La falla de San Andrés acaba cediendo ante las temibles fuerzas telúricas y desencadena un terremoto de magnitud 9 en California. Ante tal catástrofe, el piloto de helicóptero de búsqueda y rescate Ray y su ex esposa Emma viajan juntos desde Los Ángeles hasta San Francisco para salvar a su única hija, Blake. Pero su tortuoso viaje hacia el norte solamente es el comienzo del desomoronamiento de todo lo que creían firme en su vida.
Inspirada en el libro "La conferencia de los animales", del escritor Erich Kästner, cuenta cómo los animales, hartos de que los humanos les quiten el agua para sus intereses comerciales, se reúnen para poner fin a esta situación. Un grupo de animales en espera de la inundación anual que dependen para su alimento y agua a descubrir que los seres humanos, que han estado destruyendo sus hábitats han construido una presa para un complejo de ocio.
Rover, a street-smart dog owned by a Las Vegas showgirl is dumped off Hoover Dam by the showgirl's boyfriend. Rather than drowning, Rover winds up in your basic idyllic farm in a classic city-boy-in-country shtick.
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
Join legendary punk icon Billy Idol as he makes history by playing the first ever live concert in front of the world famous Hoover Dam.
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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.
A 36-minute overview of one of mankind's greatest achievements. In the early 1930s, America was in the depths of a tragic economic depression. Yet the people of that troubled era constructed Hoover Dam, still one of the great wonders of the world.