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The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring...
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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...
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Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, this sharp series 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...
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When Cory's dad gets a job as personal chef to the president of the United States, the Baxter boys move into The White House and take over. It doesn't take long before Cory is cooking up new schemes that get him into outrageous situations with the high-powered Washington, D.C. elite.
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The Butler: inspired by a true story of the White House butler who served seven presidents during the 20th century.
Fruitvale Station: A young father is killed by transit police officers in the Bay Area.
20 feet from stardom: A documentary of the triumphs and heartbreaks of music's greatest unsung talents -- the backup singer.
Mandela: Chronicling his early life, education, marriage to Winnie and the 27 year prison sentence he served before becoming...
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It's the world's most powerful residence, where decisions affecting millions of Americans are made. But the White House is also home--a warm and welcoming refuge for the presidential family. Join us on an insider's tour to meet the people who make the world's most famous house a home. Loyal staff--maids, assistants, ushers, valets, butlers, chefs, plumbers, engineers, florists and others who have worked under multiple presidents--share unique and...
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Drama revolves around the President, Josiah Bartlet, and his staff at the White House, including his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, and recovering boozehound Leo McGarry who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet faces are a nuclear showdown between India and Pakistan, an American plane shot down by terrorists and another plane shot down by...
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The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring...
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These intimate interviews of the former chiefs themselves, along with two former presidents, provide an unprecedented look behind the closed door of the Oval Office and the annals of history that have unfolded there over the years. Spend almost three hours with the most powerful advisors and closest confidants of presidents past and discover the closely guarded secrets to being the president's gate keeper.
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"The line forms here. As the Bartlet administration enters the last year, Oval Office hopefuls emerge from both major parties. And so do political strategists eager to back those bids for the White House-dreamers and doers willing to leave their West Wing posts for another grab at the brass ring."--Container.