The Corner
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The Corner is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) by David Simon and Ed Burns, and adapted for television by David Simon and David Mills. It premiered on HBO in the United States on April 16, 2000, and concluded its six-part run on May 21, 2000. The series was released on DVD on July 22, 2003.[1] It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2000.
The Corner | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon Ed Burns |
Written by | David Simon David Mills |
Directed by | Charles S. Dutton |
Starring | T. K. Carter Khandi Alexander Sean Nelson |
Theme music composer | Corey Harris |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producers | Robert F. Colesberry David Mills David Simon Nina Kostroff Noble |
Production location | Baltimore, Maryland |
Cinematography | Ivan Strasburg |
Running time | 59–73 minutes |
Production companies | Blown Deadline Productions HBO Films Knee Deep Productions |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | April 16 (2000-04-16) – May 21, 2000 (2000-05-21) |
The Corner chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. "The corner" is the junction of West Fayette Street and North Monroe Street (U.S. Route 1) (39.289372°N 76.646848°W / 39.289372; -76.646848).