The wire : the complete series

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Label

The wire : the complete series

Title remainder

the complete series

Statement of responsibility

[presented by] HBO Original Programming ; producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ... [and others] ; directed by Clark Johnson .. [and others] ; written by David Simon ... [and others] ; created by David Simon

Creator

• Wire (Television program)

Contributor

• Simon, David, 1960-
• West, Dominic, 1969-
• Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962-
• Royo, Andre,
• Parker Robinson, Corey, 1975-
• Pierce, Wendell,
• Harris, Wood, 1969-
• Gillen, Aidan, 1968-
• Gilliard, Larry,
• True-Frost, Jim,
• HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)
• HBO Original Programming
• Doman, John, 1945-
• Sohn, Sonja,
• Elba, Idris,
• Reddick, Lance,
• Whitlock, Isiah, Jr.,
• Faison, Frankie,
• Johnson, Clark, 1954-
• Hector, Jamie,
• Kostroff-Noble, Nina,
• Lombardozzi, Domenick, 1976-

Actor

• Parker Robinson, Corey, 1975-
• Doman, John, 1945-
• Elba, Idris,
• Faison, Frankie,
• Gillen, Aidan, 1968-
• Gilliard, Larry,
• Harris, Wood, 1969-
• Hector, Jamie,
• Lombardozzi, Domenick, 1976-
• Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962-
• Pierce, Wendell,
• Reddick, Lance,
• Royo, Andre,
• Sohn, Sonja,
• True-Frost, Jim,
• West, Dominic, 1969-
• Whitlock, Isiah, Jr.,

Creator

• Simon, David, 1960-

Director

• Johnson, Clark, 1954-

Producer

• Kostroff-Noble, Nina,

Screenwriter

• Simon, David, 1960-

Subject

• News agencies -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Organized crime
• Organized crime -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Police
• Police -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Public schools
• Public schools -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Stevedores
• Stevedores -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Television cop shows
• Undercover operations
• Undercover operations -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• News agencies
• Baltimore (Md.) -- Drama
• Bureaucracy
• Bureaucracy -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Corruption
• Corruption -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Criminals
• Criminals -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Detective and mystery television programs
• Drama
• Drama
• Drug traffic
• Drug traffic -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Fiction television programs
• Maryland -- Baltimore
• Municipal government
• Municipal government -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Detective and mystery television programs
• Fiction television programs
• Television cop shows
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media

Cataloging source

HCF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Uta Briesewitz ... [et al.] ; editor, Geraldine Peroni...[et al.] ; music supervisor, Blake Leyh

Date time place

Filmed on location in Baltimore, Maryland

Language note

English, French and Spanish language soundtracks; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie R. Faison, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Domenick Lombardozzi, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Jim True-Frost, Corey Parker Robinson, Aidan Gillen, Jamie Hector, Isiah Whitlock, Jr

Runtime

0

Technique

live action