"Boardwalk Empire Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on premium cable channel HBO. The series is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by the book ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City"" by Nelson Johnson about 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 completed its five-season run 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. The series received 57 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series, winning 20. The series also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2011 and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2012."
"local LGBT charities, the event features drag queens on the runway in a similar manner to the Miss America pageant. Since 2010, ""Boardwalk Empire"", an American television series from cable network HBO set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition era, has cast a new light on the city. Starring Steve Buscemi, the show was adapted from a chapter about historical criminal kingpin Enoch ""Nucky"" Johnson (who is renamed ""Enoch Thompson"" in the show) in Nelson Johnson's book, ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City"". The series was filmed in New York City at various locations that"
"opened in 1929, and Steel Pier, an amusement park on a 1,000 foot (300 m) long pier over the Atlantic Ocean. Home of the Miss America pageant, Atlantic City has been featured in numerous films and television series, most notably as the setting of the 1980 film ""Atlantic City"" starring and the 2011 HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"". The city also served as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly. Ocean City is home to a boardwalk with several shops and amusement areas. Known as a family-oriented seaside resort, the city has prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages within its limits"
"1920s and 1930s. The first season takes place between January and November 1920, beginning with the start of national prohibition and ending with the 1920 presidential election. The first episode, with a final cost of $18 million, was directed by Martin Scorsese and was the most expensive pilot episode produced in television history. The first season was met with widespread praise, particularly for its visual style and historical accuracy. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 88/100 based on 30 reviews, indicating ""universal acclaim"". The American Film Institute named ""Boardwalk Empire"" one of the ten ""best television"
"period of the 1920s and early 1930s. The fifth season takes place between April and October 1931, seven years after the previous season, during the Great Depression, with flashbacks to 1884 and 1897 detailing Nucky's childhood and young adulthood. The fifth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on January 13, 2015. HBO renewed ""Boardwalk Empire"" for a fifth season on September 26, 2013, and announced on January 9, 2014, that it would be the final season. The New York budget for the show's final season was $87.2 million. Departing the main cast from the previous season"
"violent and as cold and hard as ice, Boardwalk Empire brings us back to the world's former playground at the start of Prohibition—and brings HBO back to the forefront of the TV-series race."" On July 14, 2011 ""Boardwalk Empire"" was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards that included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Steve Buscemi) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Kelly Macdonald). ""Boardwalk Empire"" won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing in a New Series and was nominated for Best Writing in a Drama Series. In addition, the show won"
"Pier. The first phase of the Atlantic Wind Connection, a planned electrical transmission backbone along the Jersey Shore was planned to be operational in 2013. In addition to the city's exposure in the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"", Atlantic City has been featured in several other aspects of pop culture. People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Atlantic City include: Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2010, it had a population of 39,558. The city was incorporated"
"observe ""it takes a lot of squinting to see him as a powerbroker straddling two worlds."" On July 14, 2011, for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, ""Boardwalk Empire"" was nominated for 18 Primetime Emmy Awards for the first season that included Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Steve Buscemi), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Kelly Macdonald), with Martin Scorsese winning Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, along with seven other wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. ""Boardwalk Empire"" won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series and was nominated"
"City on the AC Expressway for the weekend of September 24, 2011. ""Boardwalk Empire"" has received critical acclaim. For its first and second seasons, The American Film Institute named ""Boardwalk Empire"" one of the ten ""best television programs of the year."" On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 88 out of 100, and the second season scored 81 out of 100, both indicating ""universal acclaim."" The third season scored 76 of 100, and the fourth season scored 77 out of 100, both indicating ""generally favorable reviews."" In the show's fifth and final season, it scored 83 out"
"Nelson Johnson Nelson Johnson (born 1948) is an American lawyer, judge and author, best known for his ""New York Times"" bestseller, ""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City"". Johnson grew up in South Jersey, USA. Johnson worked at Atlantic City's planning board during the 1980s. As of 2014 he is an Atlantic County Superior Court Judge. and tries mass tort cases. Nelson's book ""Boardwalk Empire"" was the basis for the HBO drama series ""Boardwalk Empire"". Its sequel is ""The Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City"". In 2010, Nelson was asked by the New"
