Black Gold (Season 1) - 3-DVD Set ( Black Gold - Season One )

Black Gold (Season 1) - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Black Gold - Season One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
344 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Decker Watson

Written By:
Decker Watson

Actors:
Thom Beers ..... Narrator (15 episodes, 2008-2009)
Gerald R. Williams ..... Himself - Driller: Longhorn / ... (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Wayne Rycraft ..... Himself - Driller: Viking (8 episodes, 2008)
Justin Darr ..... Himself - Driller: Big Dog (8 episodes, 2008)
Mike LaMonica ..... Himself - ExL Petroleum (8 episodes, 2008)
Joshua Casteel ..... Himself (7 episodes, 2009)
Cheston McElhaney
Brandon Watson

Synopsis:

There's an oil boom in West Texas and that means big risk, big reward and big characters drilling for crude. We'll follow along as two oilmen risk their fortunes. It costs millions to drill two miles into the Earth. But this exhausting, dangerous work demands the young roughnecks who work on three of their rigs risk something more valuable - their lives. Not only do they have to contend with the elements on the rig like scorching heat and sudden lightning storms, there's heavy iron all around and the constant risk of poison gas coming from the well. But that's the price they pay to search for Black Gold.

The first season follows three rigs-Longhorn, Viking, and Big Dog-that have only 50 days to successfully locate and retrieve the crude oil. The roughnecks, as they are called on the rig, endure exhausting and dangerous work demands. Oil rigs Longhorn and Viking are funded by wildcatter Mike Lamonica while the Big Dog is funded by wildcatter Autry Stephens, both of whom have put up millions of dollars in hopes of finding new deposits of oil. The show also features pipe salesman Michael 'Rooster' McConaughey, brother of actor Matthew McConaughey.

Black Gold is a reality-documentary television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 30 miles northwest of Odessa.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 October, 2013.