The Corner
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| The Corner | |
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 The Corner DVD cover |
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| Genre | Drama miniseries |
| Running time | 376 min. (6 parts) |
| Creator | David Simon |
| Written by | David Simon and David Mills (Parts 1, 2, 5, 6) David Mills (Part 3) David Simon (Part 4) |
| Directed by | Charles S. Dutton |
| Produced by | Robert F. Colesberry David Simon David Mills |
| Starring | T.K. Carter Khandi Alexander Sean Nelson |
| Music by | Ending theme performed by Corey Harris |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | HBO |
| Original run | 16 April 2000 – 21 May 2000 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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The Corner is a 2000 HBO television miniseries based on the book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon and Ed Burns and adapted for television by Simon and David Mills.
The Corner chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore.
The miniseries was critically acclaimed[1] and won several Emmy Awards in 2000, including that for best miniseries. Charles S. Dutton won for his direction of the mini series. David Mills and David Simon won Emmys for their writing. The Corner was also nominated for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
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[edit] Characters
Gary McCullough (T.K. Carter) A drug-addict. Father of DeAndre and ex-husband of Fran. He dropped out of college when Fran became pregnant and became addicted to drugs after their marriage ended.
Francine "Fran" Boyd (Khandi Alexander) A drug-addict. Mother of DeAndre and DeRodd. Lives in the "Dew Drop Inn" with her sisters, Bunchie and Sharry, and brother Stevie and his son.
DeAndre McCullough (Sean Nelson) A drug-dealer. Son of Gary McCullough and Francine "Fran" Boyd.
[edit] Plot synopsis and episode list
| # | Episode title | Writer(s) | Director | Original airdate |
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| 1 | "Gary's Blues" | David Simon and David Mills | Charles S. Dutton | 16 April 2000 |
| "Gary, you should have never got caught up in this." Thirty-four-year-old Gary McCullough has seen four years of drug addiction strip him of his money, his career...and his family. Now he has one mission: to get his next drug fix. When he's not shooting up with his girlfriend Ronnie - a ruthless, scheming addict who even steals from Gary when he isn't looking - Gary scours the neighborhood for heroin or spare cigarettes, and scrounges for money selling scrap metal and stolen appliances. |
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| 2 | "DeAndre's Blues" | David Simon and David Mills | Charles S. Dutton | 23 April 2000 |
| "I can jail if I have to." DeAndre spends his life walking a fine line between childhood and maturity - a very fine line, since both of his parents are addicts, and he's been dealing drugs since he was 13 years old. DeAndre hangs out with his girlfriend Tyreeka while struggling to attend school so he can achieve a promotion from 9th to 10th grade. Getting into a fight with his mother, Fran, he leaves to stay with his father, Gary, who ends up stealing some of his drugs. |
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| 3 | "Fran's Blues" | David Mills | Charles S. Dutton | 30 April 2000 |
| "How we look, trying to raise children up in the middle of this craziness?" Fran has her own drug habit that her son has so far avoided, but DeAndre, still a child, helps support his mother and younger half brother De'Rodd by selling cocaine on the corner. Fran's warnings to her son about selling drugs continue to go unheeded and DeAndre gets busted again. This time, to teach him a lesson, Fran makes no effort to get him out, and he's transferred to the "Boy's Village" for a wake-up call. |
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| 4 | "Dope Fiend Blues" | David Simon | Charles S. Dutton | 7 May 2000 |
| "We sitting here day after day making ourself a little bit less human." Attempting to go straight, Gary gets a seasonal job at the crab market where he worked in his youth. When an addict gets shot, a local artist named Blue is embarrassed as the cops photograph his track-ridden arms, and he realizes when it comes to cleaning up his life it's now or never. DeAndre has a new girlfriend, not knowing that Tyreeka, whom he's been ignoring, is pregnant with his child. With his mother in rehab, DeAndre turns to Gary for some money to feed the family. |
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| 5 | "Corner Boy Blues" | David Simon and David Mills | Charles S. Dutton | 14 May 2000 |
| "I can't be locked up when my baby born, man" Things are going well for Fran, who proudly moves the family into a new home, but not so well for Gary, who loses his job as the crab season ends. With a baby on the way, DeAndre attempts to walk a straight line, taking a job at a fast food restaurant while still earning off the corner, and agreeing to a midnight curfew imposed by Fran. Drugs are starting to take their toll on an aging corner seller, Curt, who collapses and ends up in the hospital. |
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| 6 | "Everyman's Blues" | David Simon and David Mills | Charles S. Dutton | 21 May 2000 |
| "Ain't no job harder in America" The entire Boyd family gathers for Thanksgiving, a celebration that also marks the birth of DeAndre's son. It's a happy time for all, but it is to be short-lived as old addictions are revisited and new ones are born. DeAndre himself fall into a life of drugs. |
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