DVD video, NTSC region 1, Dolby digital 5.1, full screen 1.33:1

Told from the points of view of cops and criminals alike, follows drug investigations in Baltimore, MD

Features: "The wire: the last word" behind-the-scenes documentary, "The wire odyssey" documentary, audio commentaries

Dominic West, John Doman, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, Clarke Peters

Originally broadcast on television in 2008

TV rating: TV-MA

In English or Spanish with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired

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