{"product_id":"boardwalk-empire-season-1-3-blu-ray","title":"Boardwalk Empire - Season 1-3 (Blu-Ray)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeason 1\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWHEN ALCOHOL WAS OUTLAWED. OUTLAWS BECAME KINGS.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFrom Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of 'The Sopranos,' and Academy \r\nAward Winning Director Martin Scorsese, 'Boardwalk Empire' is set in Atlantic \r\nCity at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal \r\nthroughout the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Great War is over, Wall Street is about to boom and everything is for sale, \r\neven the World Series. It is a time of change when women are getting the vote, \r\nbroadcast radio is introduced, and young people rule the world.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOn the beach in southern New Jersey sits Atlantic City, a spectacular resort \r\nknown as \"The World's Playground,\" a place where rules don't apply. Massive \r\nhotels line its famous Boardwalk, along with nightclubs, amusement piers and \r\nentertainment to rival Broadway. For a few dollars, a working man can get away \r\nand live like a king -- legally or illegally.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe undisputed ruler of Atlantic City is the town's Treasurer, Enoch \"Nucky\" \r\nThompson, (Steve Buscemi) a political fixer and backroom dealer who is equal \r\nparts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role. Because of \r\nits strategic location on the seaboard, the town is a hub of activity for \r\nrum-runners, minutes from Philadelphia, hours from New York City and less than a \r\nday's drive from Chicago. And Nucky Thompson takes full advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSeason 2\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAtlantic City, 1921. In a city whose fortunes have soared in the wake of \r\nProhibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power \r\nin “the world's playground.” Steve Buscemi returns as Nucky in Season 2 of this \r\nhit HBO drama series that follows the continued rise of organized crime at the \r\ndawn of Prohibition. Though the 1920 election he successfully rigged is over, \r\nNucky finds himself the target of a federal investigation for vote \r\ntampering--and an insurrection by those he counted among his closest allies. All \r\nthe while, top mobsters like Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and \r\nAl Capone wait in the wings, looking for the chance to grab a bigger piece of \r\nNucky's pie. Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Shannon co-star.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSeason 3 \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAtlantic City, 1922: The Roaring ‘20s are about to begin in earnest and despite \r\na booming economy, alcohol is scarce and gangster violence is heating up. Amidst \r\nthis backdrop, Nucky Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\r\n(Steve Buscemi), whose marriage to Margaret has become a sham after she signed \r\naway his highway windfall to the church, faces the challenge of mending old \r\nrelationships. Nucky also encounters new competition from a hair-trigger \r\ngangster who builds a strategic bulkhead between New York and Atlantic City in \r\nan effort to siphon off Nucky’s alcohol business. The conflict brings out the \r\nbest and worst in Nucky as new and familiar faces undergo compelling \r\nmetamorphoses within the third season of this Golden Globe® and Emmy® \r\nAward-winning series.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Warner Home Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54300896362881,"sku":"1000392104","price":64.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9050\/5986\/files\/2630463.jpg?v=1747169439","url":"https:\/\/hit.co.uk\/products\/boardwalk-empire-season-1-3-blu-ray","provider":"Hit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}