Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

Linda Harrar
1997-06-24


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251 min

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

Name Character Team
Alfre Woodard Narrator (voice) Zac E. Chan
Marc Reisner Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert' Unowned
Catherine Mulholland Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter Unowned
Clara Rambeau Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe Unowned
Kevin Starr Self - California State Librarian Unowned
Robert Towne Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown' Unowned
Ernie Kinney Self - Owens Valley Resident Unowned
Cynthia Irwin Self - Owens Valley Resident Unowned
Flora Nash Self - Owens Valley Resident Unowned
Howard Holland Self - Owens Valley Resident Unowned
Vernon Miller Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe Unowned
Robert Phillips Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75 Unowned
George Miller Self - Congressman, California Unowned
Elma Blaver Self - Mono Lake Resident Unowned
Sally Gaines Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee Unowned
David Gaines Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage) Unowned
Augie Hess Self - Mono Lake Resident Unowned
Patricia Mulroy Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District Unowned
Blaine Hamann Self - Manager, Hoover Dam Unowned
Barry Goldwater Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona Unowned
Floyd Dominy Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969 Unowned
Daniel Beard Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995 Unowned
David Brower Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club Unowned
Tommy Nelson Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker Unowned
Ila Clements Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker Unowned
Ferrell Secakuku Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe Unowned
David Wegner Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Unowned
Katie Lee Self - River Runner Unowned
Martin Litton Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors Unowned
Jack Woolf Self - Grower Unowned
Leland Sparks Self Unowned
Martin Semper Self - Semper Truck Lines Unowned
Jeff Edwards Self - Tulare Basin Unowned
Kathleen Brown Self - California State Treasurer Unowned
Pete Peña Jr. Self - Truck Driver Unowned
Pete Peña Sr. Self - Farm Laborer Unowned
Jason Peltier Self - Manager, CVP Water Association Unowned
Dean MacCannell Self - Sociologist, University of California Unowned
Tony Silva Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978 Unowned
Gary Zahm Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service Unowned
John Harris Self - Westlands Grower Unowned
Sandra Postel Self - Author, 'Last Oasis' Unowned
Harris Chan Self - Three Gorges Engineer Unowned
Tiahoga Ruge Self - Director, CICEANA Unowned
Hillel Shuval Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem Unowned
Amos Banin Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot Unowned
Jad Isaac Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem Unowned
Dan Luecke Self - Environmental Defense Fund Unowned
Charles Wilkinson Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado Unowned
Ken Strom Self - National Audubon Society Unowned
Chips Barry Self - Director, Denver Water Department Unowned
Steven Flanders Self - City Ice Company Unowned
Glenn France Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ Unowned
Elsa Lopez Self - Metropolitan Water District Unowned
Martha Davis Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee Unowned
Alejandro Robles Self - Conservation International Unowned
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Unowned
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jimmy Carter Self (archive footage) Unowned
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) Unowned
George H. W. Bush Self (archive footage) Unowned