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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2006)
Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California. This award-winning film from directors Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer 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. From wonderland to wasteland, PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA captures a place far more interesting than the shopping malls and parking lots of suburban America, a wacky world where a beer-swilling Hungarian Revolutionary, a geriatric nudist, and a religious zealot building a monument to God all find solace and community.
Updated May 10 2020
Cast
Sonny Bono
Himself
Norm Niver
Himself
Petre Melvin
Himself
Leonard Knight
Himself
Bobbie Todhunter
Herself
Steve Horvitz
Himself
Lechon Rainey
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Crew
Friends of Dean Martinez
Original Music Composer
Chris Metzler
Director
Chris Metzler
Cinematography
Jeff Springer
Director
Jeff Springer
Cinematography
Jeff Springer
Editor
Chris Metzler
Producer
Bill Elm
Original Music Composer
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