In time for the political season and presidential election comes The West Wing: The Complete Series arriving on Blu-ray from Warner Bros. and includes episode commentaries, featurettes, unaired scenes and gag reels.
The West Wing: The Complete Series
(1999-2006)
Genre(s): Drama
Warner Bros.| NR – 6716 min. – $139.99 | October 1, 2024
Date Published: 11/06/2024 | Author: The Movieman
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SERIES INFO:
Writer(s): Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Dule Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Janel Moloney, Stockard Channing, Joshua Malina, Mary McCormick, Alan Alda, Kristin Chenoweth
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DISC INFO:
Features: Episode Commentaries, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Gag Reels
Slip Cover: Yes
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: Blu-ray
Number of Discs: 28
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Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
Video: 1080p/Full Frame 1.33, Widescreen 1.78
Subtitles: English SDH
Codecs: MPEG-4 AVC
Region(s): A
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SERIES’ SYNOPSIS
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| Cutthroat presidential advisers get their personal lives hopelessly tangled up with professional duties as they try to conduct the business of running a country. Fictional Democratic President Josiah “Jed” Bartlet suffers no fools, and that policy alienates many. He and his dedicated staffers struggle to balance the needs of the country with the political realities of Washington, D.C., working through two presidential terms that include countless scandals, threats and political scuffles, as well as the race to succeed Bartlet as the leader of the free world. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 4½/5
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This 28-disc set is split on two extra-wide keep cases (seasons 1-4, seasons 5-7) and all features from the DVD releases have been ported over.
SEASON ONE
- Commentaries
- “Pilot” and “Take This Sabbath Day”: Writer/Creator Aaron Sorkin and Director Thomas Schlamme
- Featurettes:
- The Primaries
- The Inauguration
- Capital Beat
- The West Wing Suite
- Off the Record
- Unaired Scenes
- Gag Order
SEASON TWO
- Commentaries
- “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Actors Bradley Whitford and Janel Moloney
- “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part II”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Actor Martin Sheen
- “Noel”: Sorkin, Schlamme a& Whitford
- “18th and Potomac”: Sorkin, Director Robert Berlinger & Actress Kathryn Joosten
- Featurette
- Constructing Two Cathedrals
- Unaired Scenes
- Gag Order
SEASON THREE
- Commentaries
- “Manchester Part II”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Actress Allison Janney
- “Bartlet for America”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Actor John Spencer
- “Posse Comitatus”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Director Alex Graves
- Featurettes
- A Property Master’s Story
- Chief of Stuff
- Unaired Scenes
SEASON FOUR
- Commentaries
- “Game On”: Sorkin, Schlamme, Graves & Actor Joshua Malina
- “Commencement”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Graves
- “Twenty Five”: Sorkin, Schlamme & Director Christopher Misiano
- Featurettes
- Behind Every Good Man… is the First Lady
- The Letter of the World
- Unaired Scenes
SEASON FIVE
- Commentaries
- “7A WF 83429”: Writer John Wells & Graves
- “The Dogs of War”: Wells & Misiano
- “The Supremes”: Graves, Director Jessica Yu & Writer Deborah Cahn
- Featurettes
- In POTUS We Trust
- Gaza: Anatomy of an Episode
- Unaired Scenes
SEASON SIX
- Commentaries
- “King Corn”: Wells & Graves
- “In God We Trust”: Misiano & Writer Lawrence O’Donnell
- “2162 Votes”: Wells & Graves
- Featurette
- CJ Cregg: From Press Secretary to Chief of Staff
SEASON SEVEN
Featurette: Live from the Director’s Chair Countdown to West Wing Live
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VIDEO – 4/5, AUDIO – 4¼/5
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The West Wing makes its debut on Blu-ray where its presented with a 1.33 full frame aspect ratio and 1.78 for the later seasons. Like most of these shows from the early aughts do have a bit of softness as these were shot on tape whereas usually shows shot digitally can be on the sharper side. Even so, detail here was more than adequate while colors are well balanced if not a darker palette being a serious drama. There were no obvious signs of artifacting or aliasing.
Each episode comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track and for a show that is, to say the least, dialogue heavy, it is more than sufficient as levels are clear and there is some modest depth when it came to the music and ambient noises. |
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