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Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire intertitle
Genre Period drama
Created by Terence Winter
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
Jack Huston
Gretchen Mol
Dabney Coleman
Opening theme "Straight Up and Down" by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 24 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Terence Winter
Martin Scorsese
Mark Wahlberg
Tim Van Patten
Stephen Levinson
Producer(s)

(co-executive producers)
Howard Korder
Eugene Kelly

(associate producers)
John Flavin
Christine Chambers
Jennifer Ames
Pepper O'Brien (co-prod.)
Editor(s) Steve Kornacki
Itamar Moses
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 50–60 minutes
Production company(s) Leverage
Closest to the Hole Productions
Sikelia Productions
Cold Front Productions
Broadcast
Original channel HBO
Original run September 19, 2010 (2010-09-19) – present
External links
Website

Boardwalk Empire is an American television series from cable network HBO, set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era. It stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson. The show was adapted by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter (of The Sopranos[1]) from a book about historical criminal kingpin Enoch "Nucky" Johnson by Nelson Johnson, titled Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City.[2]

The first episode, directed by Martin Scorsese, cost $18 million.[3] On September 1, 2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes.[4] It premiered on September 19, 2010.[5] The series was immediately renewed for a second season on September 20, 2010,[6] which premiered on HBO on September 25, 2011.

Boardwalk Empire has received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its visual style and historical accuracy, as well as for Buscemi's lead performance.[7] The series was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards; winning eight, including Outstanding Directing for Martin Scorsese.

On October 12, 2011 it was announced that the series has been renewed for a third season.[8]

Contents

[edit] Series overview

Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson),[9] a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Nucky interacts with several historical figures in both his personal and political life, including mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him. The federal government also takes an interest in the bootlegging and other illegal activities in the area, sending agents to investigate possible mob connections but also looking at Nucky's lifestyle—expensive and lavish for a county political figure.

[edit] Cast and characters

Main article: List of Boardwalk Empire characters

[edit] Main cast

  • Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson – the corrupt treasurer of Atlantic County and its most powerful political figure, based on Enoch L. Johnson.
  • Michael Pitt as James "Jimmy" Darmody – An ivy league honor student who left Princeton for military service during World War I. He briefly worked for Nucky before embarking on his own into organized crime.
  • Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder – a young Irish widow and mother, she turns to Nucky and becomes his mistress.
  • Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden – a Federal Prohibition agent, he is a zealous Protestant who uses brutal violence to serve his faith and the law.
  • Shea Whigham as Elias "Eli" Thompson – Nucky's younger brother and sheriff of Atlantic County.
  • Aleksa Palladino as Angela Darmody – Jimmy's wife and the mother of his young son.
  • Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein – a Jewish New York gangster who enters into business with Nucky.
  • Stephen Graham as Al Capone – a violent Italian-American low-level Chicago gangster with ambitions of entering the bootlegging trade.
  • Vincent Piazza as Charles "Lucky" Luciano – a Sicilian-American New York gangster and associate of Rothstein.
  • Paz de la Huerta as Lucy Danziger – Nucky's former mistress and a former Ziegfeld Follies dancer.
  • Michael Kenneth Williams as Albert "Chalky" White – Powerful black gangster in Atlantic City.
  • Anthony Laciura as Eddie Kessler – Nucky's assistant and butler.
  • Paul Sparks as Mieczyslaw "Mickey Doyle" Kuzik – an Atlantic City bootlegger. Doyle is based on Mickey Duffy.
  • Jack Huston as Richard Harrow – a former Army marksman who allies with Jimmy and later Nucky. Heavily scarred in the war, he wears a tin mask over half of his face.
  • Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody – Jimmy's mother and an old friend of Nucky's. She was also Luciano's lover.
  • Dabney Coleman as Commodore Louis Kaestner – (based on German American hotelier and politician Louis Kuehnle) – Nucky's mentor and predecessor in Atlantic City. He is Jimmy's biological father.

