Product Details

• Actors: Jay Acovone, Roy Dotrice, Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, Ren Woods
• Directors: Ron Perlman, Daniel Attias, Frank Beascoechea, Gabrielle Beaumont, Alan Cooke
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1994
• Run Time: 48 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302249783
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #320,157 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid, heartwarming, suspensful, August 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beauty and the Beast - Episode 1: Once Upon a Time in NY [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was very interested in this show from the very first pilot show. Some shows you just know that it touches your heart and soul forever, and this one did it for me. I remember a time when these shows could take me back to a world that surrounded us in all kinds of emotions. We really need an escape sometimes because the real world is terribly insane right now. Beauty and The Beast gave me a great pleasure in my life and I will never forget it as long as I live!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A New Life Begins for Vincent and Catherine, February 16, 1999

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Alan Heuer (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beauty and the Beast - Episode 1: Once Upon a Time in NY [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. She is found by a man-beast named Vincent who brings her to a secret (literally!) underground society to heal. She subsequently leaves her career in corporate law to pursue a more meaningful career in the district attorney's office. She and Vincent develop a strong emotional bond. The episode is awkward at times, but there are some powerfully-moving moments between Vincent and Catherine.

In 1998 I conducted a poll among Beauty and the Beast fans asking them to rate the 44 episodes of the first two seasons on a 1-to-10 scale. 31 fans participated. "Once Upon a Time..." finished 3rd out of the 44 episodes.

I placed "Once Upon a Time..." 10th in my own personal 1-through-44 rank-ordering of the episodes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If fairy tales would come true!, January 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beauty and the Beast - Episode 1: Once Upon a Time in NY [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My personal favorite! The first episode in the series. A nice updating of the familiar fairy tale. Catherine Chandler is "beauty" and Vincent is "beast" and is a modern day fairy tale with much more complexity and dangers. Catherine is saved by Vincent after a terrible attack and returned to her normal life but their souls and hearts are forever bonded. It is my favorite because it shows how a person can be deceived by appearances and how beautiful and loving a heart can be. Ron Perlman has a beautiful voice and performs his role magnificently, giving Vincent all the grace and beauty of the beast it resembles and yet bringing with it all the warmth, intelligence and humanity in his eyes and voice and gestures. A must have for any Beauty and the Beast fan!