{"id":20179,"date":"2011-10-21T10:18:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20179"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T20:52:12","slug":"sabrina-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20179","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I want him; I&#8217;ve been in love with him all my life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Poster.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of the chauffeur (John Williams) for a family of wealthy industrialists is sent to cooking school in Paris, where she continues to pine away for the family&#8217;s playboy son, David (William Holden). Upon her return, David &#8212; despite being strategically engaged to the daughter (Martha Hyer) of another industrialist scion &#8212; is suddenly smitten by Hepburn&#8217;s chic transformation, and vows to marry her; but his more practical older brother (Humphrey Bogart) is determined to intervene.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audrey Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Billy Wilder Films<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey Bogart Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<li>William Holden Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary begins his review of this &#8220;Billy Wilder comedy&#8221; &#8212; adapted from a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sabrina_Fair\">Samuel Taylor play<\/a> &#8212; by noting that &#8220;only in America could the daughter of a mere chauffeur be courted by not one but two millionaires and have the opportunity to marry into an established Eastern family. Sure, sure &#8212; if you happen to have the beauty and charm of Audrey Hepburn&#8221;. Indeed, it&#8217;s Hepburn&#8217;s undeniable charisma &#8212; and flattering appearance in Givenchy, her designer of choice &#8212; that fuel this &#8220;Hollywood fluff&#8221;, which will appeal most &#8220;to those who prefer glamour to content, actors to characters&#8221;. The storyline itself is pure fairy tale &#8212; and as Peary notes, &#8220;Hepburn, of course, is ideal, once again playing a variation on Cinderella&#8221;, an archetype she portrayed to cinematic perfection throughout the 1950s. Unfortunately, other than Hepburn, there&#8217;s precious little else to hold on to here, given that Sabrina&#8217;s schoolgirl crush on David (while understandable) is so clearly wrong-headed, Bogart&#8217;s &#8220;self-sacrificing&#8221; character remains a cypher throughout, and the romantic direction things eventually go in doesn&#8217;t make much sense. Film fanatics will be primarily interested in this one simply to see Hepburn at her loveliest &#8212; and to catch a glimpse of some truly stunning Givenchy gowns. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Hepburn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Hepburn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Hepburn.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Hepburn-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Hepburn-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lovely Givenchy dresses<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy2-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Givenchy2-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Lang&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Cinematography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Cinematography-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sabrina-Cinematography-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s recommended, and famous enough that most film fanatics will probably be curious to at least check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047437\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1954\/09\/23\/archives\/screen-sabrina-bows-at-criterion-billy-wilder-produces-and-directs.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reelviews.net\/php_review_template.php?identifier=666\">ReelViews Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/16295\/sabrina\/#articles-reviews?articleId=97161\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/73887\/sabrina.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mXMojhjozII\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I want him; I&#8217;ve been in love with him all my life.&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of the chauffeur (John Williams) for a family of wealthy industrialists is sent to cooking school in Paris, where she continues to pine away for the family&#8217;s playboy son, David (William Holden). Upon her return, David &#8212; despite being strategically engaged to the daughter (Martha Hyer) of another industrialist scion &#8212; is suddenly smitten by Hepburn&#8217;s chic transformation, and vows to marry her;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20179\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20179"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65912,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179\/revisions\/65912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}