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Boardwalk Empire: Created by Terence Winter. With Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham. An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
- (204K)
- 2010-09-19
- Crime, Drama
- 60
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter for the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson.
Prohibition is a 2011 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick with narration by Peter Coyote. The series originally aired on PBS between October 2, 2011 and October 4, 2011. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Prohibition: With Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner. The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
- (3.4K)
- 2011-10-02
- Documentary, History
- 60
Set in 1920 at the dawn of Prohibition, this new drama series follows the birth and rise of organized crime in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Corrupt kingpin Nucky Thompson carves out a brutal niche in Atlantic City as it heads into Prohibition.
Epic HBO drama series that follows the birth and rise of organized crime in Prohibition-era Atlantic City. Steve Buscemi stars. SEASONS. 1. Boardwalk Empire. Corrupt kingpin Nucky Thompson carves out a brutal niche in Atlantic City as it heads into Prohibition. 2. The Ivory Tower.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is...
