The wire, producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office, Season 1
Type
Label
The wire, producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office, Season 1
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The wire
Medium
videorecording
resource.otherEventInformation
Filmed on location in Baltimore, Md
Responsibility statement
producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office
Summary
Follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, where easy distinctions between good and evil are challenged at every turn
Table Of Contents
disc 1. The target (with optional audio commentary by Simon) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clark Johnson -- The detail (with optional audio commentary by Johnson) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clark Johnson -- The buys / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Peter Medak -- disc 2. Old cases / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clement Virgo -- The pager / teleplay by Ed Burns, directed by Clark Johnson -- disc 3. The wire / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Ed Bianchi -- One arrest / teleplay by Rafael Alvarez, directed by Joe Chappelle -- Lessons / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Gloria Muzio -- disc 4. Game day / teleplay by David H. Melnick, directed by Milcho Manchevski -- The cost / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Brad Anderson -- The hunt / teleplay by Joy Lusco, directed by Steve Shill -- disc 5. Cleaning up (with optional audio commentary by Simon & Pelecanos) / teleplay by George P. Pelecanos, directed by Clement Virgo -- Sentencing / written by David Simon & Ed Burns, directed by Tim Van Patten
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Wire
Classification
Contributor
- Faison, Frankie
- Briesewitz, Uta
- Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962-
- Home Box Office (Firm)
- West, Dominic, 1969-
- Simon, David, 1960-
- Pelecanos, George P
- Blown Deadline Productions (Firm)
- Johnson, Clark, 1954-
- Kostroff-Noble, Nina
- Pierce, Wendell
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Harris, Wood, 1969-
- Gilliard, Larry
- Burns, Edward, 1968-
- Royo, Andre
- Doman, John, 1945-
- Reddick, Lance
- Sohn, Sonja
- Elba, Idris
Creator
Genre
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Television programs -- United States
- Police -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Detective and mystery television programs
- Television programs
- Undercover operations -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Homicide investigation -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Television cop shows
- Drug traffic -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
Actor
resource.cinematographer
Director
Is Based On
Producer
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor21
- Faison, Frankie
- Briesewitz, Uta
- Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962-
- Home Box Office (Firm)
- West, Dominic, 1969-
- Simon, David, 1960-
- Pelecanos, George P
- Blown Deadline Productions (Firm)
- Johnson, Clark, 1954-
- Kostroff-Noble, Nina
- Pierce, Wendell
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Harris, Wood, 1969-
- Gilliard, Larry
- Burns, Edward, 1968-
- Royo, Andre
- Doman, John, 1945-
- Reddick, Lance
- Sohn, Sonja
- Elba, Idris
- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject10
- DVD-Video discs
- Television programs -- United States
- Police -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Detective and mystery television programs
- Television programs
- Undercover operations -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Homicide investigation -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Television cop shows
- Drug traffic -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama
- Actor11
- resource.cinematographer1
- Director1
- Is Based On1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter3