Boardwalk Empire (TV series)
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| Genre |
Crime drama Period drama Serial drama |
| Created by | Terence Winter |
| Based on |
Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson |
| Starring |
Steve Buscemi Michael Pitt Kelly Macdonald Michael Shannon Shea Whigham Aleksa Palladino Michael Stuhlbarg Stephen Graham Vincent Piazza Paz de la Huerta Michael Kenneth Williams Anthony Laciura Paul Sparks Dabney Coleman Jack Huston Gretchen Mol Charlie Cox Bobby Cannavale Ron Livingston Jeffrey Wright Ben Rosenfield |
| Theme music composer | The Brian Jonestown Massacre |
| Opening theme | "Straight Up and Down" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 56 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Terence Winter Martin Scorsese Mark Wahlberg Tim Van Patten Howard Korder Stephen Levinson |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Editor(s) | Kate Stanford Tim Streeto |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 50–60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Leverage Entertainment Closest to the Hole Productions Sikelia Productions Cold Front Productions HBO |
| Distributor | HBO Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | September 19, 2010 – October 26, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and airing on premium cable channel HBO. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson.
The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and produced at a cost of $18 million. On September 1, 2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes. The series premiered on September 19, 2010, and completed its five-season run on October 26, 2014.
Boardwalk Empire received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its visual style and basis on historical figures, as well as for Buscemi's lead performance. The series received 57 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, winning 20. The series also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2011 and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2012.
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