TY - ADVS AU - Falls,Kevin AU - Abner,Allison AU - Graves,Alex AU - Spencer,John AU - Lowe,Rob AU - Channing,Stockard AU - Hill,Dulé AU - Janney,Allison AU - Kelly,Moira AU - Moloney,Janel AU - Schiff,Richard AU - Sheen,Martin AU - Whitford,Bradley AU - Del Ruth,Thomas AU - Denove,Russell AU - Lippel,Roxanne AU - Paolo,Lyn AU - Hardy,Ken AU - Sorkin,Aaron ED - John Wells Productions (Firm) ED - Warner Bros. Television. ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - The West Wing, season 1 SN - 079077612X U1 - 791.45/75 22 PY - 2003///], ©1999-©2000 CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Home Video, John Wells Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; producers, Kevin Falls [and others] ; writers, Allison Abner [and others] ; directors, Alex Graves [and others]. KW - United States KW - President KW - Drama KW - White House (Washington, D.C.) KW - fast KW - Presidents KW - Staff KW - Television programs KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - lcgft N1 - Originally released as a television series from 1999-2000; Based on the series created by Aaron Sorkin; Special features: commentaries from Aaron Sorkin, "The West Wing" creator and director Thomas Schlamme on five key episodes, including the "Pilot," "What kind of day has it been," "Take this Sabbath day," "In excelsis deo" (featuring additional commentary from co-executive producer/director Alex Graves) and "Celestial navigation" (with co-executive producer/director Chris Misiano joining Sorkin and Schlamme); all-new digital transfers; "The Primaries" and "The West Wing inauguration"--In-depth making-of documentaries; exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage from "The West Wing's" first season, including "Capital Beat" and "Sheet Music"; "Gag order" - a collection of outtakes and bloopers; "Off the record" - outtakes from various cast and producer interviews; deleted scenes; Pilot -- What kind of day has it been -- Take this Sabbath day -- In Excelsis deo -- Celestial navigation; Directors of photography, Thomas Del Ruth [and others] ; editors, Russell Denove [and others] ; original music, Roxanne Lippel ; costume designer, Lyn Paolo ; production designer, Ken Hardy; John Spencer, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford; MPAA rating: Not rated; DVD; Midwest Tape N2 - Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President; his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, recovering boozehound Leo McGarry, who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet must finesse are a nuclear showdown between India and Pakistan, an American plane shot down by terrorists, and another downed U.S. plane in Iraq ER -