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Monday, March 3, 2008
Nutter to screen "The Wire" finale in City Hall
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Sometimes it's good to be mayor.

Mayor Nutter is such a huge fan of the gritty HBO drama, The Wire, that he has organized a special City Hall screening of the series finale Sunday night.

“As a fan it’s tremendous,” said Nutter, who squeezed in a viewing of the season opener in the jam-packed days before his inauguration. “I want to say thank you to HBO for responding.”

Wendell Pierce, the actor who portrays affable Detective Bunk Moreland, is scheduled to attend. Nutter hopes other actors from the show will sign on also.

(We're keeping our fingers crossed for Michael Kenneth Williams, AKA Omar Little.)

City Representative Melanie Johnson said that after the 8 p.m. screening in the Mayor's Reception Room, Nutter will host a question and answer session with the actors. 

HBO has sanctioned the event and will be providing technical support, said Johnson. The Greater Philadelphia Film Office is also working with Nutter on the project.

Johnson said the roughly 100 tickets for the screening would be evenly divided between invited guests and the general public. She said the city hopes to do a ticket raffle through the Philadelphia Daily News, the Inquirer, Al Dia and the Philadelphia Tribune.

Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 3:31 PM  Permalink | 8 comments
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Posted 06:37 PM, 03/03/2008
phillyneedstocometogether
what the hell does this have to do with philly. they are killing each and he is watching the wire. the tv program its not reality...wow philly once again you picked a winner as a mayor. get the ny commisioner back he had you guys under a tight reign or better yet. See what the south esp north carolina what they do about the crime in the streets. because they barely have crime in charlotte.
Posted 06:49 PM, 03/03/2008
Truth
Maybe Nutter should spend more time evaluating his support of Clinton instead of Obama. Maybe he should develop a backbone and "reject and denounce" the racially charged comments of Governor Rendell a few weeks back....
Posted 07:16 PM, 03/03/2008
DennisAtwell
Maybe he can set up a screening of the old Eddie Murphy movie "Trading Places", at least it was partially filmed in Philadelphia... Or maybe he should invite HBO to come to town and make a documentary about gun violence. Yet another politician who leaves me uninspired.
Posted 08:23 PM, 03/03/2008
Truth
I expected so much more of Nutter. Turns out he is already wrapped up in his so called celebrity!
Posted 08:25 PM, 03/03/2008
phillyneedstocometogether
Maybe you two Dennisatwell or truth needs to move to another city.
Posted 10:13 PM, 03/03/2008
joeblow
i hope clark johnson shows up. he's a philly native.
Posted 10:49 PM, 03/03/2008
Adevar
Obama is a wire fan also. His favorite character on the wire is Omar Little.
Posted 09:15 PM, 03/04/2008
MilaXXX
What do I have to do to get in on this? Seriously I would absolutely LOVE to be at this event.
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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