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Boardwalk Empire (TV series)

Boardwalk Empire
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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 (2010-09-19) – October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)
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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