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Rigging Best Boy: Eliott Snell
Dimmer Operator: Len Applefeld
House Electrician: Chris Baker
Genny Operator: Todd Norton
Set Lighting Technician Shop Steward: Wade Tyree
Set Lighting Technician: Andy Vallerie
Set Lighting Technician: Philip E. Kathrens
FILM ELECTRONICS
Coordinator: Tom Farmer
Electronics Assistant: Thomas H.E. Scruggs
Additional Electronics Assistant: Clayton Barrow
Additional Electronics Assistant: Beau Seidel
GRIP
Key Grip: Rodney G. French
Best Boy Grip: David Wilkins
Key Rigging Grip: Michael Gearhart
Dolly Grip: John C. Barber
B-Camera Dolly Grip: Shawn C.H. Baron
Grip: Will Iversen
Grip: Richard J. Fortkiewicz
Grip: Dale V. Swavely
Grip: Eddie Hohman
Grip: Jeff Callow
HAIR
Key Hair (Episodes 51–58): Janice Kinigopoulos
Hairstylist (Key Hair Episodes 59–60):
Wyatt Belton Hairstylist (Episodes 59–60): Kim Hart
LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Charley Armstrong
Assistant Location Manager: Michael Faulkner
Assistant Location Manager: Patrick Burn
Locations Scout: Eric Bannat
Locations Assistant: Marvin Ruffin
Locations Assistant: Ethan Yang
MAKEUP
Key Makeup: Debi Young
Makeup Artist (Episodes 57–58): Sandra Linn Koepper
Makeup Artist (Episodes 59–60): Annabelle Macneal
Makeup Artist: Ngozi Olandu
MEDIC
Set Medic: Jeff Johnson
POST PRODUCTION
Associate Producer: Simon Egleton
Associate Producer (Episodes 51–55): Shannon Fogarty
Associate Producer (Episodes 56–60): Leslie Jacobowitz
Post Production Coordinator: Lee Meyer
Post Production Coordinator (Baltimore): Kyle Russell
Editor (Episodes 51, 53, 57, 60): Kate Sanford
Editor (Episodes 54, 56, 59): Alex Hall
Editor (Episodes 52, 55, 58): John Chimples
Assistant Editor: Victoria Lang
Assistant Editor (Episodes 51–56): Agnes Challe-Grandits
Assistant Editor (Episodes 57–60): Laura Weinberg
Assistant Editor: Matthew Booras
Apprentice Editor: De’Rodd Hearns
Post Production P.A. (Episodes 51–56): Gina Sansom
Post Production P.A. (Episodes 57–60): Gabe Kolodny
Music Supervisor: Blake Leyh
Supervising Sound Editor / ADR and Loop Group Supervisor: Jennifer Ralston, MPSE
SFX Editor: Rachel Chancey
Dialogue Editor (Episodes, 51–54): David Briggs
Dialogue Editor (Episodes 55–60) Background Editor: Igor Nikolic
Foley Supervisor: Matt Haasch
Foley Editor (Episodes 51–54): Alex Soto
Foley Artists: Jay Peck
Foley Engineer: Ryan Collison
Re-Recording Mixer Studio B: Andrew Kris
ADR Mixer: Bobby Johnson
ADR Mixer: Dave Boulton
Editorial Rental Manager: Irwin Simon
Billing Studio Managers: Jay Rubin
Billing Studio Managers: Jim Gardner
ADR Scheduler: Mike Howells
ADR Scheduler: Tom O’Bryon
PROPS
Prop Master: Mike Sabo
Assistant Prop Master: Bob Spore
Assistant Props: Dawson Nolley
Assistant Props: MJ Marqua
SCENIC
Charge Scenic: Keith Weaver
Scenic Foreman: Claire Sharp
Gang Boss: Lucy Pealer
Scenic Painter: Craig Lee Schuman
Scenic Painter: Bobby Raber
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Script Supervisor (Episode 51): Jan Sanders
Script Supervisor (Episodes 52–58): Claire Cowperthwaite
Script Supervisor (Episodes 59–60): W. Thom Rainey
SET DRESSING
Set Decorator: John Millard
Assistant Set Decorator: Jaclyn M. Riedel
Leadman: Clark Hospelhorn
On Set Dresser: Chad Williams
Set Dressing Foreman: Patrick Eagan
Swing: Ted Lubonovich
Swing Gang (Episodes 51–56): Eric Boring
Swing Gang (Episodes 51–56): John Fulcher
Swing Gang (Episodes 57–60): Rachel Sitkin
Swing Gang (Episodes 57–60): Robert Scott Trieschman
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Conrad Brink
Special Effects: Henry S. Atterbury
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Bruce Litecky, CAS
Boom Operator: Lorenzo Millan
Sound Utility: Ivan Hawkes
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Gibson
TEACHER
Teacher: On Location Education
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Technical Advisor: Dep. Major James Rood
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation Coordinator: Foard Wilgis
Transportation Captain: Tony Raimondo
Transportation Co-Captain: Gerry Titus
Driver: Frank Matkins
Driver: Sal Raimond
Driver: Robert W. Phillips
Driver: Ronald G. Bohn Sr.
