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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. The series stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson.
Sep 11, 2014 · Terence Winter, who was a writer and executive producer for The Sopranos, says he created Boardwalk Empire in part so he could work with filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
Sep 20, 2010 · Boardwalk Empire, scripted by Terence Winter, whose Emmy Award–winning writing kept fans tuning in to The Sopranos week after week, was inspired by the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, by New Jersey judge and historian Nelson Johnson.
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- THE PILOT EPISODE OF BOARDWALK EMPIRE WAS DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE … AND TERENCE WINTER WAS EMBARRASSED TO GIVE HIM A NOTE. When you have Hollywood royalty directing the first episode of your brand-new series, the last thing anyone wants to do is correct his work.
- STEVE BUSCEMI’S CHARACTER WAS BASED ON A REAL PERSON. Boardwalk Empire was populated by actual historical figures of the era; Stephen Graham’s Al Capone and Vincent Piazza’s Charlie “Lucky” Luciano were main characters for all five seasons.
- MICHAEL STUHLBARG SCHOOLED THE BOARDWALK WRITERS ON ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN. Michael Stuhlbarg (The Shape of Water; Call Me By Your Name), who portrayed notorious gambler Arnold Rothstein for four seasons, had done so much research on his character that Winter brought him in to educate the show’s writers on the man.
- BOARDWALK EMPIRE GOT THE SESAME STREET TREATMENT. Leave it to Sesame Street to turn a TV show about gruesome murders and backroom alcohol deals into a G-rated lesson about compromise.
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.
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Feb 2, 2024 · Although Nelson Johnson ’s nonfiction book Boardwalk Empire covers several eras of A.C.’s history, its most compelling character is Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, the real-life inspiration for the HBO...
Aug 7, 2013 · Watch the Boardwalk Empire trailer for the HBO TV series starring Steve Buscemi as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson, the treasurer and ruler of Atlantic City during the 1920s and 1930s. Meet the real Nucky Thompson, Margaret Schroeder and the real Jimmy Darmody. Explore the Boardwalk Empire true story and meet the gangsters.
