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| Sabrina [1954] | ![Sabrina [1954]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SZPT76PKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8863
Format: Black White, Dubbed, Full Screen, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: DVD
Running Time: 109 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437807038
ASIN: B00005BJB4
Release Date: September 3, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: October 1954
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Audrey Hepburn is the delightful, young, eponymous 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. I--Jenny Brown/I
Amazon.co.uk Review
For almost 20 years Audrey Hepburn's pixie-like features lit up Hollywood's silver screens with hit after hit and she became not only a screen icon, but also a style icon (with a little help from Givenchy), and still features high in polls of the world's most beautiful women. It's perhaps no surprise, then, that Paramount have chosen to honour her with a box set of some of her best-known films. However, this is only "some of", with the absence of her dazzling performances in IRoman Holiday/I and IMy Fair Lady/I, leaving three out of the four films included here lacking in comparison. p IBreakfast at Tiffany's/I is the strongest and certainly the best-loved Hepburn film in this collection, offering beautifully comic performances by both Hepburn and her leading man, George Peppard. p IFunny Face/I also makes a welcome entry, if only for the wonderful performance by Fred Astaire; Hepburn, though, was not a strong enough dancer to hold her own against Astaire's brilliance. p ISabrina/I holds its own as the Cinderella story of a chauffeur's daughter who turns into a beautiful society girl, but it was clearly a quick and easy vehicle for Paramount to produce in the wake of Hepburn's success in IRoman Holiday/I. p The mysterious entry of the collection is IParis When It Sizzles/I, probably one of Hepburn's least-known and most quirky films, with two parallel love stories played out on the screen. Although not an obvious hit and hard work in places it offers an interesting screwball performance by Hepburn, even if the sparks did not fly with her screen partner William Holden. p BOn the DVD:/B IThe Audrey Hepburn Collection/I offers a nice clean widescreen transfer for three of its movies, but ISabrina/I is a full-frame transfer that lacks something in comparison. All but IBreakfast at Tiffany's/I (which has a 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack) are mono sound transfers, which is only a real disappointment in IFunny Face/I because of George and Ira Gershwin's score. The special features are also lacking, with only a trailer offered on two of the films and a mildly interesting documentary on ISabrina/I. The best is the featurette on IFunny Face/I, which charts the success of Paramount in the 1950s, but offers nothing a film fan would not have known already. All in all this is an attractive box set, but perhaps one for the die-hard Hepburn fan only. --INikki Disney/I
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 Isn't it romantic? October 1, 2008
Everybody loves a good Cinderella story, especially if it has a dash of realism and a sense of humour. And unbaked souffles.br /br /And methinks it also helps the case if you have Audrey Hepburn as the modern Cinderella-with-a-wit, which is the strongest point in the charming little romance called "Sabrina." While the chemistry between Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart is never entirely believable, the movie is as buoyant and whimsical as a summer daydream, but with way better dialogue ("Bounce please, ladies").br /br /Sabrina Fairchild (Hepburn) is the daughter of the chauffeur at the palatial Larabee estate. She's also in love with the ne'er-do-well second son, David (William Holden) -- and even attempts suicide after seeing him with one of his many girlfriends, although she's rescued by David's stiff older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart). The next day Sabrina is sent away to Paris to attend a cooking school, where she meets a kindly old count who teaches her sophistication, ambition and confidence... as well as the ability to make a souffle properly ("A woman happily in love, she burns the souffle. A woman unhappily in love, she forgets to turn on the oven!").br /br /When she returns to the Larabees' estate, the lovelorn little chauffeur's daughter has become a clever sophisticated Parisian beauty (and a pretty good cook). David is instantly smitten. But even if marrying a chauffeur's daughter were okay with his family, Linus has arranged a business marriage for David for the family's newest innovation, which requires large amounts of sugar. And to make sure David doesn't run off with Sabrina, Linus begins wooing her too... and falling in love for real.br /br /"Sabrina" is one of those shimmering romantic comedies that Hollywood once succeeded in whipping together every now and then, and which they now desperately try to imitate with cutesy scripts and arch performances. No such artificiality is present in this movie, though -- it's just a relaxed little romance that ambles through a predictable little plot, and is content to let itself to be illuminated by Hepburn's presence. No gimmicks, no cutesiness.br /br /Part of "Sabrina's" charm is the way Billy Wilder handles the