Driver: Vincent J. Guariglia, Jr.
Driver: James Hubbard
Driver: Albert Hamilton Sr.
Driver: Charles E. Bauer
Driver: Bruce “Bubbles”
Driver: Jeffrey L. Cash
Driver: Robert Freedenburg
Driver: Robert A. Kidd
Driver: Larry O’Connell
Driver: Michael Salamone
Driver: George Zimnoch
Driver: Donald G. Sauter
Driver: Bart Wright
Driver: Raymond Taylor
Driver: Todd Dunklebarger
Office Van Driver: James “Jimbo” R. Hulson, Jr.
VIDEO ASSIST
Video Assistant: Alex Applefeld
Assistant Video: Matt Grube
Assistant Video: Ben Watson
WARDROBE
Costume Designer: Alonzo Wilson
Assistant Costume Designer: Amanda Johnson
Costume Supervisor: Dona Adrian Gibson
Key Costumer (Episodes 51–56, 58–60): Linda Boyland
Key Costumer (Episode 7): Helen L. Simmons
Costumer (Episodes 51–55): Da’ Juan T. Prince
Costumer (Episodes 56–60): Michael N. Simon
Additional Costumer: Constance Harris
Uniforms Specialist: Molly Cashman
Tailor: Minerva Diann Savoy
SECOND UNIT
2nd Assistant Director: Kurt Uebersax
Camera Operators: Sheila Smith; Jeff Schmale
1st Assistant Camera: Wayne Arnold
2nd Assistant Camera: Doug Kofsky
Loaders: Nick Huynh; Jared Roybal
Craft Service: Sarah Fales
Gaffer: Stewart Stack
Key Grip: Dave Noble
Dolly Grip: Dean Citroni
Key Hair: Ardis F. Cohen; Charmaine Henninger
Key Makeup: Annabelle Macneal
Script Supervisors: Laura A. Schweigman; Robb Foglia; Jane Burka
On Set Dresser: Eddie Hohman
Sound Mixer: Dennis Towns
Boom Operator: Ben Watson
Video Assistant: Sam Insley
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am in debt to many folks who helped make this book possible, including Canongate editor Nick Davies and his able assistant, Dan Franklin; my literary agent, Rebecca Oliver; HBO’s Bree Conover; Laura Schweigman of good ’ole Bawlmer; Charley
“CB” Allen of Hollywood via the Pelican State; Jen Ralston, Fran Boyd, Susan Allenback, Toots Duvall, and the rest of the “loop group” crew who gathered for steamed crabs at Jimmy’s Famous Seafood on Holabird Avenue in Dundalk; Pat Moran and Vince Peranio; film editor Kate Sanford.
And David Simon, who graciously gave me this assignment and next to whom I once sat in the “Ego Row” section of the Baltimore Sun newsroom when we were young.
Rafael Alvarez
May 24, 2009
Los Angeles
NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
Victor Paul Alvarez is an editor for the East Bay newspapers in Providence, Rhode Island. He began his career as a copy boy in the newsroom of the Baltimore Sun.
Michael A. Fletcher covered City Hall for the Baltimore Sun before leaving for the Washington Post, where he currently covers the Obama White House.
Greg Garland is an investigative reporter for the Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Advocate. Before that, he was a general assignment state reporter for the Baltimore Sun.
