100,000 Airplanes

episode of The West Wing (S3 E11)
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Summary

100,000 Airplanes is a television series episode[1]. It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: David Nutter[3]
  • Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin[4], Eli Attie[5]
  • Composer: W. G. Snuffy Walden[6]
  • Genre: flashback film[7]
  • Named after: United States aircraft production during World War II[8]
  • Follows: H. Con-172[9]
  • Followed by: The Two Bartlets[10]
  • Cast member: Rob Lowe[11], Dulé Hill[12], Allison Janney[13], Janel Moloney[14], Richard Schiff[15], John Spencer[16], Bradley Whitford[17], Martin Sheen[18], Mary-Louise Parker[19], Marlee Matlin[20], Traylor Howard[21], Bill O'Brien[22], Nancy Linehan Charles[23], Howard S. Miller[24]
  • Part of the series: The West Wing[25]
  • Director of photography: Thomas Del Ruth[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27], American Sign Language[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Publication date: January 16, 2002[30]
  • Narrative location: West Wing[31]
  • Filming location: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios[32]
  • Main subject: State of the Union address[33], writer's block[34], cancer[35]
  • Film editor: Janet Ashikaga[36]
  • Title: 100,000 Airplanes[37]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9[38]
  • Production code: 227212[39]
  • Costume designer: Lyn Paolo[40]
  • Season: The West Wing, season 3[41]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0745580
    Tmdb episode id → 38189
    Director of photography → Thomas Del Ruth
    Rotten tomatoes id → tv/the-west-wing/s03/e12
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