[edit] Recurring characters

  • Greg Antonacci as Johnny Torrio – Capone's boss in the Chicago crime world.
  • Erik Weiner as Agent Eric Sebso – Van Alden's Jewish partner.
  • William Hill as Alderman George O'Neill – one of Nucky's political cronies and ward bosses.
  • Robert Clohessy as Alderman Jim Neary – one of Nucky's political cronies and ward bosses.
  • Anna Katarina as Isabelle Jeunet – a French woman who owns an haute couture shop on the boardwalk.
  • Max Casella as Leo D'Alessio – a small time Philadelphia gangster Doyle owes money to.
  • Edoardo Ballerini as Ignatius D'Alessio – Leo's brother and another small time gangster.
  • Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky – a young gangster who is a protégé of Rothstein.
  • Kevin O'Rourke as Edward L. Bader – Atlantic City mayoral candidate and (as of the season one finale) Mayor.
  • Michael Zegen as Bugsy Siegel – a young Jewish gangster and childhood friend of Meyer Lansky. Known for losing his temper when called Bugsy.
  • Charlie Cox as Owen Sleater – a young Irish criminal with past connections with the IRA who works for Nucky.
  • Ted Rooney as John McGarrigle - a puritanical Irish politician. He works as a fund raiser for Sinn Fein and is a leader in the IRA.
  • Erik LaRay Harvey as Dunn Purnsley - a Baltimore criminal who is recruited into Chalky's organization.
  • Heather Lind as Katy – a servant of Nucky and Margaret.
  • Dominic Chianese as Leander Whitlock – Commodore Kaestner's long serving lawyer and eventually an adviser to Jimmy.
  • William Forsythe as Manny Horvitz – a Jewish gangster from Philadelphia who partners with Jimmy to bootleg liquor to Atlantic City.
  • Nick Sandow as Waxey Gordon – a Jewish gangster who specializes in bootlegging and illegal gambling, he is an associate of Arnold Rothstein.
  • Julianne Nicholson as Esther Randolph – Assistant US Attorney prosecuting Nucky for electoral fraud and murder. (Loosely based on Mabel Walker Willebrandt.)
  • Peter Van Wagner as Isaac Ginsburg – Nucky's lawyer who influences him to take his lawsuit to the federal level.
  • David Aaron Baker as Bill Fallon – Nucky's new defense attorney after he fires Isaac

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of Boardwalk Empire episodes

[edit] Production

[edit] Development

Martin Scorsese on the set of The Departed.

Emmy Award-winner Terence Winter, who had served as executive producer and writer on the critically acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos, was hired to adapt the non-fiction book Boardwalk Empire on June 4, 2008.[10] Winter had been interested in creating a series set in the 1920s, feeling that it had never properly been explored before. It was for this reason that he decided to focus his adaption of the novel on the Prohibition era section.[11] On September 1, 2009, it was announced that Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese would direct the pilot.[12] It would be the first time he had directed an episode of television since an episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories in 1986.[13] The production would be very ambitious, with some even speculating it would be too large scale for television. "I kept thinking 'This is pointless. How can we possibly afford a boardwalk, or an empire?'" says creator Terence Winter. "We can't call it 'Boardwalk Empire' and not see a boardwalk."[14] The production would eventually build a 300-foot-long (91 m) boardwalk in an empty lot in Brooklyn, New York at the cost of five million dollars.[15] Despite a reported budget of up to $50 million,[16] the pilot's final budget came in at $18 million.[14]

On why he chose to return to television, Scorsese said "What's happening the past 9 to 10 years, particularly at HBO, is what we had hoped for in the mid-Sixties with films being made for television at first. We'd hoped there would be this kind of freedom and also the ability to create another world and create longform characters and story. That didn't happen in the 1970s, 1980s and in the 1990s I think. And of course ...HBO is a trailblazer in this. I've been tempted over the years to be involved with them because of the nature of long-form and their development of character and plot."[17] He went on to praise network HBO by saying, "A number of the episodes, in so many of their series, they're thoughtful, intelligent [and] brilliantly put together... It's a new opportunity for storytelling. It's very different from television of the past."[18]

[edit] Casting

Steve Buscemi plays Enoch "Nucky" Thompson.

