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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HEPBURN,AUDREY
EAN: 9780792172109
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0792172108
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 10, 2001
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 2151
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1954
Editorial Review:
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
Amazon.com essential video:
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 soufflé; 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Sabrina
Really enjoyed this movie; watched it four times! Happy to have it as a part of my permanant collection.
Rating:  - Can understand its appeal
*** spoilers ***
Sure, it's sentimatental, predictable, sappy, and you name it. Yes, it is a piece of fluff, but a very well executed piece of fluff. The actors are well defined, as Sabrina tries to woo her childhood crush as Linus makes tries to wean her away so as to make a political marriage happen for the sake of his business. Of course, guess who falls in love with her also, and guess who Sabrina swoons for at the end? I know, real difficult.
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Rating: - A Classic
While it is a bit of a stretch to see Hepburn and Bogart together, this film is a MUCH better version than the modern film with Harrison Ford. Stick to the original.
Rating: - Delightful, easy to watch romance
Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the daughter of the chauffeur to the wealthy Larrabee family and is in love with the David Larrabee (William Holden) youngest of the two Larrabee sons, Linus (Bogie!) and David. The two sons couldn't be more different, David the playboy and Linus the stoic, rational business man. To help Sabrina get over her schoolgirl crush on David, her father sends her away to Paris to culinary school. Sabrina leaves Long Island as an awkward waif, and returns a beautiful, elegant Parisian ... Read More
Rating:  - Flawed Fairy-Tale
I'm probably the only human being in the world who remains immune to the charms of this well-executed piece of fluff from Billy Wilder, whose efforts usually place him among my very favorite directors/writers.
Perhaps I've just gotten too old for this kind of "fairy-tale". But it's one thing to see through a fairy-tale after the lights come up, it's another to see through it while the lights are down. Certainly, realism is not a prerequisite for a fairy-tale (quite the contrary!). But in the case ... Read More
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