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Halb
18,104 posts
53 months
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Why did the fat restaurant owner get shot in the head in the first ep?
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goforbroke
758 posts
88 months
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Just a heads up that Sky Three on Freeview is doing special showings of some Sky Atlantic stuff this weekend. Boardwalk Empire Eps 1 & 2 are being shown on Sunday night.
Should be good to get a taster of the show.
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davepoth
20,186 posts
69 months
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Halb said: Why did the fat restaurant owner get shot in the head in the first ep? IIRC Big Jim Colosimo was killed because Rothstein thought he was behind the whiskey heist.
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Halb
18,104 posts
53 months
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davepoth said: IIRC Big Jim Colosimo was killed because Rothstein thought he was behind the whiskey heist. Right thanks, I'll have to watch it again cas I thought it was Nucky's brother that did it.
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davepoth
20,186 posts
69 months
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Halb said: Right thanks, I'll have to watch it again cas I thought it was Nucky's brother that did it. It's been months since I've watched it, so I may have got it wrong.
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y2blade
46,892 posts
85 months
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I have got this on Sky+, not watched it yet though 
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Eric Mc
67,846 posts
135 months
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Without giving away the basic plot, what is the general theme of the series? I have always been interested in the 1920s/30s gangster era of the USA ( ever since I saw Barry Norman do a brilliant 1 hour doc on this in 1984).
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mcflurry
7,546 posts
123 months
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Politican in Prohibition times
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monthefish
15,892 posts
101 months
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Eric Mc said: Without giving away the basic plot, what is the general theme of the series? I have always been interested in the 1920s/30s gangster era of the USA It's basically that. Bootlegging, but with the twist that the main character involved is a local 'councillor' or somesutch, and his brother is the town 'sheriff' who is involved (and therfore obviously corrupt).
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Eric Mc
67,846 posts
135 months
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Are the characters based on real gansters and politicians of that era or are they purely ficticious?
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monthefish
15,892 posts
101 months
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Eric Mc said: Are the characters based on real gansters and politicians of that era or are they purely ficticious? Ficticious as far as I know, although they've shoehorned in a young Al Capone, as a trainee/small time gangster/driver. Not sure on the historical accuracy of this element however. The atmosphere of the show is very good indeed, and if that specific era holds a particular interest for you, you would probably enjoy this.
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Mister V
954 posts
70 months
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monthefish said: Ficticious as far as I know, although they've shoehorned in a young Al Capone, as a trainee/small time gangster/driver. Not sure on the historical accuracy of this element however.
The atmosphere of the show is very good indeed, and if that specific era holds a particular interest for you, you would probably enjoy this. I believe that Nucky is based on someone called Nucky Johnson.
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Eric Mc
67,846 posts
135 months
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Capone started life as a runner, bouncer, book-keeper and general gofer for one of the big time New York hoodlums, Frank Yale and later Chicago based Jo Collisimo.
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Dodgey_Rog
1,842 posts
130 months
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Eric Mc said: Capone started life as a runner, bouncer, book-keeper and general gofer for one of the big time New York hoodlums, Frank Yale and later Chicago based Jo Collisimo. Staggering the amount of money he made from bootlegging and the prohibition era as a whole, in todays money equates to something like $1 billion a year his firm was raking in.
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Eric Mc
67,846 posts
135 months
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The result of a huge market who were willing to break the law.
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Halb
18,104 posts
53 months
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Nucky is the chief treasurer of Atlantic City (a place under used in the mafia genre, what with Vegas/New York/New Jersey/Chicago getting all the stories) and I find it fresh. Showing light on how thing worked in that town. I didn't even recognise Dabney Coleman the first few times I saw him, think is a great actor 
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muppetdave
1,835 posts
95 months
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monthefish said: Ficticious as far as I know, although they've shoehorned in a young Al Capone, as a trainee/small time gangster/driver. Not sure on the historical accuracy of this element however.
The atmosphere of the show is very good indeed, and if that specific era holds a particular interest for you, you would probably enjoy this. Nucky was a 'true' character with a name change (he was was really called Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, and not Thompson as per the show - Atlantic City was the home of anti-prohibition activities, so a mafia centre. Al Capone is in the series as a young runner, I believe there's some truth in that. Also Lucky Luciano is shown early on (the fiery guy, can't remember what his pool playing boss was called), who went on to be one of the main mafioso in the US.
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Halb
18,104 posts
53 months
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His boss was called Rothstein.
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davepoth
20,186 posts
69 months
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Eric Mc said: Are the characters based on real gansters and politicians of that era or are they purely ficticious? All of the "big name" gangsters are real, some characters are composites, and some are made up. But generally the story follows history.
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Eric Mc
67,846 posts
135 months
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Sounds interesting. I wonder will it surface on some other chanels eventually - I don't subscribe to Sky (I'm a Virgin man )
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