Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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

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Genre: Documentary, History
Runtime: 4hr 11min
Director: Linda Harrar

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    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

    Narrator (voice)

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    Marc Reisner

    Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

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    Catherine Mulholland

    Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

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    Clara Rambeau

    Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

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    Kevin Starr

    Self - California State Librarian

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    Robert Towne

    Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

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    Ernie Kinney

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

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    Cynthia Irwin

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

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    Flora Nash

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

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    Howard Holland

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

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    Vernon Miller

    Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

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    Robert Phillips

    Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

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    George Miller

    Self - Congressman, California

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    Elma Blaver

    Self - Mono Lake Resident

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    Sally Gaines

    Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

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    David Gaines

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

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    Augie Hess

    Self - Mono Lake Resident

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    Patricia Mulroy

    Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

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    Blaine Hamann

    Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

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    Barry Goldwater

    Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

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    Floyd Dominy

    Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

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    Daniel Beard

    Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

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    David Brower

    Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

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    Tommy Nelson

    Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

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    Ila Clements

    Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

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    Ferrell Secakuku

    Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

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    David Wegner

    Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

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    Katie Lee

    Self - River Runner

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    Martin Litton

    Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

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    Jack Woolf

    Self - Grower

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    Leland Sparks

    Self

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    Martin Semper

    Self - Semper Truck Lines

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    Jeff Edwards

    Self - Tulare Basin

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    Kathleen Brown

    Self - California State Treasurer

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    Pete Peña Jr.

    Self - Truck Driver

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    Pete Peña Sr.

    Self - Farm Laborer

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    Jason Peltier

    Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

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    Dean MacCannell

    Self - Sociologist, University of California

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    Tony Silva

    Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

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    Gary Zahm

    Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

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    John Harris

    Self - Westlands Grower

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    Sandra Postel

    Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

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    Harris Chan

    Self - Three Gorges Engineer

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    Tiahoga Ruge

    Self - Director, CICEANA

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    Hillel Shuval

    Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

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    Amos Banin

    Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

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    Jad Isaac

    Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

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    Dan Luecke

    Self - Environmental Defense Fund

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    Charles Wilkinson

    Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

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    Ken Strom

    Self - National Audubon Society

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    Chips Barry

    Self - Director, Denver Water Department

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    Steven Flanders

    Self - City Ice Company

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    Glenn France

    Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

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    Elsa Lopez

    Self - Metropolitan Water District

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    Martha Davis

    Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

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    Alejandro Robles

    Self - Conservation International

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Self (archive footage)

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    John F. Kennedy

    Self (archive footage)

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    Jimmy Carter

    Self (archive footage)

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    Bill Clinton

    Self (archive footage)

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    George H. W. Bush

    Self (archive footage)

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