Product Details

• Actors: Wood Harris
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Kela-Kaj Enterprises
• DVD Release Date: March 9, 2010
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00316DDYA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,585 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The HBO series "The Wire" was based on the lives of real gangsters from Baltimore. LEGENDS OF THE UNWIRED is the first film to expose those real lives, the real people that the characters of The Wire is based upon. In this DVD, the real Avon "Bodie" Barksdale, tells all to his on screen character’s actor, Wood Harris. Bodie reveals the uncensored truth about drugs, sex, violence and death.

Customer Reviews

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ADD TO YOUR "WIRE" EXPERIENCE, May 7, 2010

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ireadabookaday - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Avon Barksdale Story: Legends of the Unwired (DVD)

"The Wire" trained its loyal viewers to think and have an attention span, unlike most tv shows ( unfortunately).
This dvd, which gives background on the real life inspiration for one of the main characters, is likely to appeal to " Wire" completists for that reason- we want details! You'll spend the whole time you're watching trying to figure out how much of what you see and hear is true, and how much of it David Simon and company worked into the show and in what form.

The production values aren't great, the reeneactments are cheesy, and the narrator's tone veers from decrying to admiring violence and criminality. And Wood Harris's role seems to be just to show amusement at Barksdale's tales of crime- at one point he laughs heartily when Barksdale declines to answer a questions by saying there is no statute of limitations on murder. There are definitely mixed messages in this work.


As a stand alone work, I give it barely 3 stars, a " Wire" devotee may get 4 stars worth of enjoyment out of this.

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The true story behind The Wire's Avon Barksdale. i vicious real life gangster, January 8, 2010

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V. Zheleznyak (nYc) - See all my reviews
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If you thought Avon Barksdale from HBO's The Wire was bad, you haven't heard about the real life person the story is based on.

this is a documentary hosted by the actor who played Avon in the show (Wood Harris) as he interviews the real life Avon Barksdale as they walk through Baltimore's ghettos where the show was shot as well as other locations where you see just how real the show really was.

I had a chance to preview this, and i must admit it is excellent. one of the best documentaries on the topic all together and an absolute must watch for fans of The Wire.

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For fans only., August 26, 2010

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A. Ingram - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Avon Barksdale Story: Legends of the Unwired (DVD)

If you're a fan of The Wire series then you'll enjoy the DVD. Bottom line. Point blank. I'm not going to speak on the aesthetics of the production because that's not what one would buy the DVD for. But if you're a fan of The Wire then you'd enjoy the DVD.