Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

7.4

/10

1h 14mDocumentary

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.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 South... Read more

Starring John Waters, Sonny Bono, Norm Niver, Petre Melvin, Leonard Knight, Bobbie Todhunter, Steve Horvitz, Lechon Rainey, Paul Clement, Manny Diaz

Watch "Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea" from streaming services Apple TV+ (itunes), Youtube released in 2004. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 7.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.