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| Teleplay by Aaron Sorkin |
| Story by Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. & Patrick Caddell |
| Directed by Michael Lehmann |
| Rob Lowe as | Sam (Samuel Norman) Seaborn | Deputy Communications Director |
| Moira Kelly as | Mandy (Madeline) Hampton | Public Relations Consultant |
| Dulé Hill as | Charlie (Charles) Young | Personal Aide to the President |
| Allison Janney as | C.J. (Claudia Jean) Cregg | Press Secretary |
| Richard Schiff as | Toby {Zachary} Ziegler | Communications Director |
| John Spencer as | Leo {Thomas} McGarry | Chief of Staff |
| Bradley Whitford as | Josh (Joshua) Lyman | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Martin Sheen as | Jed (Josiah) Bartlet | President of the United States |
| Michael McGuire as | Congressman Cal Tillinghouse | from Texas |
| Thom Barry as | Congressman Mark Richardson | Black Caucus |
| Janel Moloney as | Donna (Donnatella) Moss | Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Jay Underwood as | Chris (Christopher) Wick | Freshman Rep. / Josh's Frat Brother |
| Mark Blum as | Congressman Katzenmoyer | Democrat from Wisconsin |
| Sara Botsford as | Jenny McGarry | Leo's Wife |
| Jillian Armenante as | Leela | White House Lawyer |
| Tim Matheson as | Vice President John Hoynes | |
| Kathryn Joosten as | Mrs. Landingham | President's Secretary / Delores (first name) |
| NiCole Robinson as | Margaret | Assistant to Chief of Staff |
| Devika Parikh as | Bonnie | Communications' Aide |
| Jackie Mari Roberts as | Janeane | Vice President's Secretary |
| Bradley James as | Secret Service Agent #1 | Donnie |
| Mongo Brownlee as | Secret Service Agent | |
| Cynthia Abeln as | Female Groupie #1 | |
| Paige Taylor Adams as | Female Groupie #2 | |
| Hanna Cheek as | Female Groupie #3 | |
| Penny Griego as | Newscaster #1 | |
| Sheila Frazier as | Newscaster #2 | |
| Ivan Allen as | Newscaster #3 | Roger Salier |
| Victor Love as | Reporter | Mike |
| Mia Tate as | Cocktail Waitress | |
| Melissa Fitzgerald as | Carol | Assistant to the Press Secretary |
| Julia Pearlstein as | Volunteer |
Could a White House staffer go to AA meetings just as the chief of staff and vice president do on TV?"I think you could do it now," says Podesta. [John Podesta, former chief of staff for President Clinton] "If someone came to me, a senior person in the office, and said, 'I am an alcoholic, and I am going to AA, and it might get out,' I would think that would be something I would accept, and [that I would] try to work with that person. I don't think it would be a case for firing. It's about how much you are willing to take the initial attacks of your political opponents and from the press. We know a lot about that."
"House Call"
By Mary Murphy
July 22, 2000
TV Guide (American edition)
The longest and most complicated Steadicam shot so far on The West Wing was four minutes long and took place at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The operator was Dave Commides. Del Ruth recalls, "It started out on the dance floor, went into the lobby, through the top-floor kitchen area, down two flights of stairs into the bowels of the kitchen and through the cavernous kitchen, where food was being prepared for a banquet. We worked our way through that area, went down another flight of stairs to where the laundry facilities are, then proceeded into the catacombs, all the way through the base of the hotel and out into the parking lot, where we ended up in a motorcade. The shot involved more than 500 extras and nearly all of the major cast members, and it was all done in one seamless Steadicam shot."Each take required one magazine of film, and the actors had to pass off dialogue from one person to another. It required quite a bit of orchestration. It was about a five-page scene and took us half the night [to shoot]. Dave was walking backward at full speed for the entire shot; on take 13, he almost collapsed!" - Thomas Del Ruth
"Tom Del Ruth, ASC lends an idealistic ambience to NBC's critically acclaimed presidential drama THE WEST WING"
By Unknown
October 2000
asc.com
"But they don't have a dog," Jake [Siewert, former press secretary for President Clinton] said, pausing for a moment's reflection. "They should have a dog. It could make a good plot."
"'West Wing' not unlike real thing?"
By Bob Deans
October 4, 2000
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"All the network has asked us to do is present a very balanced view of an issue, to present both sides," .... "The only issue we don't do that on is gun control. Frankly, no one involved in the program feels there is a logical reason for streets to be flooded with Saturday night specials and automatic weapons." - John Wells
"'The West Wing': Leader of the Free World (Free TV, That Is)"
By Bernard Weinraub
October 17, 2000
New York Times
"If in the script there is an argument about gun control, the most precious document you could produce at 'The West Wing' that week is a passionate, intelligent case against gun control. We know how to do the other one," - Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
"Washington Casts an Eye on Hollywood"
By Faye Foire
July 15, 2001
Los Angeles Times
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