"founding member and the first president of the revitalized Lincoln Highway Association, in 1992. The pilot episode of ""Boardwalk Empire"", shown on HBO in the United States, beginning in September 2010, contains a scene showing Al Capone en route from New Jersey to Chicago. He passes a sign that says he is travelling on the Lincoln Highway and that Chicago is ahead (thus placing him in western Ohio). This episode is set in early 1920. On March 9, 2014, Wyoming PBS premiered the Emmy Award-winning documentary film, ""100 Years on the Lincoln Highway"", produced by Tom Manning. This hour-long documentary"
"Nucky Thompson Enoch Malachi ""Nucky"" Thompson is a fictional character and the protagonist of the HBO TV series ""Boardwalk Empire"", portrayed by Steve Buscemi. Nucky is loosely based on former Atlantic City, New Jersey political figure Enoch Lewis ""Nucky"" Johnson. Nucky is employed as treasurer of Atlantic County, but in effect controls the region as a political boss. He is a corrupt and powerful politician who leads a double life as a gangster, and continuously struggles to meet his interests on both fronts. Charming and intelligent, he is adored by the people of Atlantic City, especially its poor and immigrant"
"Atlantic County Convalescent Home. Premiering September 19, 2010, the HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"" fictionalized the Prohibition era in Atlantic City. The series ran for five seasons and was produced by Martin Scorsese and Mark Wahlberg and starred Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Show creator Terence Winter elected to portray a fictionalized version of Johnson, to give the writers creative license with history, and to maintain suspense. One great difference between the real Johnson and the fictional Thompson is that the real Johnson is not known to have killed anyone personally, as the fictional Thompson does; there is also no evidence"
"place at various locations in and around New York City in June 2009. In creating the visual effects for the series, the company turned to Brooklyn-based effects company Brainstorm Digital. Says Glenn Allen, visual effects producer for ""Boardwalk Empire"" and co-founder of Brainstorm, ""It's our most complex job to date. Everything is HD now, so we have to treat it like a feature film."" ""Anytime you get to work on a period piece, it's more fun,"" comments visual effects artist Chris ""Pinkus"" Wesselman, who used archival photographs, postcards, and architectural plans to recreate the Atlantic City boardwalks as accurately as"
"1920s and early 1930s. Taking place 16 months after season two, the third season begins on New Year's Eve 1922 and concludes in June 1923. The third season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on August 20, 2013. Charlie Cox was promoted to main cast after recurring in the previous season, and Bobby Cannavale joined the cast. Michael Pitt, Aleksa Palladino, Paz de la Huerta and Dabney Coleman all departed the cast. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The third season of ""Boardwalk Empire"" received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the third season scored 76/100 based on"
"for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Margaret Thompson Margaret Thompson is a fictional character in the HBO crime drama series ""Boardwalk Empire"", portrayed by Kelly Macdonald. An Irish immigrant living in 1920s Atlantic City, New Jersey, she is the mistress and eventual wife of Atlantic County treasurer and crime boss Enoch ""Nucky"" Thompson (Steve Buscemi). Born Margaret Catherine Sheila Rohan circa 1893 in County Kerry, Ireland, she is raised in a poor Catholic family, headed by her alcoholic father. She lived in Templenoe and was nicknamed ""Peg."" She becomes pregnant as a teenager by her employer's"
"annoys me. What is it that all these characters are engaged in: Is this business or crime? Or is it something in between—like politics."" ""The Emerald City"" gained a tenth of a point in to a 1.3 adults 18–49 rating and added a handful of viewers, just topping 3 million and had an overall of 3.049 million viewers. The Emerald City (Boardwalk Empire) ""The Emerald City"" is the tenth episode of the first season of the HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"", which aired on HBO November 21, 2010. The episode was written by co-executive producer Lawrence Konner and directed by"
"of its first season since ""Men in Trees"" during the 2006–2007 season. Empire (2015 TV series) Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015 on Fox. Although it is filmed in Chicago, the show is set in New York. It centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of it. A hip-hop mogul must choose a successor among his three sons who are battling for control over his"
"are Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Ron Livingston and Michael Stuhlbarg. Ben Rosenfield was promoted to main cast after recurring in the previous season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fifth season of ""Boardwalk Empire"" received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the fifth season scored 83 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating ""universal acclaim"". For the 67th Writers Guild of America Awards, the series received two nominations for Best Episodic Drama—Howard Korder for ""Devil You Know"", and Riccardo DiLoreto, Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder for ""Friendless Child"". For the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast was nominated"
"enabled the organization to hire an expert to produce the documentation needed to support the 2013 listing on the National Register of Historic Places and similar state recognition. This status is largely symbolic, however, so the BBPA then shifted its focus to obtaining landmark district designation from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, which would provide real legal protection to the district. The HBO series ""Boardwalk Empire"" shot scenes in the bungalow community in 2009 for the first episode. Bootleg Productions, the production company behind the series, sent a check for $10,000 after receiving a letter from Carmela George."
