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Deep Sea Salvage

2009 · 1 season

You watch a family wrestle heavy metal from the sea, feeling the constant low hum of danger and expertise.

Created by
Bryan Stratte
Genres
Reality, Documentary
Starring
Shane Johnson
Overview
Who do you call when you've got thousands of tons of gnarled metal over 100 feet deep in the water, threatening to wreak environmental havoc if you don't get it out? The Bisso family of Louisiana has been the answer for more than a century, assembling along history of expertise at incredibly dangerous and highly technical jobs of sea salvage and excavation. At Bisso Marine, they know that death and dismemberment are part of the business--but when it's a family business, those treacherous stakes are ratcheted up even higher

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Created by
Bryan Stratte
Genres
Reality, Documentary
Starring
Shane Johnson
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • family
  • survival
  • environment
  • loyalty
Places
  • sea
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
reality, documentary
Created by
Bryan Stratte
Written by
John Griffin
Starring
Shane Johnson
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
History
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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