Uniform Title |
Boardwalk empire (Television program) |
Title |
Boardwalk empire. The complete first season. |
Published |
Australia : Home Box Office : Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia, ©2012. |
©2011 |
Description |
5 DVD-videos (646 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Warner Bros. Entertainment Australia : 1000250130. |
Originally broadcast in the United States on the HBO television network in 2010. |
Adapted from the book 'Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City' by Nelson Johnson. |
Based on real events. Steve Buscemi's character Enoch "Nucky" Thompson is based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson. |
Bonus features: Making Boardwalk Empire ; Creating the boardwalk ; Speakeasy tour ; Character dossier ; Atlantic City: The original Sin City ; Audio commentaries. |
Contents |
Disc 1: Boardwalk Empire ; The Ivory Tower -- Disc 2: Broadway Limited ; Anastasia ; Nights in Ballygran -- Disc 3: Family Limitation ; Home ; Hold Me in Paradise -- Disc 4: Belle Femme ; The Emerald City -- Disc 5: Paris Green ; A Return to Normalcy. |
Credits |
Created by Terence Winter. Pilot episode directed by Martin Scorsese. |
Performers |
Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham. |
Summary |
Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, this lavish period drama stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, the political and criminal mastermind who controlled the city, and its liquor, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. The first season takes place between January and November 1920, beginning with the start of national prohibition and ending with the 1920 presidential election. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : R18+. |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9, Fullframe 1.85:1. |
Language note |
English, Castilian Spanish, French, Czech, Hungarian, Polish. Subtitles: Castilian Spanish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish. [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
Subjects |
Johnson, Nelson, -- 1948-Television adaptations |
Johnson, Nucky, -- 1883-1968 -- Drama |
Gangsters -- Drama |
Racketeering -- Drama |
Organized crime -- United States -- Drama |
Prohibition -- United States -- Drama |
Television series -- United States |
Television programs, American |
Atlantic City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Drama |
Atlantic City (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
Genre |
Gangster television programs |
Crime television programs |
Historical television programs |
Television series |
Fiction television programs |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Other Names |
Winter, Terence creator. |
Scorsese, Martin director. |
Buscemi, Steve, 1957- actor. |
Pitt, Michael, 1981- actor. |
Macdonald, Kelly, 1976- actor. |
Shannon, Michael, 1974- actor. |
Whigham, Shea, 1969- actor. |
Johnson, Nelson, 1948-. Boardwalk Empire Television adaptation of (work): |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Buscemi, Steve, 1957- .
- Johnson, Nelson, 1948-. Boardwalk Empire .
- Macdonald, Kelly, 1976- .
- Pitt, Michael, 1981- .
- Scorsese, Martin .
- Shannon, Michael, 1974- .
- Whigham, Shea, 1969- .
- Winter, Terence .
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