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Sabrina
Billy Wilder directs the lighthearted Romantic comedy Sabrina, based on the play by Samuel A. Taylor. Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) is the simple, naïve 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, All Movie Guide

Cast Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larrabee Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina Fairchild William Holden as David Larrabee Walter Hampden as Oliver Larrabee John Williams as Thomas Fairchild Martha Hyer as Elizabeth Tyson Francis X. Bushman as Mr. Tyson Joan Vohs as Gretchen Van Horn Marcel Dalio as Baron Marcel Hillaire as The Professor Nella Walker as Maude Larrabee Ellen Corby as Miss McCardle

Crew Walter Tyler - Art Director Hal Pereira - Art Director Edith Head - Costume Designer Charles C. Coleman, Jr. - First Assistant Director Billy Wilder - Director Doane Harrison - Editor Arthur P. Schmidt - Editor Frederick Hollander - Composer (Music Score) Harold Lewis - Songwriter John Cope - Songwriter Richard Rodgers - Songwriter Wilson Stone - Songwriter Wally Westmore - Makeup Charles B. Lang - Cinematographer Billy Wilder - Producer Sam Comer - Set Designer Ray Moyer - Set Designer John P. Fulton - Special Effects Farciot Edouart - Special Effects John Cope - Sound/Sound Designer Harold Lewis - Sound/Sound Designer Billy Wilder - Screenwriter Samuel A.Taylor - Screenwriter Ernest Lehman - Screenwriter Lorenz Hart - Featured Music Samuel A.Taylor - Play Author

Sabrina
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 omantic comedies. Audrey Hepburn's naïf-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, All Movie Guide
 

Audrey Hepburn: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actress (nominated) Billy Wilder: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (nominated) Billy Wilder: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Screenplay (nominated) Billy Wilder: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Billy Wilder: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (winner) Charles B. Lang: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Cinematography (nominated) Edith Head: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Costume Design (winner) Ernest Lehman: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Screenplay (nominated) Ernest Lehman: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (winner) Hal Pereira: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) John Williams: National Board of Review, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Ray Moyer: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated) Sam Taylor: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Screenplay (nominated) Samuel A.Taylor: Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (winner) Walter Tyler: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Black and White Art Direction (nominated)

National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: cc Standard version Dolby Digital: English Mono, French Mono English subtitles (for the deaf and hard of hearing) Interactive menus Scene selection Sabrina documentary Photo gallery DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 112 min Part of Series: The Audrey Hepburn Collection   DVD 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]