The wire [videorecording] : the complete series / [presented by] HBO Original Programming ; producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ... [et al.] ; directed by Clark Johnson ... [et al.] ; written by David Simon ... [et al.] ; created by David Simon.
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. Filmed on location in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally produced as episodes of the television program The wire from 2002 - 2008. Special features: episode previews and recaps, q & a with David Simon and creative team, conversations with David Simon, audio commentaries from cast and crew, four-season retrospective, 2 documentaries, 3 prequels exploring life before The Wire; gag reel.
Contents:
season 1. disc 1. The target ; The detail ; The buys -- disc 2. Old cases ; The pager -- disc 3. The wire ; One arrest ; Lessons -- disc 4. Game day ; The cost ; The hunt -- disc 5. Cleaning up -- Sentencing. season 2. disc 1. Ebb tide ; Collateral damage -- disc 2. Hot shots ; Hard cases -- disc 3. Undertow ; All prologue ; Backwash -- disc 4. Duck and cover ; Stray rounds ; Storm warnings -- disc 5. Bad dreams ; Port in a storm. season 3. disc 1.Time after time ; All due respect -- disc 2. Dead soldiers ; Hamsterdam -- disc 3. Straight and true ; Homecoming ; Back burners -- disc 4. Moral midgetry ; Slapstick ; Reformation -- disc 5. Middle ground ; Mission accomplished. season 4. disc 1. Boys of summer ; Soft eyes ; Home rooms -- disc 2. Refugees ; Alliances ; Margin of error ; Unto others -- disc 3. Corner boys ; Know your place ; Misgivings ; A new day -- disc 4. That's got his own ; Final grades. season 5. disc 1. More with less ; Unconfirmed reports ; Not for attribution -- disc 2. Transitions ; React quotes ; The Dickensian aspect -- disc 3. Took ; Clarifications ; Late editions -- disc 4. -30-.
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.
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