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10 unusual facts about The wire


100% Pure Love

The music video directed by Marcus Nispel and choreographed by Michael K. Williams (who later went on to star as Omar Little on The Wire) was nominated for Best Dance Video on The 1994 MTV Video Music Awards

Bill Anschell

His musical compositions have been heard on numerous network and cable programs, including NBC's The West Wing, FX's Damages, HBO's The Wire, CBS'sThe Defenders, NCIS: LA, The Mindy Projects and the soundtrack of the PBS movie Old Settler.

Dragon Lady

The term was recently used in the episode "Margin of Error" of the acclaimed HBO series, The Wire.

Gun crime in south Manchester

Comments of Chris Grayling, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, in August 2009, comparing Moss Side to the Baltimore set TV series 'The Wire' met with an angry response in the area, from locals and the police.

I Concur

Subject matter has previously focused on the Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo Suk (on "Decimal Places"), the building of the M62 motorway around Stott Hall Farm (on "Build Around Me") and the American TV series The Wire (on "Sobotka").

Johnston Square, Baltimore

It is located in a crime prone region of East Baltimore and has been used as a filming location on the HBO drama The Wire.

Polisse

He described the film as "a strong contender for the most awful film of the competition" and "much of it feels like a pretty dodgy evening in front of the television: less The Wire, more The Bill. But I don't think any director of The Bill would have permitted the toe-curlingly embarrassing overacting we get in this movie".

Thomas L. Bromwell

It has been suggested that aspects of Bromwell's political career served, in part, as inspiration for the fictional Maryland State Senator Clay Davis, from HBO's The Wire.

Washington Square Serenade

The album features the singer's wife, Allison Moorer on the track "Days Aren't Long Enough," and the Brazilian group Forro in the Dark on the track "City of Immigrants." The track "Way Down in the Hole," by Tom Waits, was used as the opening theme song for the fifth and final season of the HBO series The Wire, on which Earle plays a recurring character named Walon.

Web of Deception

With the aide of defense attorney Larry Lake (West Wing’s Bradley Whitford) and police detective Fracinetti (The Wire’s Paul Ben-Victor) Benesch uses his psychiatric knowledge to unravel the nefarious web.


April Maiya

The film featured actor Jamie Hector, a/k/a "Marlo Stansfield" of the HBO's television series The Wire, as the narrator.

Black Toast Records

Since its launch, the company has placed music in television series (including “True Blood,” “Dexter,” “Treme,” and “The Wire,” and others), motion pictures (including “Arthur” with Russell Brand, “When In Rome” with Kristen Bell, “I Love You, Phillip Morris” with Jim Carrey, “Dead Silence,” “Jiminy Glick in Lalawood,” and others).

British Urban Film Festival

In addition, the festival (5–9 September) was to be headlined by the UK premiere screenings of "Calloused Hands" starring Andre Royo from the HBO series "The Wire", "Traveller" starring David Essex OBE, Jason Maza & Lois Winstone & the award-winning "Bloody Lip" written & directed by Adriel Leff.

Chris Ashworth

Christopher Michael Ashworth (born March 13, 1975 in Farmville, Virginia), better known as simply Chris Ashworth, is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sergei Malatov on The Wire.

Chris Bauer

Bauer has starred in numerous television series including The Wire as port-union boss Frank Sobotka.

Colored People's Time

In The Wire S03E08 Moral Midgetry, when a girl asked Marlo Stanfield when he wants to meet, Marlo responded, "Five. And five mean five. I don't truck CP time. Five and change; I'm gone."

Domenick Lombardozzi

Domenico "Domenick" Lombardozzi (born March 25, 1976) is an American actor of Italian descent best known for his role as Thomas "Herc" Hauk on The Wire, Ralph Galino on Oz, Dominick aka DOM in HBO's Entourage, Ray Zancanelli on Breakout Kings, and Ralph Capone on Boardwalk Empire TV series.

Dude Walker

Dude has appeared in several popular TV shows, including The West Wing, One Life to Live, and The Wire.

E/i

Closer in style to The Wire and Signal to Noise than other magazines, it focused on chronicling the history of electronic music.

Eva Vermandel

Known for her still and timeless portraits which often bear references to painting (the Flemish Primitives, Ingres, Bronzino), her photographs have appeared in a wide range of magazines such as The Wire, Telegraph Magazine, Independent Magazine, Mojo, The New York Times Magazine and W (USA).

Franks Wild Years

Various versions of "Way Down in the Hole" were used as the theme music for the HBO series The Wire, including Waits' original version for the second season.

Game Day

Bubbles and Johnny spot Walon, the speaker from their Narcotics Anonymous meeting, but are distracted by Bodie who is throwing out free vials of new product.

Johnny Weeks

Johnny Weeks is a fictional character on the HBO drama series The Wire, portrayed by Leo Fitzpatrick.

Mia Clarke

She is also a freelance writer and has written about music for publications including The Wire, The Guardian, and Pitchfork Media.

Middlebrow

Slate Magazine suggests that the late 2000s and early 2010s could potentially be considered the "golden age of middlebrow art"—pointing to television shows Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Sopranos and The Wire and novels Freedom, The Marriage Plot and A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Molly Johnson

Johnson's brother Clark Johnson, an actor and director (Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire), and sister Taborah Johnson, an actor and singer, are also noted Canadian performers.

Not for Attribution

Michael Lee is withdrawn following his involvement in the home invasion murders and Duquan "Dukie" Weems convinces him that the two of them should take Bug on a day trip to Six Flags America in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC.

Pierce Turner

Other songs by Turner were featured in the film Snakes and Ladders and the HBO TV show The Wire (his version of "Dirty Old Town").

Police of The Wire

The Police Of The Wire includes many starring characters who play a major role in the fictional HBO drama series The Wire.

Robert Hewitt Wolfe

These include action-packed episodes with high story-arc importance ("The Way of the Warrior", "Call to Arms"), dramatic character studies ("The Wire", "Hard Time") and even comic farces ("Family Business", "Little Green Men").

Sergei Malatov

Sergei "Serge" Malatov (Ukrainian: Сергій Малатов) is a fictional character on the HBO drama series The Wire, played by Chris Ashworth.