"The West Wing" (1999) Série TV 1999-2006

Note Générale:

9,0/10   

Créateur:

Aaron Sorkin

Saisons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Date de sortie:

22 septembre 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Right place. Right time. right man.

Intrigue:

Inside the lives of staffers in the west wing of the White House.

Plot Keywords:

President | Political | Secretary | White House | First Lady

Récompenses:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 86 wins & 177 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Making real drama out of politics

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	8:00 AM	BRAVO	Five Votes Down	#1.4
Mon. Nov. 9	9:00 AM	BRAVO	The Crackpots and These Women	#1.5

Ensemble

Allison Janney	...	Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Martin Sheen	...	President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet (Episodes, 1999-2006)
John Spencer	...	Leo McGarry (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Bradley Whitford	...	Josh Lyman (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Janel Moloney	...	Donna Moss (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Richard Schiff	...	Toby Ziegler (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Dulé Hill	...	Charlie Young (Episodes, 1999-2006)
NiCole Robinson	...	Margaret Hooper / ... (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Melissa Fitzgerald	...	Carol Fitzpatrick / ... (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Rob Lowe	...	Sam Seaborn (Episodes, 1999-2006)
Joshua Malina	...	Will Bailey (Episodes, 2002-2006)
Stockard Channing	...	Abbey Bartlet (Episodes, 1999-2006)

Autre(s) titre(s):

West Wing (USA) (working title)

Durée:

42 min | USA:60 min (including commercials)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,33 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Singapore:NC-16 (season 7) | New Zealand:M (season 2) | New Zealand:M (season 4) | New Zealand:PG (season 5) | New Zealand:PG (season 3) | New Zealand:PG (season 1) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | Argentina:13

Lieux de tournage:

Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Société:

John Wells Productions

Anecdotes:

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote an open letter addressed to Josh Lyman when he suggested closing a military base in upstate New York on the show. In the same letter she praised Toby Ziegler for saving Social Security in an earlier episode.

Goofs:

Continuité: First-season scenes shot on location in Washington D.C. show the Washington monument encased in the lighted scaffolding that was part of its renovation process. Aerial views of Washington shown in many of these same episodes (e.g., "Five Votes Down") do not show the scaffolding, indicating that these shots were taken from stock footage dating before the renovation.

Guillemet:

Representative Matthew Santos: I don't care if it's three Bosnians, an Armenian, and a bus full of party clowns!

Connexions:

figure dans "See Hear: (#29.13)" (2009)

Making real drama out of politics

So much political reporting seems to be an attempt to fake a drama out of little material. I missed the West Wing when it started, but am catching up now, and find that it turns the specifics of politics into gripping human drama with a fast pace.

The camera seems to move as quickly as the people, following one conversation, then picking up another as two corridors intersect, and going off after that conversation instead. It's a remarkably effective dramatic device, that helps generate a sense of many topics, issues and personalities all being constantly on the move in response to events.

The acting is uniformly good, and often not on screen, Martin Sheen's president remains a constant presence shaping every story.