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Boardwalk Empire

  • TV Series
  • 2010–20142010–2014
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 55m
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8.6/10
192K
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An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
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    • Terence Winter
  • Stars
    • Steve Buscemi
    • Kelly Macdonald
    • Michael Shannon
    • Terence Winter
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    • Steve Buscemi
    • Kelly Macdonald
    • Michael Shannon
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    • 258User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
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  • Top rated TV #161
    • Won 20 Primetime Emmys

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    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
    Kelly Macdonald
    Kelly Macdonald
    • Margaret Thompson…
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Nelson Van Alden…
    Shea Whigham
    Shea Whigham
    • Elias 'Eli' Thompson
    Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham
    • Al Capone
    Vincent Piazza
    Vincent Piazza
    • Lucky Luciano
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    • Chalky White
    Paul Sparks
    Paul Sparks
    • Mickey Doyle
    Gretchen Mol
    Gretchen Mol
    • Gillian Darmody
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Arnold Rothstein
    Anthony Laciura
    Anthony Laciura
    • Eddie Kessler
    Jack Huston
    Jack Huston
    • Richard Harrow
    Anatol Yusef
    Anatol Yusef
    • Meyer Lansky
    Brady Noon
    Brady Noon
    • Tommy Darmody
    Connor Noon
    • Tommy Darmody
    Lucy Gallina
    Lucy Gallina
    • Emily Schroeder
    Josie Gallina
    Josie Gallina
    • Emily Schroeder
    Declan McTigue
    • Teddy Schroeder…
      • Terence Winter
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    • Trivia
      Michael Stuhlbarg researched his role as Arnold Rothstein so thoroughly that the show's writers found that he knew more about Rothstein than they did, and they deferred to his judgment of the character.
    • Goofs
      Al Capone's son, Sonny, is portrayed as being entirely deaf at the age of two. In real life Sonny contracted an infection that left him only partially deaf and only at age seven. However, this series is intended to be fictional, not based on real life events. Factual inaccuracies are therefore not considered goofs.
    • Quotes

      James 'Jimmy' Darmody: You can't be half a gangster, Nucky. Not anymore.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.111 (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Straight Up and Down
      (Opening Theme)

      Written and performed by The Brian Jonestown Massacre

    User reviews258

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    9/10
    1920s gangsters at their best
    At first when I started this series, I thought it would be just another typical gangster TV show with not much of a plot or well developed characters. However, season 3 onward, the show really grew on me.

    The overall story arcs I found really engaging and interesting. You weren't just watching one gangster shoot another gangster, you were watching characters you cared about get into interesting and varied predicaments. Though each season was often slow at the start, though I didn't mind this personally, the way they built up to the finales was fantastic, not a single one disappointed.

    The characters were also really well developed. Again unlike your typical gangster flick, where you like the characters because of the stealing and murdering and racketeering they get into, in Boardwalk Empire you actually get the sense that the mob bosses are real people with real motivations. This is best seen in Nucky Thomson but also with others, though in Al Capone's case I found he got crueller, nastier and less humorous as the seasons went by.

    The setting and cinematography was also great, helped by the show's choice of music. Previously, I'd never thought of Atlantic City as much of a place, being an Englishman, but by the end I felt like I had gotten to no and love it. Overall, a great TV show which I would think is suited to quite a wide audience, not gangster film fans.
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    • Release date
      • September 19, 2010 (United States)
      • United States
      • HBO (United States)
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Ridgewood, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
      • Leverage Management
      • Closest to the Hole Productions
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    • 55 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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