Monday, June 15, 2009

Day #27 - Sabrina



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Sabrina is a 1954 movie directed by Billy Wilder and starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. This is my second Billy Wilder AND William Holden movie of the challenge after Sunset Boulevard - it's also my second Audrey Hepburn movie after Funny Face. Random comment - when I was watching The Holiday the other day, I was listening to the commentary and the director was constantly talking about Billy Wilder which made me really curious about him. So I looked him up on IMDB and then I just felt ridiculous for not knowing how renowned of a director he was. 21 Oscar nominations, including nominations for Director, Writer and Best Picture - among those were 6 wins. I'm hoping to pick up Stalag 17 and The Apartment soon...maybe Double Indemnity.

Anyhoo - (my second paragraphs always start with "anyhoo"...I need a new format!) - Sabrina was so cute!! I really, really liked it. William Holden was much better looking than I remembered him being in Sunset Boulevard and I found Humphrey Bogart to be really charming! Audrey Hepburn was OF COURSE cuter than anything ever - it was only her second movie since Roman Holiday. I just love her. Everything she does is adorable, except for in Funny Face, which was just not cool. Romance movies were so different then - now, writers and directors really don't hold anything back. It's kind of nice to see it much more subdued.

A bit of trivia - Audrey Hepburn wore Givenchy for most of the movie and actually hand picked her outfits from his collection. This was the beginning of a lifelong collaboration between them. Also, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden fell in love during the filming of Sabrina - but apparently she broke it off after learning he couldn't have children. Poor guy.


4 comments:

  1. I'm having a hard time keeping up with all of your reviews!! I'm so jealous, you are watching a lot of movies I want to see. Poor William Holden, by the way!
    I hope, for John Wayne movies, that you have seen The Quiet Man. Have you? I have heard so much aabout John Wayne being a legend but I guess I never hear about his actual acting skills. I've only seen him in The Quiet Man. I did see The Green Berets a long time ago but don't remember it.
    Hey, not that you need another Billy wilder recommendation, but if you haven't seen it, you should totally watch Some Like it Hot. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis are freakin' hysterical.

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  2. I agree with the comment poor William Holden - haven't they heard of adoption? So, how many children did she ultimately have with a husband?

    About the movie - I love Sabrina! It's just a really sweet movie. It's the only time I've watched a movie with Bogie and enjoyed him instead of wishing they had cast someone else in his part.

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  3. There's a GREAT book that's conversations between Billy Wilder and Cameron Crowe. Well worth looking into.

    The Apartment - great. You won't believe Shirley MacLaine. Stalag 17 - You understand where the idea for Hogan's Heroes might have come from.

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  4. OH I heard about that book when I was reading about Billy Wilder - I am definitely going to read it soon!

    Merm - she had two kids, one with each of her husbands :)

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