The West Wing, season 1 / John Wells Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; producers, Kevin Falls [and others] ; writers, Allison Abner [and others] ; directors, Alex Graves [and others].

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Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President; his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J....

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Corporate Authors:	John Wells Productions (Firm) Warner Bros. Television Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Falls, Kevin Abner, Allison Graves, Alex Spencer, John, 1946-2005 Lowe, Rob Channing, Stockard Hill, Dulé Janney, Allison Kelly, Moira Moloney, Janel, 1969- Schiff, Richard, 1955- Sheen, Martin Whitford, Bradley Del Ruth, Thomas, 1942- Lippel, Roxanne Sorkin, Aaron
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	United States. > President > Drama. White House (Washington, D.C.) > Drama. Presidents > United States > Staff > Drama. Television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama. Television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	4 videodiscs (approximately 15 hr., 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Variant Title:	West Wing. [Other title]
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President; his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, recovering boozehound Leo McGarry, who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet must finesse are a nuclear showdown between India and Pakistan, an American plane shot down by terrorists, and another downed U.S. plane in Iraq.
Note:	Originally released as a television series from 1999-2000. Based on the series created by Aaron Sorkin. Special features: commentaries from Aaron Sorkin, "The West Wing" creator and director Thomas Schlamme on five key episodes, including the "Pilot," "What kind of day has it been," "Take this Sabbath day," "In excelsis deo" (featuring additional commentary from co-executive producer/director Alex Graves) and "Celestial navigation" (with co-executive producer/director Chris Misiano joining Sorkin and Schlamme); all-new digital transfers; "The Primaries" and "The West Wing inauguration"--In-depth making-of documentaries; exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage from "The West Wing's" first season, including "Capital Beat" and "Sheet Music"; "Gag order"--a collection of outtakes and bloopers; "Off the record"--outtakes from various cast and producer interviews; deleted scenes. Videorecording.
Call Number:	AN1 D0029786 VideoDVD PN1992.8.G6 W474 2003 VideoDVD
Audience:	Not rated.
ISBN:	079077612X 9780790776125
Credits:	Directors of photography, Thomas Del Ruth ... [et al.] ; editors, Russell Denove ... [et al.] ; original music, Roxanne Lippel ; costume designer, Lyn Paolo ; production designer, Ken Hardy.
System Details:	DVD, Region 1 encoding, Full screen presentation, Dolby surround, stereo.
Cast:	John Spencer, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford.