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Summary:

This unvarnished, highly realistic series 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.
Ep.1. Baltimore Homicide Detective Jimmy McNulty is assigned to a narcotics case which investigates drug lords and their dealings; D'Angelo becomes demoted in his gang after an infraction to the gang's "integrity". -- Ep.2. The witness who testified against D'Angelo winds up being a murder case for "Bunk" Moreland. Meanwhile in "The Pit", Detective Greggs gets some inside information courtesy of Bubbles. New investigation team member Prez arrives with a heavy reputation of incompetence, which worries Lieutenant Daniels. -- Ep.3. After early morning "field interviews" conducted by Herc, Carver and Prez lead to a minor riot and bad publicity for the police, Daniels gets called in by the Deputy Commissioner.

Table of Contents:

• The target
• The detail
• The buys.

Contributors:

Kostroff-Noble, Nina

Alvarez, Rafael

Anderson, Brad, 1964-

West, Dominic, 1969-

Reddick, Lance

Sohn, Sonja

Pierce, Wendell

Doman, John, 1945-

Briesewitz, Uta

Johnson, Allyson C., 1959-

Burgomaster, Kenneth

Simon, David, 1960-

Pelecanos, George P.

Johnson, Clark, 1954-

Home Box Office (Firm)

HBO Video (Firm)

Languages:

English
Spanish
French

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned. In English, Spanish or French with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Included Works:

Target

Detail

Buys

Related Works:

Wire (Television program)

Subjects:

Narcotics — Maryland — Baltimore — Drama

Police — Drama

Narcotics — Drama

Drug traffic — Drama

Detective and mystery plays

Homicide — Drama

Baltimore (Md.) — Drama

Narcotics

Police

Drug traffic

Homicide

Maryland — Baltimore

Genres:

Television programs

Detective and mystery television programs

Television cop shows

Television crime shows

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Fiction television programs

Television series

Drama

System Details:

DVD; Dolby Digital.

Performers:

Cast: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, John Doman.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Uta Briesewitz ; editors, Allyson C. Johnson ... [et al.] ; original music, Kenneth Burgomaster.

General Notes:

Originally broadcast on television in 2002.
Title from disc surface.
Special features: audio commentaries with creator/writer David Simon and director Clark Johnson.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

WIR 2002 DVD

ISBNs:

0783127928 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 026359887321 (set)
Publisher Number, HBO Video (set): 98873

OCLC Numbers:

1053024874
56728126 [Invalid]