"Scorsese is an actor magnet," commented Winter. "Everybody wants to work with him. I had all these pictures on my wall and I thought, 'I'd really better write some good stuff for these people.'"[14] In casting the role of Nucky Thompson (based upon real-life Atlantic City political boss Enoch L. Johnson), Winter wanted to stray from the real life Johnson as much as possible. "If we were going to cast accurately what the real Nucky looked like, we'd have cast Jim Gandolfini."[14] The idea of casting Steve Buscemi in the lead role came about when Scorsese mentioned wanting to work with the actor, whom Winter knew well having worked with him on The Sopranos. Winter sent the script out to Buscemi, who responded very enthusiastically. "I just thought, 'Wow. I'm almost sorry I've read this, because if I don't get it, I'm going to be so sad.' My response was 'Terry, I know you're looking at other actors'... and he said, 'No, no, Steve, I said we want you.'"[19] Explained Scorsese, "I love the range he has, his dramatic sense, but also his sense of humor."[19]

The casting of Buscemi was soon followed by Michael Pitt, best known for his roles in the Sandra Bullock film Murder by Numbers, The Dreamers, and in the television series Dawson's Creek.[20] He was soon joined by Kelly Macdonald, Vincent Piazza and Michael Shannon, who had just received an Oscar nomination for his role in the Sam Mendes film Revolutionary Road.[21]

[edit] Filming

Filming for the pilot took place at various locations in and around New York City in June 2009.[22][23] In creating the visual effects for the series, the company turned to Brooklyn-based effects company Brainstorm Digital. Says Glenn Allen, visual effects producer for Boardwalk Empire and co-founder of Brainstorm, "It's our most complex job to date. Everything is HD now, so we have to treat it like a feature film."[24] "Anytime you get to work on a period piece, it's more fun," comments visual effects artist Chris "Pinkus" Wesselman, who used archival photographs, postcards, and architectural plans to recreate the Atlantic City boardwalks as accurately as possible. "We got to explore what the old Atlantic City was really like. The piers were one of the toughest parts because every summer they would change—new houses, new advertisements."[24] It took two months for the firm to complete all the visual effects for the pilot.[24]

[edit] Costume design

Designed by John Dunn and tailored by Martin Greenfield, Boardwalk Empire's costumes were based on 1920s tailoring books from the Fashion Institute of Technology's research libraries and examples found at the Brooklyn Museum and the Met. The costumes have also been rented from the Daybreak Vintage Company located in Albany, NY which also exhibits at the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show. Dunn's designs were meticulously detailed, including a collar pin for Nucky's shirts and even going so far as to incorporate specially ordered woolens for suiting. Dunn told Esquire magazine in a September 2010 interview, "With Marty and Terry Winters, I developed the feel for each of the characters. We all wanted it to be very, very accurate and specific to the period.... I don't like to do boring clothing, but you also have to make sure that you're not suddenly putting somebody in something that isn't going to make sense four episodes from now."[25] These tailors were supplied by textile importer HMS fabrics and Gladson ltd.

[edit] Martin Scorsese's contribution

Martin Scorsese was involved in the filming even before creator Terence Winter. He directed the pilot and established the look of the show, which other directors later emulated to make the show feel seamless. He is also one of the executive producers of the show. Winter stated that Scorsese weighs in on the casting decisions, watches all the cuts and dailies. Up until the shooting of the show's first season, Scorsese and Winter would meet every Sunday afternoon to review what went on during the week where Scorsese would have comments and suggestions. Martin Scorsese is expected to continue to be creatively involved in the ongoing production and if the series continues—with proper scheduling—he would like to direct more episodes.[26][27]

[edit] Crew

Main article: Crew of Boardwalk Empire

Scorsese and Winter are joined as executive producers by Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Tim Van Patten. Van Patten had been a regular director on The Sopranos and also served as a regular director for Boardwalk Empire. Lawrence Konner was a co-executive producer. Konner also wrote for the show and had previously been a writer on The Sopranos. Howard Korder and Margaret Nagle served as supervising producers and writers for the first season. The crew were recognized with multiple Emmy Award nominations for their work on the first season.[citation needed] Korder returned as a co-executive producer and writer for the show's second season.

[edit] Soundtrack

Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music From the HBO Original Series was released on September 13, 2011. The soundtrack features music from seasons 1 and 2. The Prohibition-era soundtrack is composed of original music from the 1920s re-recorded by artists such as Regina Spektor, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright, Catherine Russell, Nellie McKay and Leon Redbone.

