Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

251 minutes

6/24/1997

Overview

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.

Cast List

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)