Sabrina
by Sydney Pollack
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Actor: Greg Kinnear, Harrison Ford, John Wood, Julia Ormond, Nancy MarchandDirector: Sydney Pollack
Brand: Paramount
Producer: Lindsay Doran
Producer: Ronald L. Schwary
Writer: Barbara Benedek
Writer: Billy Wilder
Writer: David Rayfiel
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Writer: Samuel A. Taylor
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-01-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Sabrina
DVD Review: Sabrina
Summary: 2 Stars
I ordered this dvd on March 1st; today is April 1st and i still have not received the dvd or any correspondence witht he seller; yet I have paid for the item. I am greatly disappointed in the transaction. I am still hoping for the best and hoping I will receive the item.DVD Review: My Favorite Feel Good Movie. Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was movie was such a pleasant surprise. I don't usually like remakes. This was a great movie the first time is was made, and I have always loved Audrey Hepburn and William Holden.I couldn't imagine how this movie could be made again,with the new casting for the remake.
I was wrong,casting was perfect and the dialogue more sharp and witty.
Julia Ormond was absolutely dazzling. She flowed through this movie with class, beauty and charm.I had never seen her before. Harrison Ford, Greg Kinear, Nancy Marchand and the rest of cast absolutely wonderful. You can't compare this movie to the other in any way. They are both so different. The wonderful Paris scenes and montages as Sabrina learns about life and her beloved Paris, the coming back for a visit to the Larrabee mansion as a knocked out looking model-type, was fabulous.
All the classic dialogue throughout between the brothers and the mother.
I see something new everytime I watch it.(and that is about 12 times)
Directed by Sidney Pollack, who is the great romantic comedy director.
The music,... no one has mentioned the great musical score. How can anyone not get hooked hearing "STING" sing the title song....."In the Moonlight" Just dreamy. I bought the album and still listen often, yes, to STING, and the whole movie score. I absolutely love this movie, and so does my husband. When ever we are down,..and feel like a pick me up,..we say,.."Let's watch Sabrina!". We laugh everytime. Love all the warm moments, and the great ending with surprise chauffeur's wealth and love for a lovely house worker. A tear when Larrabee is waiting in the shadows for Sabrina when she arrives back home in Paris to tell her of his love."Only you can save me, Sabrina-Fair" The perfect ending, but the perfect movie with the perfect cast, that leaves you feeling so good inside.I highly recommend this version.It leaves you wanting to see more.
DVD Review: Not Bad
Summary: 3 Stars
A nice remake of Sabrina but Julia Ormond is definitely no Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn cleaned up really nice; Julia Ormond pretty much came across the same except with a nice hair cut. Greg Kinnear, like William Holden in the original version, stole the movie. Of course Harrison Ford is always great, but he was no Bogey. Nevertheless, I still watch my copy of this movie on rainy Saturday evenings, with my husband beside me. There are definitely much worse remakes.DVD Review: A LIVELY UPDATE OF A WILDER CLASSIC
Summary: 5 Stars
I, personally, love the original Billy Wilder film, but I also love this delectable Sydney Pollack interpretation of SABRINA, and though Bogart, and Audrey Hepburn are a couple of my all-time favorite actors, I enjoyed Julia Ormond's evolution from pretty, awkward, chauffeur's daughter to sophisticated, 'knock-out' even more than Hepburn's. The acting was excellent all around, in fact, and Harrison Ford turned in one of his better performances as the ultra-rich, Linus Larrabee. Greg Kinnear as Ford's younger brother was a lot more charming than William Holden. The score was beautiful, as was the cinematography. This is a great modern fairy tale, with plenty of magic.DVD Review: OK, I'll add my opinion on the comparison too . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
Now, I've always loved Audrey Hepburn, one of the most charming actresses ever to shine from the silver screen. However, I have to admit, I find her portrayal of Sabrina horribly dated and stuck in the sexist mire of the 1950s . . . not her fault, of course; but she is so much the child-woman that she comes off childish sometimes, not childlike. So I can't understand the absolute reverence for the original film. Seems like film-school mantra to me (the original Golden Age version will always be revered more than any remake). I also love the way that Julia Ormand's truly "grown-up" Sabrina affects Linus NOT by being impish and acting like an overgrown five-year-old, but by seeing through his hardened veneer, which is in fact the way that people truly fall in love. Men don't fall for naive, impish children, no matter how gamine (only in a sexist 1950s world would people buy into that myth); they've always fallen for real women who see their true, inner nature, who upset their world by pricking through their pretenses with razor-sharp perception. And Ormand-Ford carry this falling-in-love dance off perfectly.
As I said, I love Hepburn . . . in other roles (her Eliza Doolittle is a far better acting job on her part, absolutely memorable). In this earlier film in her career, 1950s stereotype trumped reality, at least in my opinion. I far prefer this newer version.
Description of Sabrina
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. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/25/2005 Starring: Harrison Ford Julia Ormond Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sydney PollackJulia Ormond faced one of the great challenges of her career when she tried to re-create Audrey Hepburn's title role in the 1995 remake of 1954's Sabrina. Happily, Ormond performed admirably, and while she may not have the same gamine charm of Hepburn, she makes the role her own. In fact, her transformation from mousy girl to sophisticated young woman is actually more dramatic in this updated version. The basic plot is the same--chauffeur's daughter falls in love with the son of the rich household, only to be wooed away by the older brother for business purposes--but it has been entertainingly modernized: The head of the Larrabee household is the strong matriarch (Nancy Marchand); Sabrina goes to Paris to work with a photographer instead of going to cooking school (although that means the wonderful "new egg" scene of the original had to be ditched); David's (Greg Kinnear) character has been toned down and made more sympathetic; and Humphrey Bogart's revolutionary plastic has become the flattest TV screen ever made. Lauren Holly does a fine job playing Elizabeth Tyson, David's fianc?e. If you watch this for its own worth--instead of comparing it to the original--this will prove to be a terrific lighthearted romantic comedy. --Jenny Brown
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