Paramount Pictures canonizes JOAN OF ARCADIA (review)

Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Amber Tamblyn, Jason Ritter, and Michael Welch star in this CBS drama from the mid-2000s as a family trying to move on after a tragedy.  When God starts appearing and talking to Joan, she finds herself given tasks without explanation that are intended to help her realize her true nature while maneuvering the teenage experience of school, friendships, and relationships.


REVIEW LINK: Paramount Pictures/CBS (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

JOAN OF ARCADIA DVD specs:

• Forty-five episodes on twelve dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• English Closed Captioning
• Nine audio commentaries featuring creator Barbara Hall, producers Jim Hayman, Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Tom Garrigus, David Grae, & Jim Gregory, and cast members Amber Tamblyn, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, and Michael Welch
• Deleted Scenes for Season One
• "The Creation of JOAN OF ARCADIA" featurette
• "A Look at Season One" featurette
• "A Look at Season Two" featurette
• "God Gallery" featurette
• "The Making of 'Queen of the Zombies'" episode featurette
• "Common Thread" episode table read
• A Tour of Joan's High School featurette