Sabrina (1995)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Writers (WGA):

Samuel A. Taylor (play)
Billy Wilder (earlier screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

You are cordially invited to the most surprising merger of the year.

Plot:

An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.

Plot Keywords:

Chauffeur | Paris | Playboy | Vogue Magazine | Sophistication

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Harrison Ford	...	Linus Larrabee
Julia Ormond	...	Sabrina Fairchild
Greg Kinnear	...	David Larrabee
Nancy Marchand	...	Maude Larrabee
John Wood	...	Tom Fairchild
Richard Crenna	...	Patrick Tyson
Angie Dickinson	...	Mrs. Ingrid Tyson
Lauren Holly	...	Elizabeth Tyson, MD
Dana Ivey	...	Mack
Miriam Colon	...	Rosa
Elizabeth Franz	...	Joanna
Fanny Ardant	...	Irène
Valérie Lemercier	...	Martine
Patrick Bruel	...	Louis
Becky Ann Baker	...	Linda

Also Known As:

Sabrina (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language.

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:6 (bw) | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:G | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

399 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Constellation Entertainment

Trivia:

The interior shots of the airplane were filmed in the Gulfstream V interior mock-up, a Gulfstream airplane fuselage used to show potential customers what the interior of the aircraft would look like prior to the manufacture of any of the planes.

Goofs:

Continuity: David puts olives in the martinis twice

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sabrina: Once upon a time, on the north shore of Long Island, not far from New York, there was a very very large mansion, almost a castle, where there lived a family by the name of Larrabee. There were servants inside the mansion, and servants outside the mansion; boatmen to tend the boats...

Movie Connections:

References "House of Style" (1989)

Soundtrack:

For All We Know

Hated it!

Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, of course. Still, it just saddened me that so many people seem to prefer this to the original. Sure, in the original, Bogart was a bit miscast but hey! He was still Bogie. (anyhow, supposedly Cary Grant was an original choice and they even considered Holden for the Linus role instead) The point is - it was a single, cohesive storyline, with distinctly drawn characters and impeccable pacing. I really wanted to love the remake, but the most glaring flaw was the narcoleptic Julia Ormond. She has the uncanny ability to suck the oxygen out of any room. She actually seemed BORED with the role...as if it weren't artsy enough for her. She was just dull, lifeless and frankly, quite unexceptional. You never got what the fuss was about. If they had to remake it - why cast such a freaking LOX when there were so many delightful, charismatic young actresses who could have given the film a sporting chance? I just don't get what so many people seem to find so enchanting about this utterly forgettable bore.