The show does not feature any original scoring; all music cues used in every single episode are authentic musical compositions and recordings from the 1920s. Many of the 1920 recordings used in Season One can be heard on the compilation album Whispering: Hits of 1920, released by Nexus in 2002. The title track of this CD, the Vincent Rose composition as performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, features prominently in the pilot episode.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Critical reception

Since debuting, Boardwalk Empire has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 88/100[28] and the second season scored 81/100,[29] both indicating "universal acclaim."[28] For its first and second seasons, The American Film Institute named Boardwalk Empire one of the ten "best television programs of the year".[30][31]

David Hinkley of the New York Daily News awarded the series five stars, saying "Watching HBO's new 'Boardwalk Empire' is like sitting in your favorite tavern and hearing someone say, 'Drinks are on the house.' Friends, it does not get much better."[32] Paige Wiser of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "... an event not to be missed," and praised Buscemi in particular, calling his performance "fascinating."[7] TV Guide's Matt Roush praised the marriage of Scorsese and Winter, saying it "... brilliantly marries Martin Scorsese's virtuosic cinematic eye to Terence Winter's panoramic mastery of rich character and eventful story," and finished his review by stating "It's the most purely—and impurely—enjoyable storytelling HBO has delivered in ages, like a movie that you never want to end."[33] Variety's Brian Lowry praised the show for returning network HBO to top form, saying "This is, quite simply, television at its finest, occupying a sweet spot that—for all the able competition—still remains unique to HBO: An expensive, explicit, character-driven program, tackling material no broadcast network or movie studio would dare touch ... For those wondering when the channel would deliver another franchise to definitively put it on top of the world, Ma, the wait is over: Go directly to 'Boardwalk.'"[14] "One of the unexpected joys of 'Boardwalk Empire,' though, lies in the way the show revels in the oddities of its time, peeling back the layers of polite society to reveal a giddy shadow world of criminals and politicians collaborating to keep the liquor flowing," says online magazine Salon's Heather Havrilesky who went on to call the pilot "breathtaking."[34] Roberto Bianco from USA Today said in his review that Boardwalk Empire was "Extravagantly produced, shockingly violent and as cold and hard as ice, Boardwalk Empire brings us back to the world's former playground at the start of Prohibition—and brings HBO back to the forefront of the TV-series race."[35]

The second season received widespread acclaim. Verne Gay from Newsday stated that "Mad Men, of course, remains the King of the Emmys, while 'Empire' nailed the equally prestigious Golden Globe for best drama last winter. But Sunday begins to build the case for 'Empire,' and build it convincingly."[36] Matt Roush of TV Guide stated "This is a gorgeous piece of storytelling that requires and rewards patience."[37] Brian Lowry stated in his review for Variety that: "A few creative flourishes feel a trifle heavy-handed -- starting with Shannon's philandering fed. Unlike Nucky, though, 'Boardwalk' isn't campaigning for anything except the gratitude of a pay-cable audience (and award voters) eager to take refuge in its sordid charms. By that measure, the show doesn't just go down smoothly; it's good to the last illicit, intoxicating drop."[38]

[edit] Awards and nominations

On July 14, 2011 Boardwalk Empire was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards that included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Steve Buscemi) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Kelly Macdonald).[39] Boardwalk Empire won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and was nominated for Best Writing in a Drama Series.[40] In addition, the show won a Golden Globe for best Dramatic Series, Buscemi won Best Actor in Dramatic Series and MacDonald was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. The cast won the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, while Steve Buscemi won the Screen Actor's Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Martin Scorsese won the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series. Boardwalk Empire was in The American Film Institute's Top Ten List for TV in 2010.

