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The West Wing - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jason Ensler, Martin Sheen, Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, Moira Kelly
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Rating:  183 reviews
Sales Rank: 794
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 956
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.3
MPN: WARD24259D
ISBN: 079077612X
UPC: 085392425921
EAN: 9780790776125
ASIN: B00005JLF3
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1999
Release Date: November 18, 2003
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/18/2003
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Conventional wisdom prior to season one of The West Wing was that the only successful television shows were half hour sitcoms and hour long police, legal, or medical dramas. Building on surplus ideas from his film The American President and the walk-and-talk style of comedy and drama from his critically acclaimed television show Sports Night, Aaron Sorkin bucked the trend and created his masterpiece, one of the most memorable American political depictions to reach the big or small screen. Season one introduces viewers to a Nobel Prize-winning economist and unabashed intellectual president Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his key staff members, a newly elected Democratic administration trying to find its footing amidst the corridors of the White House's west wing. To the credit of its cast and their brilliant ensemble acting, The West Wing manages to immediately conjure nearly a dozen distinct and memorable characters. Perhaps the greatest star of all is Sorkin's rapid-fire dialogue, especially as delivered by Press Secretary C.J. Craig (Alison Janney), Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), and Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spencer). They carry on conversations while stalking purposefully and unhaltingly down corridors, around corners, and through doorways, and all of it unfurls with the choreographic precision of a classical ballet and the pace of an Olympic ping-pong rally. What emerges is more than a collective liberal dream of an impassioned administration battling back ultra-conservative bogeymen ranging from the religious right to bigots to gun-toting militants. Wonderful episodes like "The Pilot" and "In Excelsis Deo" portray a government led by heroic, intelligent, and decent men and women. Whether or not one regards that as a political fantasy, it's a remarkably refreshing and appealing vision of politics and its practitioners, one that the public embraced with consistently strong television ratings. In a country whose citizens are used to viewing their elected leaders with mistrust and cynicism, that might be The West Wing's greatest accomplishment. --Eugene Wei
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 Outstanding tv series January 6, 2009
We thoroughly enjoy the West Wing series. Great acting, fascinating story line. I would strongly recommend it.
A great DVD set of a fabulous series December 21, 2008
I was a fan of this show from the beginning all the way through to the last show. I decided to treat myself to Season 1 on DVD.
In watching it again after all these years, I realize that Season 1 is the best that West Wing has to offer (well -- I say that now, but I haven't yet delved into season 2 or 3).
As far as the DVDs specifically -- one thing that I like, that some hour-long dramas don't include when reproduced on DVDs is the "previously on. . . " part before the episode starts. This series does have that, and you sometimes need it to get caught up, since one obviously doesn't watch ALL of the 30 episodes at once.
It's packaged beautifully, and has some good special features including commentary, the making of the pilot, behind the West Wing, Deleted Scenes, and a Gag Reel.
 Poor Production December 19, 2008
Purchased the First Season when it first came out. Two of the disks were bad. Review your purchase timely.The West Wing - The Complete First Season
Review December 16, 2008
I received my product on time and it was in very good condition- just like new!
One Of The Soon To Be Classics December 16, 2008
Critically appraised throughout its seven year run, The West Wing is widely regarded as one of the best dramas of recent years. With fast-paced and witty dialogue the show is one of those that will be cherished and, now, sadly missed. This review will be centered on the DVD itself instead of the show though.
The DVD packaging is rather good for a show. The discs are double sided, but episodes are not presented in widescreen. Inside is a booklet containing episode descriptions and a list of characters. On the flaps are lists of awards the show received in its first season as well as a list of special features. The special features including "Making of's..." and a gag reel as well as a few other treats. The audio commentaries are rather well done with Sorkin appearing on pretty much all of them.
If you are a fan of the show you will not be disappointed by this release.
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