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Subscribe to HBO: http://itsh.bo/10qIqsj About the making of HBO's seven-part mini-series, "Generation Kill", from the creator of the hit series, "The Wire". HBO on Facebook: / hbo HBO on Twitter: / hbo HBO Films Official Site: http://itsh.bo/I83VP6 Check out other HBO Channels HBO: / hbo Game of Thrones: / gameofthrones True Blood: / trueblood HBO Sports: / hbosports Real Time with Bill Maher: / realtime HBO Documentary Films: / hbodocs Cinemax: / cinemax HBO Latino: / hbolatino Generation Kill: Making Of (HBO)

A making of feature produced by HBO that takes viewers behind-the-scenes of Generation Kill, with creators David Simon and Ed Burns, creators of the hit series The Wire. It premiered in 2008 along with the seven part miniseries about an embedded reporter with the US Marine Corps‘ 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Generation Kill was adapted from Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright. His account of life with the Marines was originally published as a three-part series in Rolling Stone in the fall of 2003. “The Killer Elite”, the first of these articles, went on to win a National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.

Genre War drama Based on Generation Kill by Evan Wright Written by David Simon Ed Burns Evan Wright Directed by Susanna White Simon Cellan Jones Starring Alexander Skarsgård James Ransone Lee Tergesen Jon Huertas Stark Sands Billy Lush Jonah Lotan Wilson Bethel Pawel Szajda Marc Menchaca Rey Valentin Kellan Lutz Mike Figueroa Josh Barrett Rudy Reyes Rich McDonald Eric Ladin Chance Kelly Eric Nenninger Brian Patrick Wade Neal Jones Michael Kelly David Barrera Benjamin Busch Owain Yeoman J. Salome Martinez Nabil Elouahabi Robert John Burke Country of origin United States Original language English No. of episodes 7 Production Producer Andrea Calderwood Production locations Mozambique Namibia Upington, South Africa Kragbron, South Africa Cinematography Ivan Strasburg Editors Jason Krasucki Oral Norrie Ottey Running time 63–69 minutes Production companies Company Pictures Blown Deadline Productions Budget $56 million[1] Original release Network HBO Release July 13 – August 24, 2008
Screenwriter and executive producer David Simon arrives at the HBO Films' premiere of the miniseries Generation Kill held at Paramount Theater inside Paramount Pictures Studios on July 8, 2008 in Hollywood, California. Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Edward P. Burns (born January 29, 1946) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He has worked closely with writing partner David Simon. For HBO, they have collaborated on The Corner, The Wire, Generation Kill, The Plot Against America, and We Own This City. Burns is a former Baltimore police detective for the homicide and narcotics divisions, and a public school teacher. He often draws upon these experiences for his writing.[
On the set: Eric Kocher with Ed Burns and David Simon, the producers of the series
Genre: Crime, Serial drama, Tragedy, Created by David Simon, Starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Larry Gilliard Jr., Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, Chris Bauer, Paul Ben-Victor, Clarke Peters, Amy Ryan, Aidan Gillen, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, J. D. Williams, Michael K. Williams, Corey Parker Robinson, Reg E. Cathey, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Hector, Glynn Turman, Clark Johnson, Tom McCarthy, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Neal Huff, Jermaine Crawford, Tristan Wilds, Michael Kostroff, Michelle Paress, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Theme music composer: Tom Waits Opening theme: "Way Down in the Hole" by The Blind Boys of Alabama (season 1), Tom Waits (season 2), The Neville Brothers (season 3), DoMaJe (season 4), Steve Earle (season 5), Ending theme: "The Fall" by Blake Leyh, Country of origin: United States, Original language: English, No. of seasons 5, No. of episodes 60, Executive producers: David Simon, Robert F. Colesberry, Nina Kostroff Noble, Producers: Karen L. Thorson, Ed Burns, Joe Chappelle, George Pelecanos, Eric Overmyer, Production locations: Baltimore, Maryland, Running time: 55–60 minutes, 93 minutes (series finale), Production companies: Blown Deadline Productions, and HBO Entertainment, Original Network: HBO (2002-08)
Jamie Hector (L) and David Simon (standing at right) on the set of "The Wire" Photo courtesy of HBO
(L to R) Jamie Hector, and Felicia Pearson in "The Wire" (2002-08) Photo Credit: HBO Network
The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (abbreviated as 1st Recon Bn) is a reconnaissance battalion in the United States Marine Corps. It is a stand-alone battalion with no parent regiment. Instead, it falls directly under the command of the 1st Marine Division. 1st Recon Bn is located at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California. The unit was founded in 1937 as the 1st Tank Company of the 1st Marine Brigade and went through several name changes before it became the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in 1958. The battalion was deactivated on June 12, 1992, before being restored as the Reconnaissance Company of the 1st Marine Division's Headquarters and Service Battalion on October 1, 1993.[1] The 1st Recon Battalion was reactivated on July 5, 2000, as part of Marine Corps Commandant General James L. Jones' mission to revitalize Marine Corps reconnaissance.
Iraq War: U.S. soldiers U.S. soldiers in Sāmarrāʾ, Iraq.
Jonah Lotan, Stark Sands, Alexander Skarsgård, and Lee Tergesen in "Generation Kill" (2008) Photo Credit: HBO
Lee Tergesen as Evan Wright in "Generation Kill" (2008) Photo Credit: HBO
Alexander Skarsgård, Lee Tergesen and Jon Huertas in "Generation Kill" (2008) Photo Credit: HBO
