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Director:
Bill Couturié
Writers:
Eli Attie (interview material)
Bill Couturié (interview material)
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Release Date:
24 April 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
A must-watch for any West Wing fan more (1 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jimmy Carter ... Himself

Stockard Channing ... Abbey Bartlet
Gerald Ford ... Himself
Dee Dee Myers ... Herself
Paul Begala ... Himself

Dulé Hill ... Charlie Young

Allison Janney ... Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg

Rob Lowe ... Sam Seaborn

Janel Moloney ... Donna Moss

Richard Schiff ... Toby Ziegler

John Spencer ... Leo McGarry

Bradley Whitford ... Josh Lyman

Martin Sheen ... President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Baik ... Himself

Jim Beaver ... Carl (archive footage)

Bill Clinton ... Himself
Betty Currie ... Herself
Lanny J. Davis ... Himself
Ken Duberstein ... Himself
Kris Engskov ... Himself
Marlin Fitzwater ... Himself
David Gergen ... Himself
Henry Kissinger ... Himself
Dafidd McCracken ... Secert Service Agent, Mike
Michelle Crisci Meyercord ... Herself
Peggy Noonan ... Herself
Leon Panetta ... Himself
Karl Rove ... Himself
Gene Sperling ... Himself
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Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Documentary Special originally aired as a regular episode of The West Wing, but it is included in the boxed DVD set of Season 3 as one of the Special Features on Disc 4. more
Movie Connections:
References "The West Wing" (1999) more

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19 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
A must-watch for any West Wing fan, 9 October 2004
Author: huluvu38

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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