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Many actors from ''The Corner'' later appeared on David Simon's next television series, ''[[The Wire]]'', often playing very different roles, including Clarke Peters, Maria Broom, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, [[Clayton LeBouef]], [[Donnell Rawlings]], [[Lance Reddick]] and [[Delaney Williams]]. Alexander and Peters later starred in Simon's ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]''. |
Many actors from ''The Corner'' later appeared on David Simon's next television series, ''[[The Wire]]'', often playing very different roles, including Clarke Peters, Maria Broom, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, [[Clayton LeBouef]], [[Donnell Rawlings]], [[Tootsie Duvall]], [[Robert F. Chew]], [[Lance Reddick]] and [[Delaney Williams]]. Alexander and Peters later starred in Simon's ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]''. |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |
Revision as of 14:14, 11 July 2014
Please do not use {{Infobox television film}} directly. See the documentation for available templates. The Corner is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon and Ed Burns and adapted for television by Simon and David Mills. It premiered on premium cable network HBO in the United States on April 16, 2000, and concluded its six-part run on May 21, 2000. The series was released on DVD on July 22, 2003.[1] It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2000.
The Corner chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. "The corner" is at the junction of West Fayette Street and North Monroe Street (U.S. Route 1) (39°17′22″N 76°38′49″W / 39.289372°N 76.646848°W).
Cast and characters
- T. K. Carter as Gary McCullough, a drug addict. Father of DeAndre and ex-husband of Fran. Dropped out of college when Fran became pregnant and became addicted to drugs after their marriage ended.
- Khandi Alexander as Francine "Fran" Boyd, a drug addict. Mother of DeAndre and DeRodd. Lives in the "Dew Drop Inn" with her sisters, Bunchie and Sharry, and brother Stevie and his son.
- Sean Nelson as DeAndre McCullough, a drug dealer. Son of Gary McCullough and Francine "Fran" Boyd.
- Clarke Peters as Fat Curt
- Glenn Plummer as George 'Blue' Epps
- Toy Connor as Tyreeka Freamon
- Maria Broom as Bunchie Boyd
- Sylvester Lee Kirk as DeRodd
- Corey Parker Robinson as R.C.
- Reg E. Cathey as Scalio
- Rodney Scott as Little Deandre
Many actors from The Corner later appeared on David Simon's next television series, The Wire, often playing very different roles, including Clarke Peters, Maria Broom, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, Clayton LeBouef, Donnell Rawlings, Tootsie Duvall, Robert F. Chew, Lance Reddick and Delaney Williams. Alexander and Peters later starred in Simon's Treme.
Reception
A review by Hugh K. David of DVD Times praised The Corner as raw, "gritty, uncompromising, realistic, smartly directed, supremely well-acted, compulsively watchable, but harrowing and with little light at the end of the tunnel", comparing it to the television equivalent of such films as Last Exit to Brooklyn or Requiem for a Dream (also adapted from novels), with elements in common with both La Haine and Cidade de Deus.[2]
Awards
The miniseries received four Emmy nominations at the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards. It was nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special and won for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Charles S. Dutton); Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie (David Simon and David Mills) and Outstanding Miniseries.[3]
Plot synopsis and episode list
Each episode starts and ends with a documentary style interview, wherein a lead character answers questions from the director Charles S. Dutton.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Gary's Blues" | Charles S. Dutton | David Simon & David Mills | April 16, 2000 | |
"Gary, you should have never got caught up in this." Thirty-four-year-old Gary McCullough has seen four years of drug addiction strip him of his money, his career...and his family. Now he has one mission: to get his next drug fix. When he's not shooting up with his girlfriend Ronnie - a ruthless, scheming addict who even steals from Gary when he isn't looking - Gary scours the neighborhood for heroin or spare cigarettes, and scrounges for money selling scrap metal and stolen appliances. | |||||
2 | "DeAndre's Blues" | Charles S. Dutton | David Simon & David Mills | April 23, 2000 | |
"I can jail if I have to." DeAndre spends his life walking a fine line between childhood and maturity - a very fine line, since both of his parents are addicts, and he's been dealing drugs since he was 13 years old. DeAndre hangs out with his girlfriend Tyreeka while struggling to attend school so he can achieve a promotion from 9th to 10th grade. Getting into a fight with his mother, Fran, he leaves to stay with his father, Gary, who ends up stealing some of his drugs. | |||||
3 | "Fran's Blues" | Charles S. Dutton | David Mills | April 30, 2000 | |
"How we look, trying to raise children up in the middle of this craziness?" | |||||
4 | "Dope Fiend Blues" | Charles S. Dutton | David Simon | May 7, 2000 | |
"We sitting here day after day making ourself a little bit less human." | |||||
5 | "Corner Boy Blues" | Charles S. Dutton | David Simon & David Mills | May 14, 2000 | |
"I can't be locked up when my baby born, man" Things are going well for Fran, who proudly moves the family into a new home, but not so well for Gary, who loses his job as the crab season ends. With a baby on the way, DeAndre attempts to walk a straight line, taking a job at a fast food restaurant while still earning off the corner, and agreeing to a midnight curfew imposed by Fran. Drugs are starting to take their toll on an aging corner seller, Curt, who collapses and ends up in the hospital. | |||||
6 | "Everyman's Blues" | Charles S. Dutton | David Simon & David Mills | May 21, 2000 | |
"Ain't no job harder in America" The entire Boyd family gathers for Thanksgiving, a celebration that also marks the birth of DeAndre's son. It's a happy time for all, but it is to be short-lived as old addictions are revisited and new ones are born. DeAndre himself falls into a life of drugs. |
References
- ^ "The Corner (HBO Miniseries) (2000)". Amazon.com. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ^ Hugh K.David (July 23, 2005). "Review of The Corner". The Digital Fix. Home Cinema. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- ^ "Emmy Awards (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
External links
- 2000 American television series debuts
- 2000 American television series endings
- 2000s American television series
- American television miniseries
- Culture of Baltimore, Maryland
- HBO network shows
- Television programs based on books
- Television shows set in Baltimore, Maryland
- Television series based on actual events
- U.S. Route 1
- Works of David Simon
- Peabody Award winning television programs
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries winners