Documentary Special

Documentary Special
"Documentary Special"
The West Wing episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 0
Directed 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
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.

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