Sabrina (1954) | |
| Director(s) | Billy Wilder |
| Producer(s) | Billy Wilder |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic) |
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Sabrina Overview:
Sabrina (1954) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Billy Wilder.
The film was based on the play Sabrina Fair written by Samuel A. Taylor performed at the National Theatre, NY & Royale Theatre, NY from Nov 11, 1953 - Aug 21, 1954.
SYNOPSIS
This classic romance showcases Hepburn's grace and natural beauty. Hepburn, a chauffeur's daughter who lives over a mansion's garage, returns home from a French cooking school as a charming sophisticate. She had been sent away after losing her heart to her father's employer's playboy son (Holden). Upon Hepburn's homecoming, her new appearance and polish knock Holden off his feet. But Holden's brother, Bogart, a nose-to-the-grindstone businessman, has plans for Holden to marry a rival's daughter (Hyer) in a practical, if not romantic, merger. Bogart advises Hepburn to watch her heart, but then finds himself enchanted. Wilder's astringent dialogue and a sly performance from Bogart life this above the suds. Remade in 1995 by Sydney Pollack with Harrison Ford in the Bogart role.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.Sabrina was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002.
Academy Awards 1954 --- Ceremony Number 27 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Audrey Hepburn | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Charles Lang, Jr. | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Edith Head | Won |
| Best Director | Billy Wilder | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman | Nominated |
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Bogart, Hepburn, and Holden star in Billy Wilder's "Sabrina"
By Stephen Reginald on Nov 14, 2022 From Classic Movie ManBogart, Hepburn, and Holden star in Billy Wilder's "Sabrina" Sabrina (1954) is an American romantic comedy directed by Billy Wilder and starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden. The screenplay was by Wilder, Ernest Lehman, and Samuel A. Taylor. The supporting cast includes J... Read full article
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018) s01e20 – The Mephisto Waltz
on Apr 10, 2020 From The Stop ButtonSo, Luke Ford, who plays Lucifer this episode, looks a lot like Taylor Kitsch. Enough I thought they maybe paid for Kitsch. They didn?t, they got Ford. Who doesn?t seem to have voiced goat Satan in the previous episodes. Anyway. It?s the big finale, with Kiernan Shipka unintentionally letting Ford o... Read full article
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018) s01e19 – The Mandrake
on Apr 9, 2020 From The Stop ButtonThis episode gets off to a rough start wrapping up last episode?s cliffhanger?Sabrina and the gang discovering a shrine to her in the mines, which is at least hundreds of years old. Kevin Rodney Sullivan?s direction is peculiar in a bad way (unless there?s a good reason for it like they reshot all o... Read full article
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018) s01e18 – The Miracles of Sabrina Spellman
on Apr 8, 2020 From The Stop ButtonSo following Sabrina showing herself off as a possible messiah, Richard Coyle gets back to town with Miranda Otto?Otto?s totally Stepford Wives?and convinces his bosses she?s a heretic and they?re just going to have to kill her. Meanwhile, Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) is enjoying her new powers. She can... Read full article
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018) s01e17 – The Missionaries
on Apr 7, 2020 From The Stop ButtonSo, actually, no, ?Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? apparently hasn?t hit the darkest hour or the point of no return yet because this episode just sort of shrugs at all the disastrous things gone wrong for Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) and her family. Cousin Ambrose (Chance Perdomo?who?s great this episod... Read full article
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Quotes from
David Larrabee: Love to, Sabrina.
[kisses her]
Sabrina Fairchild: Again. That's better.
David Larrabee: What's the matter, dear? You're not worried about us, are you? Because I'm not. So there'll be a big stink in the family. So who cares?
Sabrina Fairchild: David... I don't want to see Linus again. I don't want to go out with him.
David Larrabee: Why not, darling?
Sabrina Fairchild: I want to be near you.
David Larrabee: Oh, I know how you feel Sabrina, it must be an awful bore. But if Linus wants to take you out, let's be nice about it. It's very important. He's our only ally. See, father will want to send me to Larrabee Copper in Butte, Montana, and we don't want to go Butte Montana, do we?
Sabrina Fairchild: Hold me close, David.
David Larrabee: We'll have a wonderful time, darling. We'll build a raft and sail on the Pacific Ocean, like Kon Tiki. Or climb the highest mountain like Annapurna.
Sabrina Fairchild: Keep talking, David. Keep talking.
David Larrabee: You don't live here!
Sabrina: Yes, I do.
David Larrabee: I live here!
Sabrina: Hi, neighbor.
Oliver Larrabee: All columnists should be beaten to a pulp and converted back into paper!
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Facts about
During production Billy Wilder was continuously working on the script. One day he asked Audrey Hepburn to feign illness so he would have enough time to finish the scene to be shot.
In addition to Billy Wilder's two mentions in the screenplay of his next project, The Seven Year Itch, there was also a line of dialogue that included the name of a film just written by Wilder's co-writer, Ernest Lehman - Executive Suite. Linus (Humphrey Bogart) uses the phrase in the sailboat scene with Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn).
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