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The Resource The wire, Season 5,, producer, Karen L. Thorsen ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office

The wire, Season 5,, producer, Karen L. Thorsen ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office

Label
The wire, Season 5,
Title
The wire
Title number
Season 5,
Statement of responsibility
producer, Karen L. Thorsen ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office
Title variation
Wire
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Creator
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
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
Cataloging source
WIVLS
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Wire (Television program)
Credits note
Editor, Kate Sanford ; photography, Russell Lee Fine, Dave Insley
Intended audience
Rating: TV-MA
Language note
  • In English (5.1 or 2.0 audio), dubbed Spanish (2.0 audio) or French (2.0 audio) with optional English, Spanish, or French subtitles
  • Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.W554 season 5
PerformerNote
Dominic West, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Reg. E. Cathey, Jermaine Crawford, John Doman, Aidan Gillen, Seth Gilliam, Jamie Hector, Neal Huff, Clark Johnson, Michael Kostroff, Domenick Lombardozzi, Deirdre Lovejoy, Tom McCarthy, Michelle Paress, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Corey Parker Robinson, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Isiah Whitlock, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kenneth Williams
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1960-
  • 1969-
  • 1992-
  • 1945-
  • 1968-
  • 1954-
  • 1976-
  • 1962-
  • 1966-
  • 1975-
  • 1989-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Simon, David
  • Thorson, Karen L.
  • Chappelle, Joe.
  • West, Dominic
  • Akinnagbe, Gbenga.
  • Cathey, Reg E.
  • Crawford, Jermaine
  • Doman, John
  • Gillen, Aidan
  • Gilliam, Seth.
  • Hector, Jamie.
  • Huff, Neal.
  • Johnson, Clark
  • Kostroff, Michael
  • Lombardozzi, Domenick
  • Lovejoy, Deirdre
  • McCarthy, Tom
  • Paress, Michelle.
  • Peters, Clarke.
  • Pierce, Wendell.
  • Reddick, Lance.
  • Parker Robinson, Corey
  • Royo, Andre.
  • Sohn, Sonja.
  • Whitlock, Isiah
  • Wilds, Tristan
  • Williams, Michael Kenneth.
  • HBO Entertainment (Firm)
  • Blown Deadline Productions (Firm)
  • HBO Video (Firm)
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
600
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Drug traffic
  • Police
  • Undercover operations
  • Criminal investigation
  • Inner cities
  • Baltimore (Md.)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The wire, Season 5,, producer, Karen L. Thorsen ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • 10 episodes (60 min. each) originally broadcast in 2008
  • Special features include audio commentaries, recaps, (disc 4) "'The wire' : the last word" : a documentary exploring the role of the media, "'The wire' odyssey" : a retrospective of the first four seasons, "The wire prequels"; "From the wrap party gag reels"
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. Episodes 1-3. More with less / teleplay by David Simon ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Joe Chappelle -- Unconfirmed reports / teleplay by William F. Zorzi ; story by David Simon & William F. Zorzi ; directed by Ernest Dickerson -- Not for attribution / teleplay by Chris Collins ; story by David Simon & Chris Collins ; directed by Joy Kecken & Scott Kecken -- Disc two. Episodes 4-6. Transitions / teleplay by Ed Burns ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Dan Attias -- React quotes / teleplay by David Mills ; story by David Simon & David Mills ; directed by Agnieszka Holland -- The Dickensian aspect / teleplay by Ed Burns ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Seith Mann -- Disc three. Episode 7-9. Took / teleplay by Richard Price ; story by David Simon & Richard Price ; directed by Dominic West -- Clarifications / teleplay by Dennis Lehane ; story by David Simon & Dennis Lehane ; directed by Anthony Hemingway -- Late editions / teleplay by George Pelecanos ; story by David Simon & George Pelecanos ; directed by Joe Chappelle -- Disc four. Episode 10, -30- / teleplay by David Simon ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Clark Johnson
Control code
1607208
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
4 videodiscs (approximately 600 min.)
Isbn
9781419867491
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 883929023196
  • 883929015368
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 4000016801
  • 4000016799
  • 2000004241
  • 2000004242
  • 2000004243
  • 2000004244
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1607208
  • (OCoLC)298828333
System details
DVD [NTSC], region 1; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The wire, Season 5,, producer, Karen L. Thorsen ; created by David Simon ; Blown Deadline Productions ; a presentation of Home Box Office
Publication
Note
  • 10 episodes (60 min. each) originally broadcast in 2008
  • Special features include audio commentaries, recaps, (disc 4) "'The wire' : the last word" : a documentary exploring the role of the media, "'The wire' odyssey" : a retrospective of the first four seasons, "The wire prequels"; "From the wrap party gag reels"
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc one. Episodes 1-3. More with less / teleplay by David Simon ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Joe Chappelle -- Unconfirmed reports / teleplay by William F. Zorzi ; story by David Simon & William F. Zorzi ; directed by Ernest Dickerson -- Not for attribution / teleplay by Chris Collins ; story by David Simon & Chris Collins ; directed by Joy Kecken & Scott Kecken -- Disc two. Episodes 4-6. Transitions / teleplay by Ed Burns ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Dan Attias -- React quotes / teleplay by David Mills ; story by David Simon & David Mills ; directed by Agnieszka Holland -- The Dickensian aspect / teleplay by Ed Burns ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Seith Mann -- Disc three. Episode 7-9. Took / teleplay by Richard Price ; story by David Simon & Richard Price ; directed by Dominic West -- Clarifications / teleplay by Dennis Lehane ; story by David Simon & Dennis Lehane ; directed by Anthony Hemingway -- Late editions / teleplay by George Pelecanos ; story by David Simon & George Pelecanos ; directed by Joe Chappelle -- Disc four. Episode 10, -30- / teleplay by David Simon ; story by David Simon & Ed Burns ; directed by Clark Johnson
Control code
1607208
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
4 videodiscs (approximately 600 min.)
Isbn
9781419867491
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 883929023196
  • 883929015368
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 4000016801
  • 4000016799
  • 2000004241
  • 2000004242
  • 2000004243
  • 2000004244
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1607208
  • (OCoLC)298828333
System details
DVD [NTSC], region 1; Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD

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