Sabrina (1995)

Regisseur:

Sydney Pollack

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

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

Premierendatum:

15. Dezember 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze | Drama

Werbezeile:

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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:

Millionaire | Pygmalion | Brother Brother Relationship | Sentimental | Male Female Relationship

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

The Salvation of Linus the King

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Sabrina (Deutschland)
Sabrina (Österreich) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language.

Länge:

127 Min

Produktionsland:

Deutschland | USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | 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

Drehorte:

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

Firma:

Constellation Entertainment

Dies und das:

Tom Cruise was asked to play David.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: When David is "discussing" his engagement to Elizabeth with Linus in Linus' office, the newspaper moves around on the desk between cuts.

Dialogzitate:

[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...

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "House of Style" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini, 18th Variation

The Salvation of Linus the King

Tempting though it may be to compare this film to the 1954 version, you will miss the point if you do. To understand the true magic of Sydney Pollack's masterpiece, read the Samuel A. Taylor play. While I'm sure it was a great evening out between martinis in the 1950s, it's incredible that both film versions so profoundly translated this romantic comedy, each in its own time.

In 1954, Billy Wilder used an incredible cast to entertain. No, Bogart should never have been cast. Cary Grant would have created the dynamic relationship we fortunately got to see later in Charade, but if Bogart had not been cast would the film hold its classic status? Audrey Hepburn transfixed an audience and brought to the world La Vie en Rose. William Holden is period eye candy, and the film will always be fun.

Pollack, however, made an important film. Taylor's play, after all, is just a fairy tale, and this film fully realizes it. Ormond is enchanting. Kinnear ripens the always empty David. Carmen Chaplin (Charlie's granddaughter) brings a french cinema quality to the film's Paris episodes. Marchand's "I didn't teach you this" culminates what may be one of the best written scenes in American film. You can watch this scene over and over and each time gain a better understanding of how great acting can define a relationship, this one between mother and son, for an audience.

But this film should have been called Linus. Harrison Ford's tour de force performance as the greater Larrabee fulfills Pollack's mission to tell a simple story of how a king is transformed by the love of a woman.

"It was a lie, then it was a dream."