Publisher:Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.
General Note: Based on the characters created by Mitchell Hurwitz.Special features: audio commentary on Beef consomme by Mitchell Hurwitz and some of the actors; The Museum of Television & Radio cast panel discussion; deleted/extended scenes.Originally produced for broadcast in 2003-2004 as eight episodes of the television program: Arrested development.English language track; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Formatted Contents Note: disc 1. Extended pilot -- Pilot -- Top banana -- Bringing up Buster -- Key decisions -- Visiting ours -- Charity drive -- disc 2. My mother, the car -- In God we trust -- Storming the castle -- Pier pressure -- Public relations -- Marta complex -- Beef consommé -- Shock and aww -- disc 3. Staff infection -- Missing Kitty -- Altar egos -- Justice is blind -- Best man for the Gob -- Whistler's mother -- Not without my daughter -- Let them eat cake.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Writers, Chuck Martin, Abraham Higginbotham, Brad Copeland, Jim Vallely, Mitchell Hurwitz, Courtney Lilly, John Levenstein, Richard Rosenstock ; directors, Jim Chandrasekhar, Joe Russo, Greg Mottola, Lee Shallat Chemel ; directors of photography, Gregory Harrington, James Hawkinson ; art director, Charisse Cardenas ; editors, Lee Haxall, Mark Scheib, Steven Sprung ; music, David Schwartz ; production designers, Denny Dugally, Dawn Snyder.
Participant or Performer Note: Alia Shawkat, David Cross, Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Will Arnett.Narrator, Ron Howard.