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*Sabrina* is a 1954 American romantic comedy and drama film directed by Billy Wilder, who also served as producer and co-screenwriter alongside Ernest Lehman. The cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, and Walter Hampden. Produced by Paramount Pictures, the black-and-white film has a runtime of 113 minutes and was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. The narrative is set in New York and Paris, with music composed by Friedrich Hollaender and cinematography by Charles Lang.
The film was based on a work by Samuel A. Taylor and released in English. It received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. According to OMDb, the film won one Oscar, with seven wins and eight nominations total. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 7.6, a Metascore of 72, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 89%.
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Film · TMDB
7.5After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larrabee
- Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina Fairchild
- William Holden as David Larrabee
- Walter Hampden as Oliver Larrabee
- John Williams as Thomas Fairchild
- Martha Hyer as Elizabeth Tyson
Themes
- chauffeur
- sibling relationship
- champagne
- playboy
- love
- teenage crush
- millionaire
- high society
- manhattan, new york city
- impossible love
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
73,444 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1954
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Billy Wilder
- Screenplay by
- Billy Wilder Samuel Taylor Ernest Lehman
- Based on
- Sabrina Fair , by Samuel Taylor
- Produced by
- Billy Wilder
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart Audrey Hepburn William Holden Walter Hampden John Williams Martha Hyer Joan Vohs
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang Jr.
- Edited by
- Arthur Schmidt
- Music by
- Frederick Hollander
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- September 3, 1954 ( 1954-09-03 ) (Toronto premiere) September 23, 1954 ( 1954-09-23 ) (New York and Los Angeles)
- Running time
- 113 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2.2 million
- Box office
- $4 million (US and Canada rentals )
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Internet Archive
audioAn Interview with Para-Sabrina Beackley
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Screenwriter
- Billy Wilder
- Cast member
- Paul Harvey
- Composer
- Friedrich Hollaender
- Producer
- Billy Wilder
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Charles Lang
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 326992
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Sabrina7.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sabrina (1954 film)
- publication date
- 1954-10-15
- film editor
- Arthur P. Schmidt
- title
- Sabrina
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- capital cost
- 2200000
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- production designer
- Hal Pereira
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.6/10
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Encyclopedic overview
Sabrina (Sabrina Fair/La Vie en Rose in the United Kingdom) is a 1954 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Samuel Taylor and Ernest Lehman, based on Taylor's 1953 play Sabrina Fair. The picture stars Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden. This was Wilder's last film released by Paramount Pictures, ending a 12-year business relationship between him and the company.
In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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