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List Price: $27.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
Salesrank: 24738
Released: September 5, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Acclaimed actress Geena Davis joins Emmy(R) Award winner Donald Sutherland and an accomplished cast in a captivating blend of drama, excitement, and political intrigue. Enjoy the thrilling conclusion to the series' award-winning first season -- complete with exclusive bonus features. As a potentially devastating confrontation with North Korea escalates, President Allen's (Davis) leadership skills are put to the test. At the same time, tensions remain high between the President and the Speaker Of The House (Sutherland), forcing the Commander In Chief to master the art of political hardball -- all while juggling the full-time responsibilities of motherhood. The San Francisco Chronicle raves that Davis is an "inspired choice, equal parts powerful leader, conflicted mother, and concerned wife." Experience the excitement and the drama of this outstanding series with the gripping culmination of Season One.
Description of Commander in Chief - The Inaugural Edition, Part 2 (Episodes 11-18):
It looks like The West Wing, it feels like 24--it must be Commander in Chief. Created by critic-turned-filmmaker Rod Lurie (The Contender) and produced by Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue) and Dee Johnson (E.R.), the political drama reeled in the accolades and awards during its first year. Unfortunately, ABC bounced the show around so often, even pulling it from the schedule for a hiatus, that it failed to attract enough viewers to justify a second--let alone full--22-episode season.
As the series continues, tensions between the US and North Korea have reached critical mass ("No Nukes is Good Nukes," the conclusion to a two-part episode from the first set). President Mackenzie Allen (a commanding Geena Davis) is doing what she can to extract an American submarine stranded in sovereign waters. If she can't come up with a plan in time, the crew will die. Worse yet, North Korea could declare war. In this episode, the Independent will also decide to run for re-election--against Republican Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland as a deceptively genial snake)--setting the stage for the rest of the year.
Other developments include compromising photographs concerning Kyle Secor's First Gentleman ("State of the Unions"), the resignation of a key cabinet member ("Ties That Bind"), and a bout of appendicitis, which leads to Templeton becoming Leader of the Free World--for a day ("The Elephant in the Room"). The series ends with "Unfinished Business," in which Templeton makes his bid for the White House official and political consultant Dickie McDonald (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) reveals his true colors. Bonus features include deleted scenes, a blooper reel, and episode commentaries from Lurie and Johnson. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Commander in Chief - The Inaugural Edition, Part 2 (Episodes 11-18) Reviews:
Amazing show! 
2009-05-29 - Commander in chief is a great, great TV show for the politicos who can't get enough of the West Wing.
An excellent series
2009-02-28 - This is an excellent an gripping as well as an etertaining TV series that should have lasted longer. Geena Davis is great as the first woman president. Not as Hillary Clinton might have been, but more a Sarah Palin type. The only real problem is that series 1 and series 2 should have been packaged together - more money for the distributor, I suspect.
GET IT, YOU WON'T BE SORRY!
Unhappy that the series ended... 
2008-12-18 - I loved this series (not as much as the west wing), but was extremely unhappy that they split the first season into two parts (forcing two purchases). I was also unhappy with the season ending.
Overall, Geena Davis was great. The plots were great. The funny aspect needs work, and the other characters could have been much better.
If you are a politics fan, you will enjoy it. If you are looking for a good drama, there are better ones out there.
Wish there was more!!!
2008-12-02 - I really enjoyed this series and was so disappointed to find out that there were no more seasons coming. I'm a big Gena Davis fan and I noticed that she helped produce many of the shows episodes.
The writers and producers did an acceptional job of showing how a female president could be both hard nosed and yet still be a wife and mother in a stellar way.
My only complaint? I think the series should be packaged together. There are only two disks per box and each one is priced at around $20 bucks...it has less episodes than a full series and yet we are asked to pay over $40.
Commander in Chief Part 2
2008-02-08 - It came in half the time and the quality of packaging and the disk were 100%. I wouldn't hesitate to do business again and in fact am encouraged to and will.
