Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by Nelson Johnson's 2002 non-fiction book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, about the historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson. The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese and produced at a cost of $18 million. On September 1, 2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes. The series premiered on September 19, 2010, and its five-season run of 56 episodes ended on October 26, 2014. Boardwalk Empire received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its visual style and basis on historical figures, as well as for Buscemi's lead performance.
| Genre | Crime drama, Period drama, Serial 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, Dabney Coleman, Jack Huston, Gretchen Mol, Charlie Cox, Bobby Cannavale, Ron Livingston, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Rosenfield |
| Theme music composer | The Brian Jonestown Massacre |
| Opening theme | "Straight Up and Down" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
| Executive producer(s) | Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Van Patten, Howard Korder, Stephen Levinson |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Editor(s) | Kate Stanford, Tim Streeto |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 50–73 minutes |
| Production company(s) | HBO Entertainment, Leverage Entertainment, Closest to the Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions, Cold Front Productions |
| Distributor | HBO Enterprises, Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Original network | HBO |
About Boardwalk Empire
20-time Emmy Award-winning series created by Terence Winter about a corrupt Atlantic City politician during Prohibition.
Achievement of Boardwalk Empire
Bobby Cannavale guest starred in season three and won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance.
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Latest information about Boardwalk Empire updated on July 28 2021.
