The Wire
"Listen carefully."
2002-06-02
8.619
en CrimeDrama
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Story Editor
Chris Collins
Post Production Assistant
Gina Sansom
Co-Executive Producer
Joe Chappelle
Executive Producer
Nina K. Noble
Producer
Eric Overmyer
Producer
George Pelecanos
corruption newspaper drug trafficking drug dealer baltimore, usa gangster police organized crime police detective surveillance power politics cynical urban decay newspaper reporter wiretapping workers union angry hopeless education system docks candid black project cautionary clinical mayoral election dramatic violence tense sinister depressing admiring appreciative awestruck callous commanding dignified hopeful horrified informative objective ominous
Status
EndedCountries
- United States of America
Companies
- Blown Deadline Productions
- HBO