comedy aspect of it -- rather than playing everything for laughs, he simply lets the laughs fall like a shower of petals. There are some laugh-out-loud moments (David sitting on a pair of champagne flutes, and having to lie in a hammock with a cut-out for his injured bottom) but most of the humour is gentle and mildly mocking, such as Mr. Larabee standing in his son's closet so he can have a smoke. And the dialogue adapted from Samuel A. Taylor's play is no less adorable ("You make it sound so vulgar, David, as if the son of hot dog dynasty were being offered in marriage to the daughter of the mustard king").br /br /And perhaps what makes "Sabrina" a really heartwarming experience is the sunny, hopeful attitude. Despite starting with an attempted suicide (which is thwarted in a very tongue-in-cheek manner), the movie soon decides to "throw open the windows and letting in... letting in la vie en rose." It's all about having dreams come true by refusing to run away from love or life, and being open to the suddenly curve balls that they throw you.br /br /But even so, the movie would only be a sweet featherlight curiosity if it weren't for Audrey Hepburn, who was only in her second major movie. She's absolutely transcendent in her role -- bursting with sweetness, enthusiasm, confidence and an almost gleeful joie de vivre. And while she's never entirely convincing as a plain teenager, she is magnificent as a confident, stylish young lady who sweeps into a moneyed party in a black-and-white ball gown. And steals the show, of course.br /br /And the cast supporting her is pretty brilliant -- William Holden is full of sprightly charm as David, Walter Hampden is hilarious as the brittle henpecked Larabee patriarch, and John Williams is quietly solid as Sabrina's long-suffering dad. Humphrey Bogart's gruff, slightly angular Linus is a nice foil for the exuberant Sabrina, but there's pretty much zero chemistry between the two leads. Perhaps it's because Bogart didn't like Hepburn in real life, or maybe their styles just didn't click.br /br /"Sabrina" is a frothy, romantic little tale about reaching for the moon, filled with sparkling dialogue and still-fresh comedy. But its crowning gem is Hepburn, whose early performances showed what a brilliant actress she was.
Yes we have no bananas. But we have Sabrina. June 30, 2004
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
There is the indoor tennis court and the outdoor tennis court. There is the indoor swimming pool and the outdoor swimming pool. There is an environment that has already captured your imagination be for the story starts.pSabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the chauffeur's daughter and must remember that there is a front seat and a back seat and a window in-between. However Sabrina has always had a crush on David Larrabee (William Holden) one of the owner's sons. After returning from Paris she has changed enough to play "What's my Line" with David Larrabee. David falls victim to the family will and is temporarily disabled. Linus Larrabee (Bogart), his brother, takes over as second string and must learn how to handle the young girl infatuated with David.pThere are a lot of tender and comic scenes as she changes her target and he softens up. At first Bogart seems a little old for the part but he is such a good actor that it works.
 Wonderful, Romantic Fluff! January 30, 2004
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Audrey Hepburn was rather good in this movie. William Holden and Humphrey Bogart held their own too! However, I felt, half way through the film, it began to loose itself a little. Probably due to it being drama than an action movie. But the ending is pretty good though!
La Vie En Rose September 19, 2003
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
A Long Island Chauffeurs daughter is desperately in love with the youngest son of the family her father works for. Sent away to Paris for two years (partly to learn how to cook, and partly to cure her infatuation), she returns with a sophisticated new look, and finds that he is now infatuated with her.pAs is clear from the above outline, and from the very beginning of the film which starts with the line "Once upon a time there was a little girl...." this film is basically a fairy tale in which Hepburn's Cinderella gets to choose between the two sons of the fabulously wealthy Larrabee family. It features a wonderful cast - William Holden excels as the charming playboy David Larrabee (the original object of Sabrina's affections), and Bogart, somewhat cast against type as a romantic lead, shows a deft touch for comedy as older brother Linus, who attempts to disentangle his brother from Sabrina only to find himself falling for her too.pThis is a tale which could easily become mawkish, but is kept from doing so by witty dialogue and wonderful physical comedy (Linus manipulating his brother into sitting down on a champagne glass, and then providing him with a hammock with a strategic hole cut out is my favourite, but there are many such moments). But this is Hepburn's film, and she is magnificent. Her transformation from gawky teenager to sophisticated young woman is entirely convincing, and she never looked lovelier. pForget Pretty Woman, forget Maid in Manhatten, this film did it first and it did it better. Get a big bar of chocolate, unplug the phone, and sit back and enjoy the most beautiful face ever captured on film.
