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HBO Series: Boardwalk Empire (2010) NTSC Seizoen 1 ( 4 DvD's)

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Slechts 2 maanden nadat Boardwalk Empire in Amerika op tv kwam heeft BNN besloten de serie in Nederland te gaan uitzenden.
Op 19 september ging de serie in premerie op de Amerikaanse zender HBO.
Boardwalk Empire was meteen de best bekeken serie van de afgelopen 6 jaar.

Centraal in het verhaal staat de opkomst van de georganiseerde Amerikaanse misdaad.
In 1920 werd alcohol door de Amerikaanse regering verboden, dit hield in dat het niet mocht worden gemaakt, getransporteerd of verhandeld.
Het drinken van alcohol bleef echter wel toegestaan, wat ervoor zorgde dat alcohol een lucratieve illegale handel werd.
 
Beroemde gangsters als Lucky Luciano en Al Capone begonnen tijdens de drooglegging aan de opbouw van hun criminele carrière. Deze gangsters worden gevolgd in de serie.

De pers is lyrisch over Boardwalk Empire. Zowel de reggiseur (Martin Scorsese) als de cast zijn dan ook niet de minste.

De hoofdrollen in de serie Boardwalk Empire worden gespeeld door Steve Buscemi als ‘Nucky’ Thompson, Michael Pitt als Jimmy Darmody, Stephen Graham als Al Capone, Kelly MacDonald als Margaret Schroeder en Vincent Piazza als Lucky Luciano.




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Season 1 

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 Season 1, Episode 1: Boardwalk Empire

January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, condemns alcohol at a Women's Temperance League meeting, where he is noticed by Margaret Schroeder, a pretty, pregnant housewife who comes to him for help in getting her abusive husband Hans a job. Later that evening, the duplicitous Nucky privately tells his ward bosses about the opportunity to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor. At a countdown-to-midnight blast at Babette's Supper Club, he assures Jimmy Darmody, a recently returned WWI vet, that his appointment as "Man Friday" to the new Chief Clerk of the Fourth Ward, Paddy Ryan, will lead to bigger things. Jimmy, meanwhile, has higher aspirations and ends up making an alliance that could have dire consequences for both him and Nucky. 


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 Season 1, Episode 2: The Ivory Tower

Investigating a crime which he feels has been pinned on a scapegoat, straight-arrow Agent Nelson Van Alden pays a visit to Nucky and leaves convinced that the Treasurer is "as corrupt as the day is long." Nucky quickly does damage control, enlisting his brother, Sheriff Elias Thompson, to close ranks with their underlings. Nucky discusses the upcoming election with his aging mentor, Commodore Louis Kaestner, with whom he debates the women's vote issue. Later, before heading out for a night on the town, Nucky rebukes an irate Arnold Rothstein over the phone, then meets privately with Margaret Schroeder, who asks him for help in providing for her children. As a long day ends, a traveling salesman named George Baxter, in town for a few days with an unwilling young beauty named Claudia, makes a startling discovery while on the road home to Baltimore. 


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Season 1, Episode 12: A Return to Normalcy

Nucky and Atlantic City brace for change on Election Day; Torrio brokers a deal between two nemeses, with far-reaching consequences; Jimmy ponders his future, as do Margaret, Agent Van Alden and Eli. 


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