SPHE Press Release: Community: The Complete First Season

“One of the best new comedies of the season…”

- TV Guide, Matt Roush

 “…absurdly funny…”

-         Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker

Featuring Joel McHale, Ken Jeong, and

Emmy Award^® Winner Chevy Chase

Community: The Complete First Season

First Season of the Hit Comedy Available on DVD September 21^st, loaded with Bonus Features and an Exclusive Comic Book

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (July 22, 2010) – The freshman year of Community, the break-out comedy of last season, debuts on DVD September 21^st from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Emmy® winning writer Dan Harmon (TV’s “The Sarah Silverman Program”) and Emmy® winning directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo (TV’s “Arrested Development”) comprise the creative team of Community, the smart comedy series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College. At the group’s center is Joel McHale (TV’s “The Soup”, The Informant) and starring with him is Ken Jeong (The Hangover) and comedy legend Emmy® winner Chevy Chase (TV’s "Saturday Night Live"). The talented ensemble cast includes rising stars Gillian Jacobs (TV’s "The Book of Daniel"), Danny Pudi (TV’s "Greek"), Yvette Nicole Brown (TV’s "Rules of Engagement"), Alison Brie (TV’s "Mad Men"), and Donald Glover (TV’s "30 Rock").

The Community: The Complete First Season DVD will feature an exclusive comic book called KICKPUNCHER, a 12-page, full-color collectible illustrated by famed muralist and comic book artist Jim Mahfood, which follows the adventures of KICKPUNCHER, a crime-fighting superhero created from the mind of Troy Barnes.  This first edition comic includes a bonus pull-out collector’s poster of “ANNIE and BRITTA UNLEASHED!”

The DVD set will feature all 25 episodes of Community: The Complete First Season, including the highly talked-about “Modern Warfare” paintball episode.  This first season is packed with special features, including hilarious cast and crew commentaries on every episode, outtakes on each disc, extended cuts on two fan-favorite episodes and multiple featurettes including one where Dan Harmon, creator of the show, sits each cast member down and evaluates their performances throughout the first season!   A-List guest stars on the season include Katharine McPhee and a cameo by Owen Wilson.

Community: The Complete First Season will be available in a four-disc DVD set for $39.95 SRP.

Synopsis

Smooth talking ex-lawyer Jeff Winger has got a lot to learn, and he’s come to Greendale Community College to avoid every bit of it. Unfortunately for Jeff, he’s not the only misfit to enroll here, and people in need have an odd way of finding each other. First, his fake study group becomes a real study group. Then, over the course of a strange year that goes from Mexican Halloween to the final “Tranny Dance,” and includes bad trips, great debates, drunk dials, food fights, epic paintball battles and sinister chicken finger conspiracies — the group becomes a family, something Jeff never wanted, but clearly needs.

Community: The Complete First Season episodes include:

Pilot

Spanish 101

Introduction to Film

Social Psychology

Advanced Criminal Law

Football, Feminism and You

Introduction to Statistics

Home Economics

Debate 109

Environmental Science

The Politics of Human Sexuality

Comparative Religion

Investigative Journalism

Interpretive Dance

Romantic Expressionism

Communication Studies

Physical Education

Basic Genealogy

Beginner Pottery

The Science of Illusion

Contemporary American Poultry

The Art of Discourse

Modern Warfare

English as a Second Language

Pascal’s Triangle Revisited

DVD Special Features Include:

·        Commentary on every episode with the creator of the show, Dan Harmon. Joining Dan are Joel

McHale, Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Gillian Jacobs, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Donald Glover and more!

·        Extended Cuts of Pilot and Communication Studies episodes

·        Outtakes on every disc

·        Season One Cast Evaluations

·        Season One Highlight Reel

·        “Creative Compromises” Featurette

·        Advanced Criminal Law Alternative Scenes

·        3 Mini Episodes

Community is produced by Sony Pictures Television and is a co-production with UMS (Universal Media Studios).

Broadcast Year:         2009 – 2010

Community: The Complete First Season has a run time of approximately 535 minutes and is not rated. Artwork is available at www.SPHEPUBLICITY.COM. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at www.SonyPictures.com.

 Community: The Complete First Season Four-Disc DVD 

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