A boxset with 4 of the best films of Audrey Hepburn November 11, 2001
55 out of 64 found this review helpful
This DVD boxset contains four of the best movies with Audrey Hepburn.brThe all time favourite classic Breakfast at Tiffany's directed by Blake Edwards (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses, 10, The Pink Panther series, The Party) where Audrey plays Holy an eccentric New York City playgirl trying to find a man to get married to (that must be rich too!!) who meets Fred, (who later proves to be Paul - George Peppard) and he becomes her next-door neighbour. Paul is a writer who is sponsored by a wealthy lady (Patricia Neal). Audrey Hepburn is wonderful in this movie. I enjoyed watching her performance and her character. Both interested me, but I was caught up in the character the first time I saw it. There are a lot of humorous scenes in the movie. One hilarious scene is when Hepburn gets drunk. She does a great job and deserves the Oscar nomination that she got. The music of the film is been written by Henry Mancini and he really deserves the Oscar that he got for the song moon river in that film.brThe Funny Face, a very sweet film a rather slight '50s musical that gets by on the charm of stars Fred Astaire and Audrey, the songs of George and Ira Gershwin and the romantic setting. Unfortunately it's a bit weak in the story department: Maggie Prescot (Kay Thompson) is editor of Quality magazine, the fashion oracle for American women. She's looking for a new type of women to embody all that the magazine is about and with her fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire), they're off to the most musty used bookstore they can find to make their air-headed model look intelligent. While doing a shoot in a Greenwich Village bookstore, he encounters mousy clerk Jo Stockton (Hepburn) and is instantly struck by her offbeat beauty and brains. She is the face he's been looking for.brThe next one is Sabrina: along with Audrey, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden are in the leading roles. This was Audrey Hepburn's second American film: coming off her Best Actress Oscar winning debut in Roman Holiday. The film was nominated for six Oscars, including another Best Actress for Hepburn. Sabrina Fairchild (Hepburn) is the daughter of the chauffeur for the Larrabee family, and has grown up in the shadow of opulence and grandeur. She grew up watching the two Larrabee brothers grow up: the older Linus (Bogart), whose keen sense of business has kept him constantly expanding the industrial empire, and the younger David (Holden), a playboy that seems to find and discard women. Sabrina has secretly pined away for David her whole life hoping only for the day he'll notice her. Before that time could come, her father sends her to Paris to a gourmet cooking school, hoping she will follow in her mother's footsteps. When she returns two years later, she has been transformed into a sophisticated and beautiful woman, who gains David's eye without a moment of trouble. No trouble, except for the fact he's already engaged to a woman whose family will promote a multi-million dollar merger with the Larrabees. This gets Linus involved, as he tries to stop the romance before it can ruin the business deal. But the focused and driven Linus is also charmed by the beautiful girl.brThe film simply sparkles with the chemistry between all the characters. Well written, brilliantly directed, and powerful performances each contribute to a whole that transcends the years, and is one of the best films of its genre ever to be released. brFinally we have Paris when it Sizzles which is a romantic comedy that spends most of its time lampooning the creative process of making a motion picture. This movie about making a bad movie has moments of brilliance though it can become tiresome and all too predictable from the romantic angle. Richard Benson (William Holden) is a well known and well-paid Hollywood screenwriter, and has been paid a great deal in advance for his next script, a film called The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower. Unfortunately Benson has wasted the last 18 weeks he was given to write the script, and now has two days before his producer Alexander Meyerheim (Noel Coward) arrives at his Paris apartment for the finished work. In a panic, he hires Gabrielle Simpson (Audrey Hepburn) as a typist. With time so short, he has to dictate the story off the top of his head, and Gabrielle types as he talks. The lines between the characters and the real life people blur, and the stories start merging together; as the couple in the film falls in love, the same thing seems to be happening inside the Paris apartment. Perhaps the funniest thing about the movie though is the blase attitude it takes about what it takes to get a movie written. Only two days, after wasting 18 weeks? No problem for a seasoned professional screenwriter. We can whip out something thrilling and without a trace of substance in half that time. Makes you wonder how so many meaningless films actually get made. I really liked that movie and I must say that I rate it second after the Breakfast at Tiffany's in this boxset as Audrey looks absolutely gorgeous, sweet and so talented! Delightful plot, I love Audrey Hepburn!
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