Boardwalk Empire also won two awards at the 9th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards. The first for "Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program" and second for "Outstanding Models & Miniatures in a Broadcast Program or Commercial". The former was received by Richard Friedlander (of Brainstorm Digital), Robert Stromberg, Paul Graff and David Taritero; the latter was received by Brendan Fitzgerald, John Corbett and Matthew Conner of Brainstorm Digital.[41]

[edit] Ratings

On its original airing, the pilot episode gained a 2.0/5 ratings share among adults aged 18–49 and garnered 4.81 million viewers.[42] The episode was re-played twice that night, once at 10:15 p.m. and again at 11:30 p.m. Taking these broadcasts into account, a total of 7.1 million Americans viewed the episode on the night of its original broadcast, and is the highest rated premiere for an HBO series since the pilot of Deadwood in March, 2004. The season finale was watched by 3.29 million viewers, attaining a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.[43]

The second season premiere was watched by 2.912 million viewers, down 39% from the pilot and down 12% from its first season finale.[44]

[edit] Advertising

IRT LoV car 5443 advertising Boardwalk Empire's second season

To promote the start of the second season starting September 25, 2011, the producers paid the NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority $150,000 to decorate and operate the MTA museum's train of four Lo-V(oltage) subway cars for each weekend in September 2011. The subway cars used were 5290, 5292 (both built in 1917), 5443, 5483 (both built in 1924). The train operated between the hours of 12 noon and 6 PM and ran as an express between the 96th St and 42nd St-Times Square stations on the 2/3 express tracks. While the MTA runs "nostalgia trains" each year, this was the first time they had been used for an advertising tie-in.[45]

HBO also sponsored an Atlantic City beautification project with the tag line "Compliments of Nucky Thompson" and paid for eastbound tolls into Atlantic City on the AC Expressway for the weekend of 24 September 2011.[45]

[edit] International broadcast

Country Network Series Premiere
Latin America HBO Latin America Late 2010
Sweden Sweden Canal+ Series
SVT		 1 November 2010[46]
29 October 2011[47]
France France Orange Cinéma Séries 19 December 2010
Germany Germany TNT Serie 2 February 2011
Belgium Belgium Be TV
RTBF		 February 2011
Early 2012
Denmark Denmark
Norway Norway		 Canal+ Series
Canal+ Film HD		 1 November 2010[48]
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland Ireland		 Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic HD		 1 February 2011[49]
Italy Italy Sky Cinema 1
Sky Cinema HD		 January 2011[50]
Israel Israel Yes Oh
 2010
Portugal Portugal AXN Black
AXN Black HD		 May 2011
New Zealand New Zealand SoHo November 2011
Japan Japan WOWOW 9 October 2011[51]
Greece Greece Nova Cinema 1
Nova Cinema HD		 3 June 2011[52]
South Africa South Africa M-Net
M-Net HD		 February 2011
Czech RepublicBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaHungaryRepublic of MacedoniaMoldovaMontenegroPolandRomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSlovenia (Central Europe) HBO Central Europe February 2011
Australia Australia Showcase
showcase HD		 March 2011
BangladeshBruneiCambodiaChinaHong KongIndiaIndonesiaMacauMalaysiaMaldivesMongoliaNepalPakistanPalauPapua New GuineaPhilippinesSingaporeSouth KoreaSri LankaRepublic of ChinaThailandVietnam (Asia) HBO Asia
HBO HD		 6 January 2011
Spain Spain Canal+ 1
Canal+ 1 HD		 13 December 2010
Turkey Turkey DiziMax
DiziMax HD
Switzerland Switzerland TSR 1 13 November 2011[53]
Finland Finland YLE TV2 15 January 2012
Latvia Latvia Fox Crime 23 January 2012

[edit] Home media releases

Season Release dates Episodes Special features Discs
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 January 10, 2012[54]
(DVD and Blu-ray)		 January 11, 2012[55]
(DVD and Blu-ray)		 2012 12
  • Enhanced Viewing (BD only) - Learn more about the production process and historical background from A.C. historians
  • Making Boardwalk Empire - Behind-the-scenes look at the set, featuring interviews from the cast and crew
  • Character Dossier - Comprehensive character guide
  • Creating the Boardwalk - Learn how the actual Boardwalk set was created
  • Atlantic City: The Original Sin City - 30-minute documentary on the culture and social climate of A.C. at the time
  • Speakeasy Tour - A look at famed Prohibition speakeasies in Chicago and New York
  • Audio Commentaries - Six audio commentaries from various cast and crew
 5

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