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Joan of Arcadia - The First Season |  | Directors: Alan Myerson, David Petrarca, Elodie Keene, Gloria Muzio, Helen Shaver
Actors: Amber Tamblyn, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, Michael Welch
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  151 reviews
Sales Rank: 8962
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1028 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: 097368862647
ISBN: 1415708762
UPC: 097368862647
EAN: 9781415708767
ASIN: B0007TKHKC
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 2003
Release Date: May 10, 2005
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Product Description
A high-school girl is approached by strangers claiming to be God with assignments for her to complete.
Once in awhile a show comes along that breaks the mold. Most such programs fail, but Joan of Arcadia set out to do something new, beat the odds, and found an audience. Created by Barbara Hall (Judging Amy), it's a unique hybrid of My So-Called Life, The Commish, and--well, something different. Unlike CBS predecessor Touched by an Angel, faith creates more questions than answers (and God even has a sense of humor). Joan (Amber Tamblyn) is an ordinary 16-year-old. Father Will (Joe Mantegna) is the local Arcadia police chief, mother Helen (Mary Steenburgen) is a teacher/administrator, younger brother Luke (Michael Welch) is a fellow student, and older brother Kevin (Jason Ritter, son of John Ritter) is a high school graduate who was paralyzed the year before. He used to be popular and athletic. Now he watches TV and builds models. In the pilot, God speaks to Joan for the first time, as a cute boy, and asks her to get a job. Once she's convinced He's really God, she does. Her action inspires Kevin to get one, too, and his process of rejoining the world begins. As in Joan Osborne's theme song, "One of Us" (featured on two episodes), God will continue to appear to Joan in a variety of guises--even as a dog walker who looks like Russ Tamblyn (Amber's father). He'll often ask her to do things that make her uncomfortable, but she'll always learn from the experience and some good will always come from it. Unfortunately, she isn't able to talk to anyone about this or they'd think she was crazy, not even friends Grace (Becky Hahlstrom) or Adam (Christopher Marquette). By the season finale, faith will be replaced by doubt, setting the scene for the second season, in which Joan's faith will be restored. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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 A Bargain price on a super family show August 23, 2010
Harold Wolf (Wells, IN United States)
"Joan of Arcadia" is what you expect: a take on Joan of Arc with a modern twist. A family of five with mixed religious, faith, and Christian points of view, but all with an acceptable set of morals. Middle child Joan (others can give you the actors names) begins to see, hear, and relate to God--in the flesh, kind-of. He, sometimes she, comes in many forms, not just one human likeness. Joan tries to listen and obey and this gets her into some tight situations, usually coming out well in the end, and always with some emotion and humor.
Joan's mom, Helen is 'open' to faith ideas, but dad, Will, a cop, has no faith or religious bend in any direction. He's out for law and order. A son now out of HS, Kevin, is in a wheelchair from an auto accident, a huge issue for him and the family to learn to deal with. The youngest of 3 siblings is Luke, a HS geek in science that also discovers hormone issues.
It all begins with the first encounter: "ok, so you're God. As in ...God? Old Testament, tower of Babel, Burning bush, Ten commandments...God?" and then the show is off to some interesting episodes, each linked together by plot as well as the family and the family/work/school relationships. And the relationships work well for some entertaining viewing. You never get preached at in any denomination, but a Catholic priest is used occasionally, although not a Parrish the family is involved with. It's a cop show, HS life, and family situation all wrapped into one...ok, with God tossed in with large measure. Fun viewing.
bonus: The creating of Joan of Arcadia
Joan of Arcadia--A Look at Season One
God Gallery
Deleted Scenes (only 2)
Commentaries
And this set does provide C. Captioning.
Yes, I am moving on to viewing the Second season. Can't wait. Large recommendation.
A must watch! April 22, 2010
P. R. Shearer (Portland, OR USA)
This show is amazing! It's really too bad it was canceled, because this show is really a treasure to watch. Besides this being entertaining, it's family friendly, and it has a lot of thought provoking content. If you follow the "religious" undertones, you understand that the show is more "humanity universal" based and perhaps a little less religious. Or perhaps just the way I see it...
Heartfelt and ntertaining January 30, 2010
P. Harris (Oldest Town in Texas)
This series, Joan of Arcadia, is a pleasure to watch. It has a wonderful touch of normalcy amid the idea that God speaks aloud (and in person/s) to Joan. The family relationships are realistic and help make the interactions very believable. The idea that God can be any one of us is a constant reminder that we must treat our fellow man as fellow men.
God is Witty! January 14, 2010
etc. reviews (Long Island, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Intelligant, witty, interesting, simply a great show. Joan of Arcadia follows the life of Joan, a simple, average, American teenager. Her brother is handicapped, her father is a despised Police Chief, and her mother is just trying to hold the family together. But, when Joan begins to receives visits from God, it turns out she is the one begining to hold the family together. People begin to think Joan is simply insane and menatlly unstable. But she knows better. She knows that God is really talking to her. And knowing that is pretty hard when your family never prayed to God, and never went to Church. The mix of emotion, wit, mystery, and wisdom make Joan of Arcaida one of the best shows I've ever seen and one of the best purchases I've ever made.
An All-time Top Ten TV Show December 17, 2009
L. Wilson (KC, MO USA)
I watched this show when it originally aired in the mid 2000's. It was very good then and I was disappointed it was cancelled after just two seasons. The second season was better than the first. The show was getting better over time. After I recently watched the two seasons on DVD, I like the show even better. I consider Joan of Arcadia to be one of my all-time top ten television shows -- and that dates back to the 1960's.
I am very impressed with the acting skills of the main character, Amber Tamblyn. I am surprised she is not one of the big stars today.
What I really enjoyed about the season 2 DVD was the special feature of a script reading. First time I had ever seen that done. All people involved with a single episode sat around a huge table as the actors read their parts from the script. Occasionally, clips from the actual aired show were shown. Very interesting.
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