Sabrina

UPC: 097360540246

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: Billy Wilder directs the lighthearted romantic comedy Sabrina, based on the play by Samuel A. Taylor. Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) is the simple, na?ve daughter of a chauffeur, Thomas Fairchild (John Williams). They live on an estate with the wealthy Oliver Larrabee (Walter Hampden) and his two sons: workaholic older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) and fun-loving younger brother David (William Holden). Sabrina adores the charming David, but he thinks of her as just a kid. Her father sends her away to Paris for chef school, where she meets Baron St. Fontanel (Marcel Dalio), and she returns a worldly, sophisticated woman. David immediately falls for her, but he is already engaged to marry heiress Elizabeth Tyson (Martha Hyer). Sabrina wants to break up the wedding in order to finally catch the man of her dreams, while Linus fights to keep the marriage on in the interest of family business and Mr. Tyson's (Francis X. Bushman) fortune. In order to keep Sabrina away from David, Linus pretends to court her himself. In doing so, they eventually realize their true feelings for each another. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Screenplay – null Best Screenplay – null Best Screenplay – null Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor – National Board of Review Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: ccStandard version
Dolby Digital: English Mono, French Mono
English subtitles (for the deaf and hard of hearing)
Interactive menus
Scene selection
Sabrina documentary
Photo gallery

Sabrina

Format: DVD

Release Date: 04/10/2001

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 112 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Main Title [1:05]
2. The Chauffeur's Daughter [7:27]
3. Reaching for the Moon [3:57]
4. Cooking School [6:00]
5. The Larabee Tyson Merger [6:57]
6. Love Thy Neighbor [6:55]
7. Changing Partners [2:44]
8. Out of Circulation [6:09]
9. It's All in the Family [2:27]
10. The Cold Businessman [4:27]
11. Linus' Intentions [4:54]
12. A Straight Export Deal [2:43]
13. Ticket to Paris [7:07]
14. A Previous Engagement [2:58]

Dan Jardine

Billy Wilder's Sabrina has an explicit fairy-tale quality (it begins with the words "once upon a time") that betrays its Cinderella roots. Based on Samuel Taylor's stage play, the movie suffers occasionally from feelings of staginess and windiness. It is, at times, obviously formulaic and predictable, but such is the nature of most romantic comedies. Audrey Hepburn's na?f-like vulnerability and angelic beauty make her the perfect fit for the part; her natural elegance, playfulness, and intelligence have the audience cheerfully manipulated into applauding her elevation from rags to riches. Humphrey Bogart (in a part originally intended for Cary Grant) plays against type as the romantic lead who knows the price of everything, but has no concept of the value of love. His character, Linus Larrabee, not Sabrina, is the real protagonist of the piece, as it is his big decisions and personal growth that key the movie's action and resolution. William Holden is well cast as the debonair and wanton playboy. Playing on opposing themes, such as commerce vs. love, cynicism vs. romanticism, sex vs. love, Sabrina casually gives class conflict and consciousness the Hollywood treatment, so we are led to see that nothing can keep true lovers apart. Billy Wilder doesn't hit us over the head with these themes, because they are all so deeply ingrained in our collective unconscious that he only needs to give us a wink and a nod. While Bogie and Hepburn don't rank up there with Bogie and Bacall on the chemistry meter, both are incessantly charming. Sabrina is not as insightful or cutting as Wilder's best work, but the snappy and witty banter, which is marked by droll double entendres, help to elevate the film above standard entrants in this genre. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, but ended up winning only one, for Edith Head's costume design. ~ Dan Jardine, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Rand Harper  Actor 
Kay Kuter  Actor 
Colin Campbell  Actor 
Harvey B. Dunn  Actor 
Marion Ross  Actor 
Paul Harvey  Actor 
Emory Parnell  Actor 
David Ahdar  Actor 
Nancy Kulp  Actor 
Emmett Vogan  Actor 
Marjorie Bennett  Actor 
Charles Harvey  Actor 
Bill Neff  Actor 
Kay Riehl  Actor 
Otto Forrest  Actor 
Frederick Hollander  Composer (Music Score) 
Ernest Lehman  Screenwriter 
Billy Wilder  Director 
Billy Wilder  Producer 
Billy Wilder  Screenwriter 
Samuel A.Taylor  Screenwriter 
Humphrey Bogart  Actor 
Audrey Hepburn  Actor 
William Holden  Actor 
Walter Hampden  Actor 
John Williams  Actor 
Martha Hyer  Actor 
Francis X. Bushman  Actor 
Joan Vohs  Actor 
Marcel Dalio  Actor 
Marcel Hillaire  Actor 
Nella Walker  Actor 
Ellen Corby  Actor 

Country: USA