NEW TERM. NEW CHALLENGES.
NEW SEASON ON DVD.
THE WEST WING: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON COMES TO DVD ON APRIL 5, 2005
The Emmy-Award Winning Fourth Season will be Available on a
Six-disc Collector's Set Loaded with Never-Before-Seen Special Features Including Deleted Scenes, Special
Featurettes, Episode Commentary and More
BURBANK, CA (March 9, 2005) - Follow President Josiah Bartlet from re-election into his second term when Warner
Home Video (WHV) releases The West Wing: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD on April 5, 2005. The six-disc
collector's set includes all 22 episodes of the series' fourth season, which garnered 15 Emmy nominations and
two wins for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. The DVD set will be available
for $59.98 SRP.
Season Four of The West Wing brings new faces, new demands and many changes to the Bartlet White House.
After White House Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) decides to run for Congress in
California, Will Bailey, played by Joshua Malina (Sports Night), steps in, and Lily Tomlin joins the cast as the
president's new secretary, Debbie Fiderer. The end of the fourth season also marks the departure of the show's
creator and writer, Aaron Sorkin and series director, Thomas Schlamme, both of whom went on to win Emmys
for this season.
Special bonus features in the DVD set include:
" Behind Every Good Man…is the First Lady, a featurette exploring the role of the First Lady, and more specifically
Abigail Bartlet (Stockard Channing) in the West Wing.
" The Letter of the Word, a featurette examining the crucial role of the writers behind the President's speeches.
" Deleted scenes
" Easter Egg
" Episode commentaries on "Commencement", "Game On" and the season finale "Twenty-Five" by Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme, Allison Janney and others.
" Special Thank You - wrap party video montage
"Under Aaron Sorkin's leadership and Thomas Schlamme's direction, The West Wing has become one of the most
critically-acclaimed and honored shows in television's history," commented Christine Martinez, Vice President,
Non-Theatrical Franchise Marketing, Warner Home Video. "Having won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series
four years in a row, it is clear that The West Wing is a brilliantly produced show. The release of The West Wing:
The Complete Fourth Season honors the show's outstanding writing, directing and ensemble acting that has drawn
such loyal viewers."
The West Wing premiered in the fall of 1999 and follows the challenges and responsibilities of U.S. President Josiah
Bartlet and his White House staff. The ensemble cast also includes Stockard Channing as First Lady Abigail Bartlet,
Dulé Hill as President Bartlet's aide Charlie Young, Allison Janney as Press Secretary C.J. Cregg, Janel Moloney as
Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff Donna Moss, Richard Schiff as White House Director of Communications Toby
Ziegler, John Spencer as White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry and Bradley Whitford as Deputy Chief of Staff
Josh Lyman.
With operations in 89 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company,
commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film
library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner
Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home
Entertainment.
For more information on this and other titles distributed by Warner Home Video, visit www.whvdirect.com.