Nick Hornby’s latest novel is Juliet, Naked. His interview with David Simon was first published in the Believer.
Joy Lusco Kecken graduated from Towson State University in Baltimore and wrote for the first three seasons of The Wire. She is a writer/director living in Los Angeles.
Laura Lippman was a reporter for 20 years, including 12 years at the Baltimore Sun. She is the author of 15 novels, many featuring the reporter turned sleuth Tess Monaghan.
Ann LoLordo, a poet, worked for the Baltimore Sun for 30 years, covering everything from cops and robbers to a posting as the paper’s Jerusalem correspondent.
George Pelacanos is the author of 15 crime novels set in and around Washington, D.C. He has been nominated for an Emmy for his writing on The Wire.
Deborah Rudacille, a lifelong Baltimorean, holds a masters degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights, published in 2005 by Pantheon.
Tom Waldron is a Baltimore writer and author. He played a state delegate in Season Two of The Wire.
Anthony Walton is the author of Mississippi: An American Journey.
William F. Zorzi is a journalist and screenwriter. He worked at the Baltimore Sun for almost 20 years and covered politics for the majority of his career.
PHOTO CREDITS
Will Hart/HBO: 68.
David Lee/HBO: 6, 23, 25, 25, 35, 46, 49, 54, 55, 57, 58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 75, 77, 77, 78, 78, 80, 81, 84, 87, 87, 88, 89 (right), 90, 169, 245, 258, 407, 416, 420.
Larry Riley/HBO: 10, 12, 28, 46 57, 90, 94, 97, 101, 102 102, 106, 111, 115, 117, 119, 120, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 135, 137(both), 144, 144, 147, 147, 155, 156, 158, 158, 160, 162, 163, 164, 246, 362, 434, 384.
Nicole Rivelli/HBO: 334 343, 346, 353, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 389, 392, 392, 393, 394, 395, 398, 400, 401, 434
Paul Schiraldi/HBO: 16, 50, 51, 60, 69, 72, 79 (both), 80, 87, 89 (left), 90, 91, 140, 171, 174, 175, 176, 179, 181, 181, 183, 183, 185, 185, 188, 188, 190, 192, 196, 199, 200, 200, 203, 205, 206, 210 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 217, 218, 219, 220, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 233, 234, 237 237, 239, 242, 248, 250, 250, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 260, 263, 264, 266, 267, 270, 270, 271, 273, 273, 276, 276, 277, 279, 281, 282, 284, 285, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 301, 303, 304, 306, 309, 310, 310, 312, 312, 314, 334, 337, 339, 343, 344, 348, 348 (both), 348, 351, 352, 355, 355, 356, 358, 359, 364, 366, 368, 370, 372, 373, 375, 377, 382, 382, 385, 387, 403, 405, 405, 406, 409
Photo of Robert Colesberry (409) used with permission of Karen Thorson.
David Simon: 413.
PLATE SECTIONS
PLATE 1: David Lee/HBO: 1, 2 (top), 3 (both), 4 (both), 5; Larry Riley/HBO: 6 (both), 7 (both), 8; Paul Schiraldi/HBO: 2 (bottom). PLATE 2: All images by Paul Schiraldi/HBO. PLATE 3: Nicole Rivelli/HBO: 7 (top); all other images by Paul Schiraldi/HBO.
TEXT PERMISSIONS
Extracts from Grace After Midnight by Felecia Pearson. Copyright ©2007. By permission of Grand Central Publishing.
