Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire is a dramatic series from HBO that is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition in the United States, when the sale, consumption, and transportation of alcoholic beverages became illegal. From Emmy Award-winning writer Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is inspired by the non-fiction book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson. Which chronicles the life of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) as a self-proclaimed ruler of Atlantic City, reigning over his territory through corrupt politics and gangster attitude. Nucky plans on lining up his pockets, legally-or illegally, through his spectacular resort, full of massive hotels, carnivals, nightclubs and amusement piers. Through this, Nucky plans to use the Prohibition to his benefit, by using his boardwalk as a perfection location for rum runners to sell their hooch. Nucky will try anything to real the working man in and having them spending like kings. The rules might apply to everyone else, but Nucky is attempting to build his Boardwalk Empire. MORE