Sabrina | 
| Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Ellen Corby, Marcel Dalio
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  137 reviews
Sales Rank: 7337
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.4 x 0.6
MPN: 097360540246
ISBN: 0792172108
UPC: 097360540246
EAN: 9780792172109
ASIN: B00003CXCG
Theatrical Release Date: 1954
Release Date: April 10, 2001
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Audrey Hepburn is the delightful young Sabrina, the daughter of a chauffeur who is hopelessly in love with David Larrabee (William Holden), the playboy younger son in the rich Long Island household her father works for. In order to help her forget her woes, Sabrina is shipped off to cooking school in Paris. While there, she befriends a baron who provides a bit of culture--and the encouragement to snip off her childlike ponytail. Upon her return to New York, Sabrina is transformed into a sophisticated woman, and David is entranced by her. However, his older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) has arranged David's marriage to Elizabeth Tyson in order to seal a business merger and thus must steer David away from Sabrina. To do this, Linus takes on the task of wooing her for himself. Full of great dialogue ("A woman happy in love, she burns the souffle; a woman unhappy in love, she forgets to turn on the oven") and wonderful performances, this film is a romantic masterpiece. Also enjoyable is the 1995 remake, starring Julia Ormond and Harrison Ford. --Jenny Brown
Product Description
Modern-day Cinderella story in which the daughter of a wealthy family's chauffeur is transformed into a graceful woman, capturing the attention of the sons of the family.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 29-DEC-2004
Media Type: DVD
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 Upon Mature Reconsideration.... May 31, 2009
Celia Hayes (San Antonio, SA)
This is one of these movies that has always been alluded to breathlessly, as the epitome of a certain kind of 50's romance, especially after the remake! Why, oh why, rose the piteous cry, why did Hollywood have to remake a movie so perfect, and with any actress but a perfect reincarnation of Audrey Hepburn at the height of her appeal in the title role?
I had never actually seen the original version of Sabrina all the way through and looked forward very much to watching it - and yes, it was a rather charming movie, and yes, indeed, that was rightfully one of Audrey Hepburn's best playing-of-herself-movies, but there were some elements of the plot which did not go over in quite the same lighthearted and charmingly romantic manner in 2008 than they did in 1958. Sabrina, the daughter of a wealthy Long Island family's chauffeur with an unrequited passion for the playboy son of the younger son of the Larrabee family, came off as something of a stalker in the early scenes. Her suicidal gesture, closing the garage doors and starting up all the automobiles, until rescued by the sober older Larrabee brother, played by Humphrey Bogart... that was likewise rather unsettling. And not just because Humphrey Bogart, dour and lugubrious, and about the last actor on earth that comes to mind when you think light, fluffy romantic comedy was cast as the other half of the romantic duo. It was as if he had wandered in from another movie entirely. What would `Sabrina' have been like, if William Holden had played the older brother, and someone a little closer to Audrey Hepburn's apparent age had been cast as the scapegrace younger brother? Ah, well. The rest of the casting is flawless, an expert mix of established supporting actors, especially Walter Hampton as the Larrabee paterfamilias, smoking a cigar about the size of a baseball bat.
The most interesting of the extra features focuses on the supporting cast, some of whom were more famous afterward in long-running TV series (Nancy Culp and Ellen Corby) or had been famous before, on stage or in silent movies (John Williams and Francis X Bushman). Another feature is about the modern-day Long Island town which provided authentic locations, some of which still remain basically unchanged (the railway station) and some stately mansions (alas, long gone).
 when younger brother doesn't work out, older brother is ok too May 13, 2009
Epsilon Delta (CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
[warning: movie spoiler ahead...] this movie is a bit weird... if Sabrina didn't marry the younger brother, the elder brother is fine too... he is rich and have social status too. She found that the love between her and the younger brother didn't work out, so she needs no time to recover but can immdiately fall in love with the older brother? To me it seems a bit weird.
