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| The West Wing - The Complete Fifth Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Thomas Schlamme, Chris Misiano
Actors: Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 917
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 6
Running Time: 946
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.1
MPN: WARD71276D
ISBN: 141981284X
UPC: 012569712768
EAN: 9781419812842
ASIN: B000BB1MIM
Theatrical Release Date: September 2003
Release Date: December 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/06/2005 Run time: 946 minutes Rating: Nr
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Two administrative changes rocked The West Wing's fifth season. Offscreen, the ship of state steered a tad off-course with the departure of series creator Aaron Sorkin and director Thomas Schalmme. Onscreen, President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) relinquished the power of his office to Speaker of the House Glenallen Walken (John Goodman) in the wake of his daughter's kidnapping. In the season opener, "7a WF 83429," Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) wonders if this wasn't a mistake. What if the citizenry prefer Walken to Bartlet, he ponders. What if Walken comes off more presidential? Is he kidding? Sheen's Bartlet is the president of Hollywood's dreams, and the stuff of Rush Limbaugh's nightmares. (In a character profile included as one of the bonus features on this six-disc set, Bartlet is described as an amalgam of John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton!). Not to worry, though, Bartlet is back in the Oval Office by the end of the season's second episode, "The Dogs of War." The next order of business: choosing a vice president to replace the disgraced John Hoynes. Enter Gary Cole as "Bongo Bob" Russell, who, as the season unfolds, will confound misperceptions of him. Hoynes himself (Tim Matheson) returns in "Full Disclosure," in which the former vice president dishes dirt on Bartlet and chief of staff Leo McGrarry (the late John Spencer) in advance of a tell-all book. Formidable and usually unflappable press secretary C. J. has an intensely personal reason to spearhead damage control and thwart Hoynes' publishing plans. Allison Janney, as C. J. earned The West Wing's sole Emmy this season. One of her showcase hours is "Access," a format-breaking episode presented as a Frontline-type "day-in-the-life" documentary. Other memorable episodes that helped to right The West Wing's course include "The Supremes," featuring Glenn Close as a Supreme Court nominee; the battle-of-wills episode, "Shutdown"; "Gaza," in which Donna (Janel Moloney) is severely wounded during a fact-finding mission to the Middle East; and "Memorial Day," a flashback episode that echoes "Bartlet for America" from season 3, and which ends the season on a strong note, and almost make viewers forget the Sesame Street Muppet cameos in the episode, "Eppu Si Muove." Almost. --Donald Liebenson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 76 more reviews...
 End of an era December 16, 2008
The fifth season of the West WIng is but a shadow of the previous four. The absence of creator and scriptwriter Sorkin lef the series aimless and directionless. Charaters made about-turns in their actions which were completely unrelated to their established personalities. Worst of all however, the script writing lost the sizzle and panache that it seems only Sorkin could provide. The stories became lumbering, they ceased to involve the audience in the action. The politics, which Sorkin so brilliantly made accessible to the 'everyman' become inpeneterable and uninteresting. This sudden collapse of a brilliant show was almost heartbreaking. The characters which I cared for suddenly became mean. The idealism of the 'original' four seasons was given over to the type fo stories John Wells gave to ER. I would prefer to suffer even the most cloying patriotism of the first four seasons rather than watch this excellent series succumb to the ordinariness of American network television that season five represented.
 So very happy with my purchase from Amazon & Astro Video! December 12, 2008
I ordered the second, third, fifth & seventh seasons of the West Wing from Astro Video via Amazon.com and not only did my order arrive within a week, but all of the items were in their original shrink wrapped package. Even if they did not have the shrink wrap on them, the items were in "like new" condition.
I love this service & I am thrilled that Astro Video is part of Amazon.com. If I plan to buy more DVD's, I will look for Astro Video as the supplier. I highly recommend using them as a provider.
Very Interesting Plots, Slightly Less Witty... November 28, 2008
This season had everything a political drama could possibly have from the president stepping down (momentarily), to the VP stepping down (for good), all the way to supreme court justices confirmations. The story lines were intense, and a few of the episodes rank in the top five of all time for the West Wing series.
I only gave it four stars, however, because this season was clearly written by different writers who did not have quite the same level of wit as the former writer had. It was missing that little bit of edge. Overall, I am very glad I bought it, and you probably will be too.
Amazing series, not the best season November 14, 2008
This was one of the best TV series ever. If you like comedy, politics, and drama, you should check this out. I have the entire series on DVD and I cannot tell you how many times I've watched it. This series has massive replayability so it's worth the buy. It is also not "dumbed down" so they deal with a lot of hot-button topics and you can actually learn a little of how the government actually works and how cutthroat life is like in Washington, D.C.
The first few seasons and the last two seasons are the best. This season was pretty good but not as great as the first few. That is mainly because Aaron Sorkin left the series. Don't get me wrong though, this is still a good season. It has a liberal bent so if you are conservative you may not like this show as much as someone who is more liberal. That said, I still high recommend this series and this first season to anyone and everyone.
 The West Wing September 22, 2008
The package arrived in good condition. The shipping was much slower than previous purchases. I was sent a tracking number immediately, but no information was available for a week after purchase.
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