The wire : the complete first season / HBO Original Programming ; producer, Nina Kostroff Noble ; story by David Simon & Edward Burns ; created by David Simon.

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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.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Simon, David, 1960-, Burns, Edward, 1946-, West, Dominic, 1969-, Doman, John, 1945-, Elba, Idris, Faison, Frankie, Pierce, Wendell
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish ; closed-captioned.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:[Full screen edition].
Subjects:
Drug traffic > Maryland > Baltimore > Drama.
Police > Maryland > Baltimore > Drama.
Undercover operations > Maryland > Baltimore > Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television cop shows.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Television cop shows.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (775 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Wire. [Other title]
Wire. [Other title]
Format: Video DVD
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.