• Run time: 71 minutes
• Country of origin: United States

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Synopsis:

A hair-raising and hilarious documentary narrated by John Waters that tells the story of a desert resort wonderland that has turned into America's worst ecological disaster. Amid the flooded towns, empty cities, and beaches of dead fish, we meet the hardy eccentrics that continue hang on to hope, including a roadside nudist waving at passing European tourists, a man building a religious mountain out of mud and paint, beer-loving Hungarian Revolutionary Hunky Daddy, and the real-estate "Ronald McDonald" known simply as The Landman. Through their perceptions and misperceptions, the strange history and unexpected beauty of the Salton Sea is revealed.(more)

• Director:

  Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer

• Writer(s):

  Chris Metzler

• Cast and Credits:

  Cast:
  Narrated by – John Waters,
  Starring – Sonny Bono, Norm Niver, Steve Horvitz, Laszlo Orosz, Leonard Knight, Manny Diaz, Donald Scheidler, Harold Gaston, Clark Bloom, Joe Martin, Bobbie Todhunter, and Petre Melvin,
  
  Crew:
  Music by - "Friends of Dean Martinez",
  Edited by - Jeff Springer,
  Additional Photography by - Brett Dodd, Pat Dolan, Josh Kurz, & Curtis Peterson,(more)

• Film Website:

  www.plaguesandpleasures.com

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