Q 01/05
A) Michael Pitt
B) Michael Shannon
C) Steve Buscemi
D) Shea Whigham
Answer · why
Scorsese suggested him after saying he wanted to work with the actor, whom Winter already knew from their earlier HBO work.
Q 02/05
A) Chicago, Illinois
B) Atlantic City, New Jersey
C) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D) Manhattan, New York
Answer · why
The 300-foot boardwalk set was actually built in an empty lot in Brooklyn.
Q 03/05
A) Matthew Weiner
B) David Simon
C) Terence Winter
D) David Chase
Answer · why
He had spent 2000 to 2007 writing for another HBO mob drama before creating this one.
Q 04/05
A) Brian De Palma
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Michael Mann
D) Francis Ford Coppola
Answer · why
It was his first television directing since an episode of Amazing Stories in 1986, and he never directed another episode of the show.
Q 05/05
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer · why
The run totalled 56 episodes between September 2010 and October 2014.
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