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The Deuce

  • TV Series
  • 2017–2019
  • TV-MA
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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James Franco, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce (2017)
Season three of "The Deuce" brings us into the world of 1985, just as VHS overtakes film as the primary medium for porn production and distribution. The lure of the California sunshine, the city's aggressive takeover of commercial sex properties in Times Square and the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic mark the end of an era. With the party of the 1970s winding down, 42nd Street has deteriorated into a hive of uncontrolled violent crime and seedy video stores, making urban renewal seem more unlikely than ever before.
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A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.

  • Creators
    • George Pelecanos
    • David Simon
  • Stars
    • James Franco
    • Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    34K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    881
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    • Creators
      • George Pelecanos
      • David Simon
    • Stars
      • James Franco
      • Maggie Gyllenhaal
      • Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
    • 199User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 18 nominations total

    Episodes25

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    The Deuce: This Time, Give Us Seductive
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    The Deuce: Who Am I Talkin' To?
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    The Deuce: Who Am I Talkin' To?
    The Deuce: Who Am I Talkin' To?
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    The Deuce: Who Am I Talkin' To?
    The Deuce: One More Trip Around The Sun
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    The Deuce: One More Trip Around The Sun
    The Deuce: You Were Amazing
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    The Deuce: You Were Amazing
    The Deuce: Well Now You've Seen Me
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    The Deuce: Well Now You've Seen Me
    The Deuce: There Is No Normal
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    The Deuce: There Is No Normal

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    James Franco
    James Franco
    • Vincent Martino…
    • 2017–2019
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • Eileen 'Candy' Merrell…
    • 2017–2019
    Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
    Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
    • Chris Alston
    • 2017–2019
    Margarita Levieva
    Margarita Levieva
    • Abigail 'Abby' Parker
    • 2017–2019
    Emily Meade
    Emily Meade
    • Lori Madison…
    • 2017–2019
    Daniel Sauli
    Daniel Sauli
    • Tommy Longo
    • 2017–2019
    Chris Bauer
    Chris Bauer
    • Bobby Dwyer
    • 2017–2019
    Chris Coy
    Chris Coy
    • Paul Hendrickson
    • 2017–2019
    Michael Rispoli
    Michael Rispoli
    • Rudy Pipilo
    • 2017–2019
    David Krumholtz
    David Krumholtz
    • Harvey Wasserman
    • 2017–2019
    Olivia Luccardi
    Olivia Luccardi
    • Melissa…
    • 2017–2019
    Mustafa Shakir
    Mustafa Shakir
    • Big Mike
    • 2017–2019
    Andrea-Rachel Parker
    Andrea-Rachel Parker
    • Bernice
    • 2017–2019
    Thaddeus Street
    • Black Frankie…
    • 2017–2019
    Sepideh Moafi
    Sepideh Moafi
    • Loretta
    • 2017–2019
    Gary Carr
    Gary Carr
    • C.C.
    • 2017–2019
    Dominique Fishback
    Dominique Fishback
    • Donna 'Darlene' Pickett
    • 2017–2019
    Kim Director
    Kim Director
    • Leila 'Shay' Brodie…
    • 2017–2019
    • Creators
      • George Pelecanos
      • David Simon
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    9UniqueParticle

    Excellent adult series

    Great all around at least most of the time especially by a superb creator of The Wire which is masterful! The cast, soundtrack, writing, and innuendos are done so well! I'm surprised there wasn't more seasons easily could've. James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal are so delightful this is very different for them.
    8Supermanfan-13

    Underrated!

    The Deuce is one of the most underrated HBO shows there is. It's obviously not one of their best because they have done so many great shows, it's just among their most underrated. The entire cast is excellent, especially James Franco who plays twin brothers. The acting and writing are so good that you really come to care what happens to these characters. The attention to detail in this is terrific, even though I wasn't born yet it really does look and feel like the 70's. It went for three seasons which was perfect for a show like this, it didn't get watered down trying to go too long and the ending was perfect.
    8vam-vm

    Huge undertaking that impresses on many levels

    Maybe it would be a good idea for IMDB to require would be reviewers to pass some kind of test that might weed out some of the reviews that appear to be written by contrarians who have no interest in an honest assessment or especially dim witted viewers who haven't a clue what makes a quality production. When a series has an 8.1 rating on IMDB based on over 20,000 reviews the one,two, and three star reviewers should reassess their reviewing abilities and perhaps learn to appreciate a production that recreates 1970's 42cnd street in 2017. The dozens of cars, taxi's, busses that would be on 1970's midtown streets and the hundreds of pedestrians all dressed appropriately for the era. The theater marquees showing movies from that era. All being shot in modern N Y. Huge undertaking that is done very well. To dismiss it with a one ,two, three star review diminishes you , not the series
    9m-gretha-anna

    Too good to be true, but it isn't!

    Where do all the lousy reviews come from? Millennials? Never seen the dirt of the seventies ? Just cause you grew up in a sterile world without any idea about history whatsoever does not mean it was always so! So one said : Why make a serie about such a dirty time? Well why make a movie about WWII? Or about Henry the 8th? Just watch and learn about the time I grew up in. And a lot of others. Yeah that is right we survived the gore and the secondhand smoke. The filth and not to forget the best music there was. This is a great serie. The whole setting is real to life and I just love it.
    9Phantom_Duck

    Disregard The Poor Reviews, They Just Do Not Get it

    I lived in Manhattan during this time period and this flick is brutally and amazingly well executed. Times Square, 42nd Avenue (The Deuce, get it?) is so accurately represented it is like like a trip in Sherman's Way Back Machine. The XXX theaters, John Waters films on the Midnight Movie marquees, the peep shows, SROs, adult bookstores, dive bars, the drugs, hookers, pimps. It's all there.

    I was a disco DJ at the Limelight, I was a very bad boy. I get it.

    in 1995 I took my new wife to Manhattan, for my cousin's wedding. We were living in San Diego.Drove in from Newark, parked at the Port Authority. Our first stop was to be the grit and scum of Times Square.

    I did not the memo that Guliani had "cleaned up" Times Square. We were eager to explore. Imagine our disappointment that it was all gone. Scoured, wiped clean, spic and span. I almost cried.

    This film scratched the very old itch. What an amazing job. Yeah, it ain't perfect, but it is an awesome watch. Strong eight of ten.

    Unless you don't like gritty, visual, intelligent, beautifully artistic dramas? Then go watch ya some Kardashians, moron.

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    • Trivia
      Candy and Harvey Wasserman's relationship was developed after Maggie Gyllenhaal and David Krumholtz enjoyed working with each other on set. The writers saw their rapport and incorporated it into the show.
    • Goofs
      Season 2 of the series takes place in 1977. But during the opening credits, a theater marquee advertises David Cronenberg's film "Scanners", which wasn't released until 1981.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: James Franco/Kendall Jenner/Pete Townshend and Alfie Boe (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Mi Ritmo
      Written and composed by José Miguel Ortegon (Sr Ortegon)

      Produced and performed by José Miguel Ortegon (Sr Ortegon)

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    • Release date
      • August 25, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Двійка
    • Filming locations
      • Silvercup Studios - 4222 22nd Street, Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA(filmed at)
    • Production company
      • Blown Deadline Productions
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 1.78 : 1

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