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The West Wing Documentary Special

  • TV Movie
  • 20022002
  • 42m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
291
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Martin Sheen in The West Wing Documentary Special (2002)
  • Documentary
Celebrating the people of the real West Wing, this documentary features interviews with former Presidents Carter, Clinton, and Ford, Secretary of State Kissinger, and more than a dozen White... Read allCelebrating the people of the real West Wing, this documentary features interviews with former Presidents Carter, Clinton, and Ford, Secretary of State Kissinger, and more than a dozen White House aides, chiefs of staff, and press secretaries.Celebrating the people of the real West Wing, this documentary features interviews with former Presidents Carter, Clinton, and Ford, Secretary of State Kissinger, and more than a dozen White House aides, chiefs of staff, and press secretaries.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Bill Couturié
  • Writers
    • Eli Attie(interview material)
    • Bill Couturié(interview material)
    • Felicia Willson(interview material)
  • Stars
    • Stockard Channing
    • Dulé Hill
    • Allison Janney
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  • Director
    • Bill Couturié
  • Writers
    • Eli Attie(interview material)
    • Bill Couturié(interview material)
    • Felicia Willson(interview material)
  • Stars
    • Stockard Channing
    • Dulé Hill
    • Allison Janney
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    • 2User reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win total

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    Stockard Channing
    Stockard Channing
    • Abbey Bartlet
    Dulé Hill
    Dulé Hill
    • Charlie Young
    Allison Janney
    Allison Janney
    • C.J. Cregg
    Janel Moloney
    Janel Moloney
    • Donna Moss
    Richard Schiff
    Richard Schiff
    • Toby Ziegler
    Rob Lowe
    Rob Lowe
    • Sam Seaborn
    John Spencer
    John Spencer
    • Leo McGarry
    Bradley Whitford
    Bradley Whitford
    • Josh Lyman
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Jed Bartlet
    Gene Sperling
    • Self
    Dee Dee Myers
    Dee Dee Myers
    • Self
    Marlin Fitzwater
    Marlin Fitzwater
    • Self
    Peggy Noonan
    • Self
    Betty Currie
    • Self
    Ken Duberstein
    Ken Duberstein
    • Self
    Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter
    • Self
    David Gergen
    David Gergen
    • Self
    Michelle Crisci Meyercord
    • Self
    • Director
      • Bill Couturié
    • Writers
      • Eli Attie(interview material)
      • Bill Couturié(interview material)
      • Felicia Willson(interview material)
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    • Trivia
      Celebrating the people of the real West Wing, this documentary features interviews with former Presidents Carter, Clinton, and Ford, Secretary of State Kissinger, and more than a dozen White House aides, chiefs of staff, and press secretaries.
    • Connections
      References The West Wing (1999)

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    A must-watch for any West Wing fan
    At first glance, one could be forgiven for thinking The West Wing Documentary is yet another self-congratulatory network fusion of EPK's and B-roll designed to create 'event' television for the promotional convenience it affords the broadcast of re-packaged re-runs. But such thinking is wrong. The West Wing Documentary illuminates the fundamental appeal of the series: the hour-long weekly fantasy of a world of noble politics where intelligence triumphs and where the ego – whilst playfully present – is tamed in the interest of service, compassion, justice and unity.

    As with many dreams, one wonders just how fantastical the visions we beheld for its duration really were. This documentary shines some light on whence our hopes – that we eagerly sustain through our consumption of the West Wing - come and provides some forgiveness for our delusions; we are reminded by famous politicians and daunted, ambitious and idealistic staffers alike that these hopes and dreams exist at least in the rhetoric and charm of the so-called real political world.

    A must-watch for any West Wing fan. If only it were included with the DVD boxed set!!!!
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      • April 24, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
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