Based on Evan Wright's National Magazine Award-winning story in Rolling Stone, this is the raw, firsthand account of the 2003 Iraq invasion that inspired the HBO® original mini-series. Within hours of 9/11, America’s war on terrorism fell to those like the twenty-three Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new pop-culture breed of American warrior unrecognizable to their forebears—soldiers raised on hip hop, video games and The Real World. Cocky, brave, headstrong, wary and mostly unprepared for the physical, emotional and moral horrors ahead, the “First Suicide Battalion” would spearhead the blitzkrieg on Iraq, and fight against the hardest resistance Saddam had to offer. Hailed as “one of the best books to come out of the Iraq war”(Financial Times), Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of these remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality and camaraderie of a new American War.
Evan Alan Wright (December 12, 1964 – July 12, 2024) was an American writer, known for his reporting on subcultures for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.[1] He was best known for his book on the Iraq War, Generation Kill (2004). He also wrote an exposé about a top CIA officer who allegedly worked as a Mafia hitman, How to Get Away with Murder in America (2012).[2] Although some compare his writings to those of Hunter S. Thompson, Wright claimed his biggest literary influences were authors Mark Twain and Christopher Isherwood.[3] The New York Times called his military writing "nuanced and grounded in details often overlooked in daily journalistic accounts" and noted his use of "gallows humor".
Genre War drama Based on Generation Kill by Evan Wright Written by David Simon Ed Burns Evan Wright Directed by Susanna White Simon Cellan Jones Starring Alexander Skarsgård James Ransone Lee Tergesen Jon Huertas Stark Sands Billy Lush Jonah Lotan Wilson Bethel Pawel Szajda Marc Menchaca Rey Valentin Kellan Lutz Mike Figueroa Josh Barrett Rudy Reyes Rich McDonald Eric Ladin Chance Kelly Eric Nenninger Brian Patrick Wade Neal Jones Michael Kelly David Barrera Benjamin Busch Owain Yeoman J. Salome Martinez Nabil Elouahabi Robert John Burke Country of origin United States Original language English No. of episodes 7 Production Producer Andrea Calderwood Production locations Mozambique Namibia Upington, South Africa Kragbron, South Africa Cinematography Ivan Strasburg Editors Jason Krasucki Oral Norrie Ottey Running time 63–69 minutes Production companies Company Pictures Blown Deadline Productions Budget $56 million[1] Original release Network HBO Release July 13 – August 24, 2008
In March 2003, Evan Wright climbed into a Humvee with the Marines of Bravo Company, 1st Recon Battalion. Unlike network journalists who reported from heavily guarded hotels in Baghdad, Wright lived among the troops. He ate the same MREs, endured the same desert heat, and faced the same enemy fire. His perspective was unique not just because of proximity but because of tone: Wright wrote like the Marines spoke, unvarnished and profane.
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The miniseries was based on the work of Evan Wright, a journalist for Rolling Stone who embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps during the invasion in 2003. His dispatches from the front lines startled readers with their unfiltered look at life in a Humvee convoy: Marines blasting pop music while driving into enemy fire, joking about death while enduring relentless exhaustion, and confronting an enemy they barely understood. Wright’s 2004 book, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, expanded those reports into a comprehensive portrait of young Marines in the early weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The miniseries was based on the work of Evan Wright, a journalist for Rolling Stone who embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps during the invasion in 2003. His dispatches from the front lines startled readers with their unfiltered look at life in a Humvee convoy: Marines blasting pop music while driving into enemy fire, joking about death while enduring relentless exhaustion, and confronting an enemy they barely understood. Wright’s 2004 book, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, expanded those reports into a comprehensive portrait of young Marines in the early weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The miniseries was based on the work of Evan Wright, a journalist for Rolling Stone who embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps during the invasion in 2003. His dispatches from the front lines startled readers with their unfiltered look at life in a Humvee convoy: Marines blasting pop music while driving into enemy fire, joking about death while enduring relentless exhaustion, and confronting an enemy they barely understood. Wright’s 2004 book, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, expanded those reports into a comprehensive portrait of young Marines in the early weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Marines struggle through a hymn during an Easter Sunday baptism service. Photo Credit: Evan Wright
Producer Evan Wright during the premiere of HBO Films "Generation Kill" at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California on July 9, 2008. Photo by Jason Merritt/FilmMagic

You can watch the Generation Kill: Making Of (HBO) below:

Genre War drama Based on Generation Kill by Evan Wright Written by David Simon Ed Burns Evan Wright Directed by Susanna White Simon Cellan Jones Starring Alexander Skarsgård James Ransone Lee Tergesen Jon Huertas Stark Sands Billy Lush Jonah Lotan Wilson Bethel Pawel Szajda Marc Menchaca Rey Valentin Kellan Lutz Mike Figueroa Josh Barrett Rudy Reyes Rich McDonald Eric Ladin Chance Kelly Eric Nenninger Brian Patrick Wade Neal Jones Michael Kelly David Barrera Benjamin Busch Owain Yeoman J. Salome Martinez Nabil Elouahabi Robert John Burke Country of origin United States Original language English No. of episodes 7 Production Producer Andrea Calderwood Production locations Mozambique Namibia Upington, South Africa Kragbron, South Africa Cinematography Ivan Strasburg Editors Jason Krasucki Oral Norrie Ottey Running time 63–69 minutes Production companies Company Pictures Blown Deadline Productions Budget $56 million[1] Original release Network HBO Release July 13 – August 24, 2008

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