crew Jamie'Stobie Post-Production Manager
Production Richard Berge Production Coordinator
Editing Martha Olson Jarocki Archival Footage Coordinator
Sound John Haptas Location Sound Recordist
Editing Jon Shenk Assistant Editor
Production Todd Wagner Researcher
Sound Jay Boekelheide Sound Designer
Editing Robert Dalva Editor
Editing Glenn Hunsberger Editor
Sound David Linstrom Location Sound Recordist
Crew H.J. Brown Cinematography
Crew Michael Chin Cinematography
Crew Jon Else Cinematography
Writing Marc Reisner Book
Sound Martin Bresnick Original Music Composer
Sound Rena Kosersky Music Consultant
Writing Sandra Postel Book
Camera Don Briggs Additional Photography
Camera Stephen Lighthill Additional Photography
Camera Brett Wiley Additional Photography
Crew Phil Tuwaletstiwa Thanks

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