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Arrested Development - Season One

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543146957
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 512 minutes
Sales Rank: 2128
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 2003

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008

Amazon.com:
Winner of the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy its first year out, Arrested Development is the kind of sitcom that gives you hope for television. A mockumentary-style exploration of the beleaguered Bluth family, it's one of those idiosyncratic shows that doesn't rely on a laugh track or a studio audience; it's shot more like a TV drama, albeit with an omniscient narrator (executive producer Ron Howard) overseeing the proceedings. Holding the Bluths together just barely is son Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the only normal guy in a family that's chock full of nuts. Hardworking and sensible, Michael's certain he's going to be given control of his family's Enron-style corporation upon the retirement of his father (Jeffrey Tambor). The fact that he's passed over instead for his mother (Jessica Walter) is only a blip when compared to his father's immediate arrest for dubious accounting practices, and the resulting freeze on the family's previously limitless wealth.

Bereft of money, and even less family love, the Bluths have to band together in their moment of need--not easy when everyone's looking out for number 1. In addition to his scabrous parents, Michael has to contend with his lothario older brother (Will Arnett), his basically useless younger brother (Tony Hale), his greedy twin sister (Portia DeRossi), and her sexually ambiguous husband (David Cross). Michael's only comrade in sanity is his son George Michael (Michael Cera), but then again, the teenage boy harbors a secret crush on his cousin (Alia Shawkat). A peerless ensemble led by the brilliant Bateman (who ever knew he could be this good?), all the actors are pitch-perfect in their roles, delivering the dryly funny, sometimes absurdist dialogue with the speed and flair of classic farce. The unusual tone of Arrested Development takes a bit of getting used to--it's far different from anything you'll see on TV, even HBO--but once you buy in to the Bluths' innumerable dysfunctions, you'll be laughing your head off for hours.--Mark Englehart




Rating: - So funny
We love this show. I had never watched the show when they previously were on tv. Lots of dry humor, ... Read More

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Rating: - Amazingly Brilliant...
One of the funniest series I've ever watched. They linked everything together beautifully, you'll be watching ... Read More

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Rating: - Unbelievably Good
I won't go into detail about why this show is so good because 400+ people have already told you. I just wanted ... Read More

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Rating: - Best Deal Ever
Let me put it this way, I have bought soooo much sh-- off Amazon and I have never thought twice about writing a ... Read More

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Rating: - Putting the "Fun" in Dysfunction
Pity Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman). His father is in the slammer, his mother is a manipulative witch, his twin sister ... Read More

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