Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

The wire. The complete first season / HBO Original Programming ; producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ; story by David Simon & Edward Burns ; Sriter/creator, David Simon ; writer, George P. Plelcanos ; director, Clark Johnson ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office.

Edition:

Full screen.

Publisher, Date:

[New York, New York] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2013]

Burbank, California : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2013]

Description:

5 videodiscs (approximately 775 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video Region 1

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.

Subjects:

Drug traffic -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama.

Police -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama.

Homicide investigation -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama.

Undercover operations -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Drama.

Baltimore (Md.) -- Drama.

Genre:

Detective and mystery television programs.

Television cop shows.

Television crime shows.

Television series.

Fiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Drama.

Other Author:

Kostroff-Noble, Nina, producer.

Simon, David, 1960- creator, screenwriter.

Burns, Edward, 1946- screenwriter.

West, Dominic, 1969- actor.

Doman, John, 1945- actor.

Elba, Idris, actor.

Faison, Frankie, actor.

Gilliard, Larry, actor.

Harris, Wood, 1969- actor.

Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962- actor.

Pierce, Wendell, actor.

Reddick, Lance, actor.

Royo, Andre, actor.

Sohn, Sonja, actor.

Briesewitz, Uta, cinematography.

Peroni, Geraldine, editor.

Zimny, Thom, editor.

Sanford, Kate, editor.

Johnson, Clark, 1954- director.

Pelecanos, George P., screenwriter.

Medak, Peter, director.

Virgo, Clement, director.

Bianchi, Ed, director.

Chappelle, Joe, director.

Muzio, Gloria, director.

Manchevski, Milcho, director.

Alvarez, Rafael, 1958- screenwriter.

Melnick, David, 1938- screenwriter.

Choksey, Shamit, screenwriter.

Anderson, Brad, 1964- director.

Lusco, Joy, screenwriter.

Shill, Steve, director.

Van Patten, Timothy, 1959- director.

HBO Original Programming, production company.

Blown Deadline Productions (Firm), production company.

Home Box Office (Firm), broadcaster.

HBO Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Title on disc menus: Wire, season one

Wire. The complete 1st season

Wire. The complete season one

Wire. The complete season 1

Wire. Season 1

Wire. Season one

Wire. First season

Wire (Television program)

Notes:

Title from container.

Created by David Simon.

Originally produced as 13 episodes of the television program The wire in 2002.

Bonus features: audio commentaries with writer/creator David Simon, writer George P. Pelecanos, and director Clark Johnson.

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).

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

Filmed on location in Baltimore, Md.

DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 in English & Dolby digital 2.0 in English, French or Spanish.

In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

Disc 1. The target (62 min.) (with optional audio commentary by Simon) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clark Johnson -- The detail (58 min.) (with optional audio commentary by Johnson) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clark Johnson -- The buys (55 min.) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Peter Medak.

Disc 2. Old cases (59 min.) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Clement Virgo -- The pager (60 min.) / teleplay by Ed Burns, directed by Clark Johnson.

Disc 3. The wire (59 min.) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Ed Bianchi -- One arrest (59 min.) / teleplay by Rafael Alvarez, directed by Joe Chappelle -- Lessons (56 min.) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Gloria Muzio.

Disc 4. Game day (57 min.) / teleplay by David H. Melnick & Shamit Choksey, directed by Milcho Manchevski -- The cost (55 min.) / teleplay by David Simon, directed by Brad Anderson -- The hunt (56 min.) / teleplay by Joy Lusco, directed by Steve Shill.

Disc 5. Cleaning up (56 min.) (with optional audio commentary by Simon & Pelecanos) / teleplay by George P. Pelecanos, directed by Clement Virgo -- Sentencing (65 min.) / written by David Simon & Ed Burns, directed by Tim Van Patten.

ISBN:

9786315881220 : DVD

631588122X : DVD

Publisher Number:

3000052818

4000043943

1000547243

Other Number:

877015867

System Availability:

2

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