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Product Description: Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over the family business after his father is imprisoned. Genre: Television Rating: NR Release Date: 29-AUG-2006 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: Arrested Development--one of the greatest comedies in the history of television--went out in a blaze of glory. The truncated final season packed more biting humor per minute than ever before. In only 13 episodes, dozens of intertwining storylines spun in all directions: In addition to the overarching story about the fractious infighting of the Bluth family and the family's housing development company being investigated for treason in Iraq (a plot arc that comes to a dazzlingly surreal conclusion), the put-upon "good son" Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too) pursues romance with a lovely British woman (Charlize Theron, Monster) who turns out to be woefully inappropriate; swaggering magician Gob (Will Arnett, Monster-In-Law) flees from his newly-discovered teenage son while still pandering for the affection of his self-absorbed father (Jeffrey Tambor, The Larry Sanders Show); flighty Lindsay (Portia de Rossi, Ally McBeal) and her sexually blurry husband Tobias (David Cross, Mr. Show) both get the hots for the family's new lawyer, Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio, Charles in Charge); and much, much more. It's difficult to describe what makes Arrested Development so brilliant. The ensemble is uniformly superb (Jessica Walter, as the family's boozing, scheming matriarch, is particularly devastating this season) and the surprising guest stars (including Andy Richter, James Lipton, Justine Bateman, and many others) are perfectly cast; the characters' abominable behavior defies conventional television notions of "likability", yet they only grow more endearing the more you watch; the humor embraces wild slapstick and sharp satire, often within a single scene; and the nimble documentary style allows for sly glancing references to jokes and scenes from long-past episodes, rewarding devoted fans. But the key is that, no matter how screwball Arrested Development becomes, the show offers a rich, textured, and wonderfully coherent world in which these characters feel genuine, a world completely unlike the flat, plastic simulacrum offered by the average sitcom. Arrested Development was true to itself to the end. Its followers will cherish it forever. --Bret Fetzer
Stills from The Third Season of Arrested Development (click for larger image)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: BATEMAN,JASON
EAN: 0024543244394
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 120
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishDubbedDolby Digital 2.1
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: D2234439D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Running Time: 285 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 2003
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Jason Bateman is excellent. The show is so over-the-top quirky with a cast of characters that are so strong and so individualized, the story lines never cease to be interesting and immensely entertaining. Once you start watching the series, you just want to keep watching it, chaining the episodes together for hours of fun watching. Very funny.
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