The 2003 DVD release of the film included a second DVD: "Capturing the Friedmans -- Outside the Frame". It included:
- additional home-video footage shot by the Friedmans
- numerous deleted and extended scenes from the film
- footage from Q&A sessions following screenings of the film
- updates on Jesse's life after he was released from prison
- Just a Clown, Jarecki's 20-minute short documentary featuring David Friedman that led to Capturing the Friedmans
- A ROM section with several documents from the family and the case
There was footage on the bonus disc of an altercation that occurred during a Q&A session following the film's screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, in which Frances Galasso, the retired head of the Nassau County Police's Sex Crimes Unit, argues with investigative journalist Debbie Nathan, as well as a speech by trial judge Abbey Boklan from the film's premiere in Great Neck. Both Galasso and Boklan claim the film excluded evidence that points to Jesse's guilt, such as his interview with Geraldo Rivera and the existence of Ross Goldstein, the third defendant, who served time in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child molestation and even named two additional co-conspirators, though they remained unindicted. (Goldstein is not named in the film, but it is said in one of the DVD extras that he declined to be interviewed. One of the unindicted co-conspirators claims in the same section that he and the fifth man were falsely accused by Goldstein.) During the Tribeca Q&A, Jesse's lawyer at the time of the case, Peter Panaro, said he advised Jesse not to appear on Rivera's talk show (Panaro was also present on the show), and even had Jesse sign an affidavit saying he was doing so against legal advice.