Interview between David Simon and Nick Hornby on ps. 382-397 originally published in The Believer, www.believermag.com
INDEX
Abell, Arunah S. 1
Abigail’s Party (BBC TV) 1
Able Sr., Harold Lee 1
Abramson, Leon 1
Aeschylus 1
Afro-American 1
After Hours (Martin Scorsese) 1, 2
Aimee (Nicky Sobotka’s girlfriend) 1, 2, 3
Akinnagbe, Gbenga 1
Al-Sabir, Tariq 1
Albrecht, Chris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Ali (Michael Mann) 1
Allen, Charles 1
Allen, Marlene 1
Allenback, Susan 1, 2, 3, 4
Alonso, Andres 1
Alvarez, Manuel 1, 2, 3
Alvarez, Rafael 1, 2, 3
“Backwash” 1
“Homecoming” 1
“One Arrest” 1
Alvarez, Sofia 1
Alvarez, Victor Paul 1
Anderson, Brad
“A New Day” 1
“The Cost” 1
Andrews, Donnie 1, 2, 3
Antholis, Kary 1
Arendt, Hannah 1
Aristotle 1
Armstrong, Charley 1, 2
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) 1
Ashcroft, Attorney-General John 1
Asher, Lieutenant Jimmy 1
Ashford, Ivan 1
Atlantic Monthly 1
Attias, Dan
“Duck and Cover” 1
“Margin of Error” 1
“Straight and True” 1
“Transitions” 1
Avalon (Barry Levinson) 1
Azania, Malcolm (“Minister Faust”) 1, 2, 3
Bailey, Rob “Dead Soldiers” 1
“Storm Warnings” 1
Ball, Lucille 1
Baltimore City and The Wire 1, 2
history lesson 1
influence on Nick Hornby 1
Maceo’s Lounge, Monroe Street 1
officialdom 1
politics of 1
public housing in 1
school system (and teaching within) 1
storytelling appeal 1, 2
Baltimore City Paper 1
Baltimore News-Post 1
Baltimore Sun 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 alternative universe edition 1
and “conversation between desks” 1
cop reports and The Wire 1
“More with Less” 1
newsroom, soundstage set for 1
Port Covington printing plant 1, 2
The Band 1
Bannon, Pinky 1
Barbieri, Tony 1
Bargasse, Avery 1
Barksdale, Avon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 “Alliances” 1
almost curtains for 1
“Back Burners” 1, 2
“Backwash” 1
“Cleaning Up” 1
“Collateral Damage” 1
cost of challenges to 1
drug empire, cops pulling threads of 1
“All Due Respect” 1
“Ebb Tide” 1
fictional composite 1
“Hard Cases” 1
“Homecoming” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
“Hot Shots” 1, 2
“Margin of Error” 1
“Middle Ground” 1
“Mission Accomplished” 1
“Moral Midgetry” 1, 2
“Port in a Storm” 1
reach in projects unquestioned 1
“Reformation” 1
“Sentencing” 1
“Slapstick” 1, 2
snitch in The Pit, fear of 1
“Storm Warnings” 1
“Straight and True” 1, 2
“Stray Rounds” 1
surveillance on 1
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��Time After Time” 1
“Unconfirmed Reports” 1
“Undertow” 1, 2
as villain 1
Barksdale, Brianna 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Barksdale, D’Angelo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 “Backwash” 1, 2
“Cleaning Up” 1
“Collateral Damage” 1
cooperation from 1
“Dead Soldiers” 1
entrenched in The Pit 1
exaggeration of murder role 1
guilt and regret 1
“Hard Cases” 1
“Hot Shots” 1, 2
“Inevitable Fates” 1, 2, 3, 4
murder of 1
ordered to New York 1
reluctant gangster 1
“Undertow” 1, 2
Barksdale, Nathan “Bodie” 1
Barlow, Detective Frank 1, 2
Bates, Al 1
Baton Rouge Advocate 1
Bauer, Chris 1, 2, 3, 4
Bealefeld III, Police Commissioner Frederick 1
Bell, Russell “Stringer” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 “All Due Respect” 1
American businessman 1
“Back Burners” 1, 2, 3
“Backwash” 1
“Bad Dreams” 1
corporate-inspired lieutenant 1
“Ebb Tide” 1, 2
fictional composite 1
“Hamsterdam” 1
“Hard Cases” 1, 2
“Homecoming” 1, 2
“Hot Shots” 1
meeting his maker 1, 2
“Moral Midgetry” 1, 2
murder of D’Angelo 1, 2, 3
orders Wallace hit 1
“Port in a Storm” 1, 2
“Reformation” 1
“Slapstick” 1, 2, 3
snitch in The Pit, fear of 1
“Storm Warnings” 1, 2, 3
“Straight and True” 1, 2
“Stray Rounds” 1
“Time After Time” 1
“Undertow” 1
vulnerable to weighty charges 1
Bellefleur, Detective Andy 1
Benewicz, Walt 1, 2, 3, 4
Benton, Robert 1, 2