The Wire (TV Series)
2002 · Series · 60 min. · United States
TV Series (2002-2008). 5 Seasons. 60 episodes. This unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn. The first season concentrated on the often-futile efforts of police to infiltrate a West Baltimore drug ring headed by Avon Barksdale.
Direction David Simon · Joe Chappelle · Ernest R. Dickerson · Clark Johnson · Ed Bianchi · Steve Shill · Daniel Attias · Timothy Van Patten · Agnieszka Holland · Brad Anderson · Clement Virgo · Rob Bailey · Elodie Keene · Christine Moore · Alex Zakrzewski · Anthony Hemingway · Seith Mann · Milcho Manchevski · Peter Medak · Gloria Muzio · Robert F. Colesberry · Thomas J. Wright · Leslie Libman · Jim McKay · David Platt · Joy Kecken · Scott Kecken · Dominic West
Cast Dominic West · Lance Reddick · Sonja Sohn · Clarke Peters · Aidan Gillen · Wendell Pierce · Andre Royo · Idris Elba · Michael Kenneth Williams · Domenick Lombardozzi · Seth Gilliam · J.D. Williams · Jim True-Frost · Wood Harris · John Doman · Deirdre Lovejoy · Delaney Williams · Jamie Hector · Robert Wisdom · Frankie Faison · Corey Parker Robinson · Chad Coleman · Chris Bauer · Amy Ryan · Isiah Whitlock Jr. · Felicia Pearson · Robert F. Chew · Gbenga Akinnagbe · Tristan Wilds · Jermaine Crawford · Julito McCullum · Maestro Harrell · Larry Gilliard Jr. · Pablo Schreiber · James Ransone · Anwan Glover · Tray Chaney · Michael Kostroff · Clark Johnson · Michael B. Jordan
Soundtrack Varios
Screenplay David Simon · Ed Burns · Joy Kecken · Rafael Álvarez · Chris Collins · George Pelecanos · Richard Price · Dennis Lehane · David Mills · William F. Zorzi · Eric Overmyer
Cinematography Uta Briesewitz
Original title The Wire (TV Series)
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