The West Wing: Season 2, Episode 17 - The Stackhouse Filibuster
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3/14/2001
The staff is blindsided when an elderly senator stages a Friday night filibuster to block their Family Wellness bill; Toby is confused when VP Hoynes, a strong supporter of the oil industry, volunteers to give a speech attacking the energy sector; CJ tries to locate a valuable Egyptian cat goddess statue given to the President.
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They're playing our show
added by newsBotWhen Mark Lawson's father died last month, it was television that sparked some of the most powerful memories. From University Challenge to Starsky and Hutch, he recalls the bonds forged by the box
We're used to the idea that pieces of music take on associations with certain people: they're playing our song. But, unexpectedly, I have recently experienced the television equivalent: they're playing our show.
My dad died last month – at home and easily, after a long, rich life – but I've been surprised, in the succession of emotions that have followed, by the number of times TV has come to mind. The last time we spoke, he was watching University Challenge and answering the questions, proof of success in his desire to keep his mind to the end. The night before he died, he had watched and enjoyed a BBC2 documentary about President Obama: American politics and culture »
- Mark Lawson
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2010 Sundance Film Festival - 'Company Men' review (3/5) - An impressive ensemble.
added by newsBotIf one agrees with director Jason Reitman that his comic drama "Up in the Air" is about more than corporate downsizing (I do), then veteran TV producer and fledgling filmmaker John Wells has the authentic cinematic companion piece to the American recession with his slick, job loss drama "The Company Men". Making its debut recently in the Premieres section of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, "The Company Men" is as polished and audience friendly as one would expect from the producer behind TV hits "ER" and "The West Wing". What "Company Men" lacks in narrative surprises, it makes up with impressive ensemble casting, stunning camerawork and timely storytelling that owes plenty to Frank Capra-inspired sentimentality. »
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2010 Sundance Film Festival - 'Company Men' review (3/5) - An impressive ensemble.
added by newsBotIf one agrees with director Jason Reitman that his comic drama "Up in the Air" is about more than corporate downsizing (I do), then veteran TV producer and fledgling filmmaker John Wells has the authentic cinematic companion piece to the American recession with his slick, job loss drama "The Company Men". Making its debut recently in the Premieres section of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, "The Company Men" is as polished and audience friendly as one would expect from the producer behind TV hits "ER" and "The West Wing". What "Company Men" lacks in narrative surprises, it makes up with impressive ensemble casting, stunning camerawork and timely storytelling that owes plenty to Frank Capra-inspired sentimentality. »
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