Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Beauty and the Beast |
| Original title | Beauty and the Beast |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1987-1990 |
| Production company |
Republic Pictures Corporation |
| length | about 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 56 in 3 seasons |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Ron Koslow |
| production | George RR Martin |
| music |
Don Davis (49 episodes), Lee Holdridge (7 episodes), William Ross (4 episodes) |
| camera |
Stevan Larner (33 episodes) Roy H. Wagner (5 episodes) |
| First broadcast | September 5, 1987 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 25, 1988 on Sat.1 |
| occupation | |
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Beauty and the Beast (Original title: Beauty and the Beast ) is an American drama series with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in the title roles. It was broadcast on CBS between 1987 and 1990.
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The focus is on the relationship between Vincent ( Ron Perlman ), a mythical, noble Leo man, and Catherine ( Linda Hamilton ), a talented assistant attorney in New York. A secret utopian community of outsiders that lives hidden underground also plays an important role. Through an empathic connection, Vincent senses Catherine's feelings and becomes her guardian. The series follows the developing relationship between the two characters on the one hand, and portrays the division between New York and the hidden world below on the other. Deviating from the original story, however, the "beast", after it found Catherine's love, is not transformed in the sense of the society's ideals of beauty. Rather, the focus is on the inner beauty of Vincent, from which he is defined as a person, and on the change in Catherine's life, transformed by her relationship with Vincent. The mask for the beast was designed by the multi-Oscar-winning Hollywood specialist Rick Baker .
After Catherine's death in season three, Jo Anderson becomes the new lead actress, who plays Diana Bennet, a police officer who investigates Catherine's murder.
Episode list
season 1
| episode | title | engl. Original title | First broadcast (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Once upon a time in New York | Once upon a time | 09/25/1987 |
| 02 | The terrible savior | Terrible Savior | 10/02/1987 |
| 03 | siege | Victories | 10/09/1987 |
| 04 | No way back | No way down | 10/16/1987 |
| 05 | The night of the masks | Masques | 10/30/1987 |
| 06 | The fallen angel | The Beast Within | 11/06/1987 |
| 07 | Cage of torments | Nor Iron Bars a Cage | 11/13/1987 |
| 08 | A beginning and an end | Song of Orpheus | 11/20/1987 |
| 09 | Dark forces | Dark Spirit | 11/27/1987 |
| 10 | A better world | A children's story | December 04, 1987 |
| 11 | The silent witness | Impossible Silence | 12/18/1987 |
| 12 | Nuances | shades of grey | 01/08/1988 |
| 13 | Death moon | China Moon | January 15, 1988 |
| 14th | The alchemist | The alchemist | 01/22/1988 |
| 15th | The temptation | Temptation | 02/05/1988 |
| 16 | One day in the distant past | Promises of Someday | 02/12/1988 |
| 17th | Down into a sunless sea | Down to a Sunless Sea | 02/19/1988 |
| 18th | gold | Fever | 02/26/1988 |
| 19th | A harsh judgment | Everything is everything | 03/04/1988 |
| 20th | Regent of Hell | To Reign in Hell | 03/18/1988 |
| 21st | Osymandias | Ozymandias | 04/01/1988 |
| 22nd | A happy life | A happy life | 04/08/1988 |
season 2
| episode | title | engl. Original title | First broadcast (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Gifted gift | Chamber Music | 11/18/1988 |
| 02 | Vincent's dream | Remember love | 11/25/1988 |
| 03 | A difficult farewell | Ashes, Ashes | 12/02/1988 |
| 04 | The festival of light | Dead of winter | December 9, 1988 |
| 05 | A new life | God Bless the Child | December 16, 1988 |
| 06 | love does not need words | Sticks and stones | 01/06/1989 |
| 07 | Downside of love | A Fair and Perfect Knight | 01/13/1989 |
| 08 | A world in danger | Maze | 01/20/1989 |
| 09 | brothers | Brothers | 02/03/1989 |
| 10 | Paradise lost | A gentle rain | 02/17/1989 |
| 11 | Two souls | The Outsiders | 02/24/1989 |
| 12 | Time of mourning | Orphans | 03/06/1989 |
| 13 | The ballerina | Arabesque | 03/13/1989 |
| 14th | Of things that are not | When the Blue Bird Sings | March 31, 1989 |
| 15th | Under observation | The watcher | 04/07/1989 |
| 16 | On distant shores | A distant shore | 04/14/1989 |
| 17th | The silence of the heart | Trial | 04/21/1989 |
| 18th | A friendship service | A Kingdom by the Sea | 04/28/1989 |
| 19th | In the realm of darkness | The Hollow Men | 05/05/1989 |
| 20th | The demon of the deep | What Rough Beast | 05/12/1989 |
| 21st | Ritual of innocence | Ceremony of Innocence | 05/19/1989 |
| 22nd | The rest is silence | The rest is silence | 05/26/1989 |
season 3
| episode | title | engl. Original title | First broadcast (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | When lovers fall part 1 | Though Lovers Be Lost: Part 1 | 12/12/1989 |
| 02 | When lovers fall part 2 | Though Lovers Be Lost: Part 2 | 12/12/1989 |
| 03 | memory | Walk slowly | 12/13/1989 |
| 04 | An overpowering opponent | Nevermore | December 20, 1989 |
| 05 | Gabriel's envoy | Snow | December 27, 1989 |
| 06 | The beggar's comet | Beggar's Comet | 03/01/1990 |
| 07 | The call of the heart | A time to heal | 01/10/1990 |
| 08 | A night without hope | Chimes at Midnight | January 17, 1990 |
| 09 | Dreams and visions | Invictus | 01/24/1990 |
| 10 | The child's return home | In the Forests of the Night | 07/21/1990 |
| 11 | The friends in the other world | The Reckoning | 07/28/1990 |
| 12 | The legacy | Legacies | 08/04/1990 |
Remake
Since 2012, CBS Television Studios has been producing a remake loosely based on the series for The CW . Jay Ryan as Vincent (the "Beast") and Kristin Kreuk as Catherine (the "Beautiful") star in the lead roles . It was first broadcast on October 11, 2012.
Web links
- Beauty and the Beast in the Internet Movie Database (English)