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Originally produced as episodes of the television program The Wire from 2002-2008.

Special features: episode previews and recaps, Q & A with David Simon and creative team, conversations with David Simon, audio commentaries from cast and crew, four-season retrospective, 2 documentaries, 3 prequels exploring life before The Wire; gag reel.

Cinematography, Uta Briesewitz ; editors, Allyson C. Johnson ... [et al.] ; original music, Kenneth Burgomaster.

Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie R. Faison, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Domenick Lombardozzi, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Jim True-Frost, Corey Parker Robinson, Aidan Gillen, Jamie Hector, Isiah Whitlock, Jr.

Filmed on location in Baltimore, Maryland.

An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media. Unvarnished and highly realistic, Season One follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore--one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance. Told from the points of view of both the police and their targets, the first season of this groundbreaking series captures a universe where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.

MPAA rating: TV-MA.

DVD, NTSC; region 1; 4:3 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0.

English; English, French and Spanish language soundtracks; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.