Sabrina

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Summary: Sabrina..One of my all time favorites
Review: This is one of my favorite movies.
Please put this on DVD. A must for my collection.

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Summary: Excellent. Romantic
Review: I just wish that this movie would be formatted in DVD for my collection.

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Summary: This Remake is Great!
Review: I have to say that I was very surprised at how good this remake of Sabrina was. I went and saw it at the theater, and bought a copy of it when it came out the first time. I still have it and it's about worn out I watch it so much. The actors that they got to play the originals were amazing (Julia Ormond, Harrison Ford, and Greg Kinnear). I've never seen a remake that had such good actors. Where they film the movie is beautiful (especially Paris), it's clean, and it makes you feel good. There aren't many movies around these days that do that. It's a movie that you can watch with your family. It is definitely a change from the normally macho Harrison Ford, but it shows the softer side of him and how versitile he is as an actor. I definitely encourage anyone who has never watched this movie to rent it or buy it, I guarantee that you will enjoy it.

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Summary: I want to see this on DVD
Review: Does anyone know if this will be out on DVD my VHS tape is wore out and I would like to see i f there was more to this dare i say better version of the movie!

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Summary: Please release "Sabrina" (1995) on DVD
Review: This is such a popular movie, why not release it on DVD with all kinds of fun extras? *I* would certainly buy it!!

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Summary: Save me, Sabrina Fair. You're the only one who can.
Review: It has been said, the better the original, the worse the remake. I wonder why? Probably because most people watch any new production with a lot of skepticism specially if they enjoyed the original. Any new production is in a lose-lose situation from the beginning. If it is close to the original, then why bother watching when we have the original! And if the movie crew dare to put their own visions and make changes, they would be accused of ruining the original story. For example Julia Ormond has been criticized that she is too old for the role. That is quite surprising since there was no mention of Sabrina's age what so ever. So, she is too old probably just because she is older than Audrey Hepburn in the original. Most of the criticism I read based on how the remake is different from the original. As if the remake is supposed to be word by word from the original movie!

Having said that, now let me add that I have not seen the original 1954 production. So, I am not planning to compare the two versions. In fact I did not even know when I saw Sabrina for the first time that it is a remake of an old movie. That gave me a chance to evaluate it on its own merit, instead of just comparing it to the original. Sabrina is by all means my favorite movie. I saw it for the first time in 1996. But Somehow I fell in love with it when I saw it for the second time, few months later. Since then I saw it many more times than any other movie. The more I watch it, the more I enjoy it. It is a very simple story about a young girl, who is a chauffeur's daughter, who has a crush on her handsome rich neighbor and ends madly in love with his older brother. The Movie is very well done. In fact it is hard to think of anything which can be changed to make it better. The dialogue is very well written, and very funny. Sabrina's transformation from a young woman to a beautiful lady in Paris is so astonishing and dramatic. Linus falling in Love with Sabrina gradually in just few days seems very natural and convincing. One of the most interesting things in the script is Linus gradual changes, while he was falling in love with Sabrina, from a cold businessman to someone who is full with emotions and feelings. "I have been following in footsteps all my life. Save me, Sabrina Fair. You're the only one who can."

Sydney Pollack, as the director, did a great job. The movie is full of beautiful scenes. Most of Pairs scenes, the Moroccan restaurant scene, the picnic scene, the one at the end of the movie in Paris, but... most of all, the one in his office when they had their first kiss. Julia Ormond is so charming and talented. It is a shame that her carrier in Hollywood is not going well. Harrison ford role, as a cold businessman who stared to recognize what is missing in his life, is one of his best performance. John Williams' superb work is easily recognized from the beginning of the movie. His work made the sound track one of the best romantic music I heard. To believe me, you only need to close your eyes, listen to the music, and think of a current love or a lost one. You will find yourself immediately immersed in the most wonderful feelings you could possibly feel. Just then you will fully appreciate his work. "Growing Up In Paris" is my favorite track.

If you like romantic comedies then you should see Sabrina whether you saw the original movie or not. But if you saw the original then before watching this one, please keep in mind that this is Julia Ormond's role, not Audrey Hepburn's. This is the new director vision of the story. Stop comparing the two movies at least until you finish watching. If you can do that, I guarantee you will fall in love with it.