"his brother, Congressman Isaac Bacharach, founded the Betty Bacharach Home for Afflicted Children in honor of their mother, which opened in 1924. The home cared for children afflicted with infantile paralysis. The building at 2305 Atlantic Avenue, Longport, New Jersey, became the borough hall in 1990. Bacharach was played by actor John Rue in the HBO Television series ""Boardwalk Empire"". Harry Bacharach Harry Bacharach (October 24, 1873 – May 13, 1947) was the Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1912 for 6 months, and from 1916 to 1920, and again from 1930 to 1935. A Republican, he also served"
"politics. With a few exceptions in the Southwest, such as Phoenix, most large cities of 100,000 or more in the early 20th century had machine organizations, and usually claimed one or more local bosses. Most were Democrats. Some had a major impact on state politics, such as E. H. Crump in Memphis, Tennessee. A few bosses had reputations as reformers, such as Frank Hague of Jersey City. The HBO television series ""Boardwalk Empire"" focuses on Enoch ""Nucky"" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a Republican Party boss and gangster who controls Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition"
"Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series. ""Boardwalk Empire"" was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in both 2011 and 2012. In addition, ""Boardwalk Empire"" won The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television Drama in 2012 and was nominated for BAFTA Best International Television in 2011. Winter served as the co-creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner of the HBO period musical drama series ""Vinyl"", which reunited him with ""Boardwalk Empire"" actor Bobby Cannavale and director Martin Scorsese. Despite being picked up for a second season, Winter left his position as showrunner after just one season on the"
"his family often at their vacation spot in Empire. He would sometimes walk there on foot, doing a tramp from Illinois to Colorado, chanting poems and doing farm work along the way. This climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. Empire is the setting of Bonnie Nadzam's short story, titled ""Empire"" after the town. Empire, Colorado The historic Town of Empire is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population was 282 at"
"season, we had gotten lots of accolades and great reviews, so it was work, work, work, where we were shooting two episodes at a time."" Season two premiered on September 25, 2011 and concluded on December 11, 2011, consisting of 12 episodes. The second season of ""Boardwalk Empire"" received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the second season scored 81/100 based on 14 reviews. Another aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, reported 85 percent of critics gave the second season a ""Certified Fresh"" rating, based on 13 reviews with an average score of 8/10. After the second season"
"reviews with an average score of 8/10, with the site consensus stating ""Boardwalk Empire delves deeper into both its intriguing supporting players and its rich tapestry of moral ambiguity."" The second season received 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards and won 4 altogether. The series received its second consecutive nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, while Steve Buscemi was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. The series won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series, Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series for ""21"", and Outstanding Special Visual Effects"
"for Best Drama Ensemble, Steve Buscemi was nominated for Best Drama Actor, and the series was nominated for Best Stunt Team. For the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Tim Van Patten was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ""Eldorado"". For the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series received nine nominations, and won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More). The season premiered on OSN First HD in the Middle East on September 8, 2014. Boardwalk Empire (season 5) The fifth and final season"
"""Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City"" on June 4, 2008. Winter had been interested in creating a series set in the 1920s, feeling that it had never properly been explored before. It was for this reason that he decided to focus his adaption of the novel on the Prohibition era section. On September 1, 2009, it was announced that Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese would direct the pilot. It would be the first time he had directed an episode of television since an episode of Steven Spielberg's ""Amazing Stories"" in 1986. The production would be"
"In his free time, Geraghty enjoys surfing. Brian Geraghty Brian Timothy Geraghty (born May 13, 1975) is an American actor, known for his role in the Academy Award–winning film ""The Hurt Locker"", for his role alongside Denzel Washington in the 2012 film ""Flight"", and for his recurring role in the acclaimed HBO drama series ""Boardwalk Empire"". He appeared as a regular on NBC's ""Chicago P.D."" from 2014 to 2016. Geraghty was born in Toms River, New Jersey, and is of Irish descent. He graduated from Toms River High School East in 1993 and then studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse"
"John Corbett and Matthew Conner of Brainstorm Digital. The show's Season One Soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2012. For the second season, ""Boardwalk Empire"" won once again for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Tim Van Patten for the season finale ""To the Lost"", along with three other wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. For the third season, Bobby Cannavale won the show's first acting award at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Gyp"
"of 100. On another review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes, the first season received a rating of 93%. Season two received an 88%, the third season an 87% and the fourth season a 97%, stating """"Boardwalk Empire"" continues to benefit from its meticulously realized period trappings, but what keeps the show watchable is its supremely talented ensemble players"". The fifth season of the show holds a rating of 90%, with the site's consensus reading: ""The final season of ""Boardwalk Empire"" is as visually dazzling and well-acted as ever, but it's the emphasis on Nucky Thompson's history that's particularly rewarding this time"
"top and swept back from the forehead — at barber shops in the United States. Jimmy Darmody James Edison ""Jimmy"" Darmody is a fictional character in the television show ""Boardwalk Empire"", played by Michael Pitt. He is one of the main characters in the first two seasons of the series. Unlike most of the other main characters in the series, Jimmy is not based on any historical figure, being entirely a fictional creation of the writers. Pitt is also the only actor besides Steve Buscemi to appear in every episode for which he is credited. Jimmy is the son of"