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Sabrina----

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patrickU

One of my all time favourit, so it must be my 100x+view.
A script not without fault, some boring moment, but always Wilder�s wit and those of his co-writer, no Brackett this time!
Audrey is just glorious in the Givenchy clothes, a model of elegance.
Bogard. a bit old for this role, maybe, but playing in his range, like in " The Afican Queen " is allright with me, Holden playing wonderfully is for my taste mistcast.
Audrey �s father an old Hitch favourit actor John William, is perfect.
The show goes on and on and on...
" Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."

Follow Ups:

Bogart was OK - shame Cary Grant pulled out - Mr Underhill 11:34:13 05/31/08 (0)
....Still a frequently watched film in this house.

M
"Sabrina"- - Cinderella in Givenchy - Bambi B 07:51:35 05/31/08 (1)
Patrick,

Certainly "Sabrina" is a lot of fun. It's a good balance between being a fairy tale- implausible and as you say "a script not without fault", but that's the nature of a Cinderella story. I thought Holden did well in his role as the wastrel playboy- he's good at characters of shrewd insouciance- "Stalag 17","Sunset Boulevard". Mr. Bogart was a bit old for his part, but you can see his tough, business facade creaking and cracking as Audrey Hepburn adorability sinks in- and that is more or less the same story with the other Miss Hepburn in "The African Queen".

Some movies have an odd detail that stick in my mind and in "Sabrina" it's the gigantic "Larrabee Building" in downtown Manhattan and in front of this vast edifice is a single parking space marked off. Holden drives his Nash-Healey roodster up, parks, and jumps out. The contrast between the power of the corporate headquarters and Holden, who doesn't have a clue about business but has this special priveledge, is an interesting detail.

The 1995 remake with Harrison Ford of course gets it all wrong by trying to make a fariy tale "realistic" and it sucks all the fun out and falls flat.

Cheers,

Bambi B
- RE: "Sabrina"- - Cinderella in Givenchy - patrickU 08:45:30 05/31/08 (0)
  I don�t follow you!
  What is it in the nature of the cinderella syndrom, because there is nor explicit sex ( he-he ) to have over long badly cut scene?
  Particularly the scenes around the tennis play ground.
  I would have imagine a younger Gary Cooper fitting better in, remember the Cooper in Lubitsch
  " Design for Living " but not the one in " Love in the afternoon " no soft lense could have possibly save him.
  
  Maybe also that, NO male could shine near the original " Bambi ", our beloved Audrey...
  I just saw " Stalag 17 " a few days ago Holden was an excellent actor and a good man that shine through, too bad he had to end like he did.
  Well.
  
  Yes the scene is outstanding, not without social critic and much irony.
  We won�t loose a word about the remake...
  
  Movies are not anymore what they used to be.
  A great public art is ending.
  
  Or is it me?
  
  Bonne Soir�e, au mec le plus agreable sur le Film Forum!
  
  Patrick
  " Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."

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