Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 07/22/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DS
Run Time: 360 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs)
Distributor/Studio: HBO Home Video
The toll that drugs and crime have taken on an economically-depressed African-American neighborhood in Baltimore paints the backdrop for this miniseries produced for and initially aired by the premium cable network
HBO. Gary McCullogh (
T.K. Carter) was once a hard-working man with an education and a solid career, but after succumbing to the lure of heroin, Gary has lost his job, home, and wife -- and now steals whatever he can find to support his habit. Gary lives with his girlfriend Fran Boyd (
Khandi Alexander), who is also addicted to heroin. While she's all too aware of the pitfalls of her life and wants to clean up, she has trouble getting medical help and her willpower is too weak for her to kick the habit by herself. Fran's 15-year-old son DeAndre (
Sean Nelson) has seen enough of his mother's troubles to be wary of using drugs, but while he would prefer to stay on the straight and narrow, dealing crack is one of the few job options open to him in his neighborhood, especially after his allergy to seafood causes him to lose a job in a restaurant.
The Corner was based on the book of the same name by
Edward Burns and
David Simon, which examined one year in a real-life Baltimore neighborhood; Simon collaborated on the teleplay with
David Mills, and noted actor
Charles S. Dutton directed.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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