The wire : the complete third season / HBO Original Programming ; producers, Karen L. Thorson and Nina K. Noble ; created by David Simon ; directors, Joe Chappelle [and others] ; writers, Richard Price [and others].

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Follows a single sprawling drug investigation in Baltimore, against the backdrop of the mayor's reelection campaign. 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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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
Gillen, Aidan, 1968-
True-Frost, Jim
Price, Richard, 1949-
Chappelle, Joe
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, [2006], ©2006.
Edition:[Full screen edition].
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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 programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Wire. [Other title]
Wire. [Other title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Follows a single sprawling drug investigation in Baltimore, against the backdrop of the mayor's reelection campaign. 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.
Note:Collective title from container, episode titles from disc menus.
Originally produced as episodes of the television program The wire in 2004.
Special features (disc 5): Q & A with David Simon and creative team (courtesy of The Museum of Television & Radio, 60 min.); conversation with David Simon (at Eugene Lang College's The New School for Liberal Arts, as part of "Politics, journalism and commercial art : a master class on HBO's 'The wire'", 27 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1992.77.W53 W56 2006 VideoDVD Season 3
CO5 D0068250 VideoDVD
ISBN:9780783135281
0783135289
System Details:DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 in English & Dolby digital 2.0 in English, French or Spanish.
Cast:
Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie R. Faison, Aidan Gillen, Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom.
Event Details:
Filmed on location in Baltimore, Md.