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Summary: It's Wednesday David!
Review: As much as I enjoy the 1954 original, the 1995 remake was a surprisingly good romantic comedy sleeper. Both films are great in their own right, for different reasons. Harrison Ford who at first seems like a fish out of water because of all the macho rolls we're accustomed to seeing him portrait, actually pulls off playing the billionaire geek, Linus Larrabee. Which is a true credit to his acting skills. Julia Ormond is wonderful as Sabrina, and so was Audrey. Both were very convincing in the role of Sabrina as being vulnerable and having good character strength. And it's close, but Greg Kinnear may have been even more of a rogue/devil may care, David Larrabee. Where this film gets better is the addition of all the great romantic music, and the beautiful scenes of Paris. Using the two French stars Fanny Ardant & Patrick Bruel was also a nice touch. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that, everyone who had a role in this movie played their character to a tee. If you enjoy romantic comedies, and/or love Paris, as I do both, then this film is not to be missed. The only complaint I have, is that when my wife bought the music CD, the French song that is being played in the movie right after the disco scene "dancing with Louis" where she pins a pamphlet on her bulletin board, is not on the CD. How could they make such an egregious mistake. My other problem is, when in the heck is the DVD going to come out.

For those of you who will be traveling to Paris and want to visit one of the most beautiful scenes in the movie. Where she writes her last letter home to her Father. That's in Montmartre, just East of Sacre Coeur, down the escalliers (stairs). Don't get your hopes too high, the cafe isn't there, just the yellow awning is all that remained when we were there. It was probably just a prop set up for the one scene in the movie. The romantic tete e tete with Julia and Harrison, 13 Rue de Beaux Arts, didn't look quite the same as in the movie, I think. The one location we didn't find is the little square with the fountain, where Julia and Fanny met and talked. I suspect it's in the Latin Quarter, does anybody out there know? If you do, write a review and comment.

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Summary: Sabrina with Harrison Ford
Review: The Harrison Ford version of Sabrina is one of my all-time favorite films. It is a film that, after watching, I feel better than I did when it started. A simple story, yes, but lovely...Sabrina is refreshing and delightful...

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Summary: Holy cannoli!
Review: There is an unwritten rule that the better the original movie, the worse the remake is. Mr. Ford, we KNOW that you're too talented for this movie, why are you in it? And why do I seem to be the only person who got creeped watching it?

A remake of the old B&W movie starring Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, this doesn't live up to its predecessor. Of course, it was kind of doomed from the beginning. Who can live up to Audrey and "Bogie", the perfect portraits of the beautiful innocent and the crusty statue? Well, I might've given four stars except for a couple of teeny problems.

First: the sparkly dialogue of the first movie is gone. No longer are there lines like "A woman happily in love, she burns the souffle. A woman unhappily in love, she forgets to turn on the oven!" It is replaced by "More isn't always better, Linus. Sometimes it's just more", "Save me, Sabrina fair, you're the only one who can."

And "We were up to our elbows in your underwear drawer. It was like touching the Shroud of Turin." What the heck does THAT mean? It's actually kind of gross. Thank God they kept the part about it not raining on Larabee parties.

Second: the film has been politically-correcticized and modernized. And that ain't a good thing. By removing Sabrina's training as a cook, the "new egg" scene, and removing the Baron (her fairy godfather) this movie makes it far less interesting. It was practically thrown in my face how correct and modern this outlook was.

Julia Ormond can't measure up to Audrey Hepburn -- she just CAN'T. She was okay in "First Knight," ut this... well, she doesn't embody Sabrina. Harrison Ford is pretty good, but get Kinnear away from me -- he can't have quite the zip of the hilariously shallow William Holden, whom I fell in love with alongside Sabrina. Holden appeared to be having a rip-roaring time, but this guy is just FLAT.

I advise all and sundry to watch the original movie, and laugh out loud at the wry wit and charm of a bygone age.

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Summary: Ehh. Not too bad, but Julia is not Audrey.
Review: Julia Ormond had an impossible mission. She had to play a character made famous by Audrey Hepburn. She tried gamely enough but in the end fell miserably short. I really missed the sheer exhuberance that Miss Hepburn brought to the movie.

The only thing that keeps this from falling into the same grave as other remakes like "Psycho" is the wonderful portrayal of Harrison Ford as Linus Larrabe. Ford does a great job in his character, he is much more believable than Bogart.