Product Details

• Actors: Mike Rowe, Phil Harris, Sig Hansen, Edgar Hansen, Keith Colburn
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Discovery Channel
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E4FXTK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,140 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Forty-foot waves, freezing temperatures and a nearly 100-percent injury rate. Crab fishing off the Alaskan coast on the icy Bering Sea is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. But it's also one of the most lucrative, offering tens of thousands of dollars for a few days' work. Follow one group of ambitious men as they battle harsh conditions and intense competition in the frenzied search for an undersea jackpot.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping adventure, extreme danger - This one has it all, June 21, 2006

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Fruit Loop (Down South) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadliest Catch - The Pilot Episode (DVD)

This riveting series from The Discovery Channel takes viewers inside the fishing industry - really inside. Follow the crews as they battle extreme fatigue from the grueling work, the heartbreak of separation from loved ones, the ruthless elements including the frigid waters of the Bering Sea, for their share of the multi-million dollar Alaskan crab market. I can't wait for the complete series, and I'll never sit down to a crab leg feast again without a prayer for the brave men who brought it in. Five stars? This one's a ten.....

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deadliest Catch - exciting and scary, July 18, 2007

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Sally LHuillier "book & movie collector" (Brownville, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadliest Catch - The Pilot Episode (DVD)

I cannot believe how brave these fishermen are. The weather sometimes is so scary, and treacherous, yet these men brave the dangers, to bring back crab for people to enjoy!! I think its a very exciting series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Beginning, January 30, 2011

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Sirona - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Deadliest Catch - The Pilot Episode (DVD)

Supposedly, two pilot episodes were done for what is now known as the TV show Deadliest Catch. This version is narrated by Thom Beers the series creator. The hour long program presented on this DVD follows the crew of the Fierce Allegience. This is not a glossy high production piece like the TV show, this is raw and gritty. It's a good introduction to the TV show we are all familiar with these days but most importantly it's a good introduction to crab fishing and what these brave men must endure on the Bering Sea. There are segements on the Coast Guard, how crab is delievered to the cannery and packed for shipment and there's a interesting although brief meeting of the entire fleet regarding the price for crab and the fleet asking to be paid fairly for it from the cannery.