"The Wire" Took (2008)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

Dominic West

Writers:

David Simon (creator)
Richard Price (teleplay)

TV Series:

"The Wire" (2002)

Original Air Date:

17 February 2008 (Season 5, Episode 7)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Wiretapping | Drugs | Ghetto | Drug War | Labor Union

Cast

Dominic West	...	Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty
Reg E. Cathey	...	Norman Wilson
John Doman	...	Acting Commissioner William A. Rawls
Aidan Gillen	...	Mayor Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti
Clark Johnson	...	City Editor Augustus 'Gus' Haynes
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman
Thomas McCarthy	...	Scott Templeton (as Tom McCarthy)
Clarke Peters	...	Det. Lester Freamon
Wendell Pierce	...	Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Lance Reddick	...	Dep. Comm. for Operations Cedric Daniels
Andre Royo	...	Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
Sonja Sohn	...	Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Seth Gilliam	...	Sgt. Ellis Carver
Domenick Lombardozzi	...	Thomas 'Herc' Hauk (credit only)
Michael K. Williams	...	Omar Little (as Michael Kenneth Williams)

Trivia:

Det. Vernon Holley is seen reading "Generation Kill". Show writers David Simon and Ed Burns, adapted this novel into an HBO mini-series ("Generation Kill" (2008)).

Quotes:

Reporter: What are you reading there, Senator?
State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis: Promethus Bound. An ancient play, one of the oldest we have. About a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people. In the words of
[checks author]
State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis: Ascyllius, "No good deed goes unpunished." I cannot tell you how much consolation I find in these slim pages.

Movie Connections:

References "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993)

Soundtrack:

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