Sabrina the Centennial Collection May 3, 2009
Lynn M. Feliziani (Oakland, NJ USA)
I enjoyed seeing the original version of 'Sabrina'. I realized what a classic it truly is and how little the recent Harrison Ford version had changed from this one. If you only seen the Harrison Ford 'Sabrina', pop some pop-corn and take the time and see this one. You'll enjoy it.
 Near-miss is indeed a good way to describe this one... April 20, 2009
D. Leach (Arizona)
Spoiler alert, first of all... I agree with previous reviewers regarding the near-miss nature of this film. Holden was fine as the lightweight playboy and Audrey Hepburn was certainly perfect for the role of Sabrina. However, near the end of his life, Bogart was just too run down to do Linus justice. Consequently, it becomes impossible to ignore the unpleasant rich sugar daddy and pretty young gold digger undertones. Sabrina's father the chauffeur has one of the best lines in the film when he says that society doesn't consider it democratic for a poor girl to marry a rich guy. So true, and usually with good reason. I've never read the play, but for the sake of realism I hope that Sabrina was either a money grubbing climber at heart or that she ultimately proved her value by spurning both of these Larrabee characters...
I kept waiting for Sabrina to tantalizingly jilt David in response to his earlier indifference to her. This would have been the "sophisticated" thing to do and if nothing else, it would have made her more attractive to him. I was just sure that she was going to stand him up out there on the tennis court. As for Linus, creepy "it's all in the family" slow dancing aside, how do you go back from finding out that he has been lying and using you for days just to set you up and ship you off for the sake of a business deal? Sabrina is supposed to forget about this very ugly episode now that she and Linus are sailing away to Paris? Is she simply a prostitute? Does she immediately forgive the fact that just yesterday he was willing to have his secretary throw her a bit of his endless money to get rid of her forever? Hmmm...
Maybe Bogie at this final stage of his life just couldn't pull off the charming side of Linus enough to be able to convince the viewer that there was more to him than money. Was he really someone who almost jumped out of a sky scraper over an old flame? Maybe Linus's character would have been more appealing had we sensed some martyrdom for the sake of his family's blue-blooded expectations smoldering in there somewhere. As it is, he just seems confident that his money will fix everything and the ending proves him right. On that note, how great would the ending have been had Sabrina coolly tossed his hat to the mermaids while saying: "I'm afraid I'm not for sale, Mr. Chairman of the Board. You'd better call your tugboat back for one of us." The camera could have then faded out on her irresistible lounging profile and his shocked, bewildered, mildly angry, and finally totally smitten face while we are left to decide whether he is big enough to humble himself and give his heart to her or whether elitist pride sends his lovely wake-up call back across the Atlantic while he retreats to his life as the shriveled up big shot surrounded by sycophants and fellow vampire devotees at the altar of greed. We also could have decided whether the newly liberated Sabrina was attainable by even a prostrate Linus or whether she was determined to burn that bridge to her old third class life at all costs. Such possibilities are nearly limitless and would have made for a better film, IMHO. I never saw the remake so I don't know if they tapped any part of this potentially rich vein the second time around.
Anyway, I imagine that these ethereal forays into the roads less traveled must torment writers and directors when studio execs demand cookie cutter, lowest common denominator formulas to ensure that their investments stay in the black. Absolute garbage like this glut of superhero, comic book, and/or vapid remake nonsense we're increasingly being subjected to continues to rake in the zillions while film as an art form becomes an ever more endangered species (not that it ever really existed in abundance). As for this one, I do believe that Audrey Hepburn was perfectly cast and I'll gladly give Wilder and company credit for that. Imagine what power she would have wielded as Sabrina had the filmmakers allowed her to realize (subconsciously, of course) the priceless value of her innocence in the face of sullied playboys and robber barons...
 Sabrina DVD April 5, 2009
Kimberly A. Mckinley (Springfield, Ohio)
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