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"Documentary Special" The West Wing episode Episode no. Season 3
Episode 0Directed by William Couturie Written by William Couturie and Eli Attie & Felicia Wilson (interview material) Production code 227223 Original air date April 24, 2002 Season 3 episodes October 10, 2001 – May 22, 2002 - Isaac and Ishmael
- Documentary Special
- Manchester Part I
- Manchester Part II
- Ways and Means
- On the Day Before
- War Crimes
- Gone Quiet
- The Indians in the Lobby
- The Women of Qumar
- Bartlet for America
- H. Con-172
- 100,000 Airplanes
- The Two Bartlets
- Night Five
- Hartsfield's Landing
- Dead Irish Writers
- The U.S. Poet Laureate
- Stirred
- Enemies Foreign and Domestic
- The Black Vera Wang
- We Killed Yamamoto
- Posse Comitatus
List of The West Wing episodes "Documentary Special" is a special episode of The West Wing.
Plot
"The West Wing" blends drama with reality in this groundbreaking documentary episode that includes interviews with former Presidents and White House figures. Paying tribute to the real-life counterparts of the show's fictional Bartlet administration, the installment features U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, White House staffers David Gergen, Dee Dee Myers and Leon Panetta and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Highlights from the first three seasons of the show are interspersed throughout.
- Thomas Schlamme -- executive producer,
- Aaron Sorkin -- executive producer,
- John Wells -- executive producer,
- Kevin Falls -- co-executive producer,
- Michael Hissrich -- producer,
- Anne Sandkuhler -- producer,
- Llewellyn Wells -- line producer,
- Bill Zarchy -- director of photography,
- Terry Schwartz -- film editor.
"The West Wing Documentary Special" won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program in 2003.
External links
- The West Wing Episode Guide
- Article by Director of Photography Bill Zarchy: "Polishing the Talking Head: The West Wing Documentary Special," in American Cinematographer online
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