The Wire, The complete first season

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Label

The Wire, The complete first season

Title part

The complete first season

Statement of responsibility

producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ; created by David Simon ; story by David Simon & Edward Burns ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office

Title variation

• Wire
• Wire

Creator

• Wire (Television program)

Contributor

• Burns, Edward, 1946-
• Lusco, Joy
• Briesewitz, Uta
• Manchevski, Milcho
• Bianchi, Ed
• Medak, Peter
• Anderson, Brad, 1964-
• Melnick, David H
• Alvarez, Rafael, 1958-
• Muzio, Gloria
• Home Box Office (Firm)
• Pelecanos, George P
• HBO Video (Firm)
• Blown Deadline Productions (Firm)
• Pierce, Wendell
• Reddick, Lance
• Virgo, Clement
• Royo, Andre
• Shill, Steve
• Simon, David, 1960-
• Doman, John, 1945-
• Choksey, Shamit
• Kostroff-Noble, Nina
• Chappelle, Joe
• Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962-
• Johnson, Clark, 1954-
• Elba, Idris
• Sohn, Sonja
• Faison, Frankie
• Gilliard, Larry
• West, Dominic, 1969-
• Harris, Wood, 1969-
• Van Patten, Timothy, 1959-

Actor

• Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962-
• Doman, John, 1945-
• Elba, Idris
• Faison, Frankie
• Gilliard, Larry
• Harris, Wood, 1969-
• Pierce, Wendell
• Reddick, Lance
• Royo, Andre
• Sohn, Sonja
• West, Dominic, 1969-

Screenwriter

• Choksey, Shamit
• Lusco, Joy
• Burns, Edward, 1946-
• Alvarez, Rafael, 1958-
• Melnick, David H
• Pelecanos, George P
• Simon, David, 1960-

Commentator

• Pelecanos, George P
• Johnson, Clark, 1954-
• Simon, David, 1960-

Cinematographer

• Briesewitz, Uta

Creator

• Simon, David, 1960-

Director

• Muzio, Gloria
• Chappelle, Joe
• Bianchi, Ed
• Virgo, Clement
• Van Patten, Timothy, 1959-
• Shill, Steve
• Johnson, Clark, 1954-
• Anderson, Brad, 1964-
• Medak, Peter
• Manchevski, Milcho

Producer

• Kostroff-Noble, Nina

Subject

• Undercover operations -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Detective and mystery television programs
• Detective and mystery television programs
• Drama
• Drug traffic
• Drug traffic -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Maryland -- Baltimore
• Police
• Police -- Maryland | Baltimore -- Drama
• Television cop shows
• Television cop shows
• Television programs
• Television programs
• Television programs
• Television series
• Undercover operations

Genre

• Detective and mystery television programs
• Television series
• Television programs
• Television cop shows
• Drama

Language

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

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

Cataloging source

FBO

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Uta Briesewitz ; editors, Geraldine Peroni (episodes 1, 2, 5, 8, 11), Thom Zimny (episodes 3, 6, 9, 12), Kate Sanford (episodes 4, 7, 10, 13)

Date time place

Filmed on location in Baltimore, Md

Dewey number

791.4572 WIR

Intended audience

TV-MA

Language note

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1992.77 .W57 2008

PerformerNote

Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie R. Faison, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn

Runtime

775

Technique

live action