Sabrina
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Ernest Lehman, Billy Wilder
Producer: Billy Wilder
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.
Trivia
- Won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; and 1 more.
- Based on Sabrina Fair (play written by Samuel A. Taylor).
- Initially, Cary Grant was considered for the role of Linus, but he declined, and the role was taken by Bogart.
- Best known for playing tough detectives and adventurers, Bogart was cast against type as a smart businessman gradually transformed into a romantic lead.
- During the production of the film, Hepburn and Holden entered a short-lived love affair, unbeknownst to Wilder: "People on the set told me later that Bill and Audrey were having an affair, and everybody knew.
Previous Showings
31 Runs • 21 Festivals
76,938 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (October 13, 1954)
Original Run: October 13, 1954 (Wednesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (31):
- October 13, 1954 (Wednesday - Saturday)Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
- August 7 - 9, 1991 · 1,528 ticketsw/ Love in the Afternoon
- March 5 - 9, 1993 · 5,499 ticketsw/ Love in the Afternoon
- September 9 - 10, 1993 · 1,174 ticketsw/ Roman Holiday
- February 4 - 11, 1994 · 4,925 ticketsw/ Sunset Boulevard
- December 7 - 20, 1995 · 6,757 ticketsw/ Roman Holiday
- August 10 - 13, 1996 · 2,589 ticketsw/ Roman Holiday
- January 31 - February 6, 1997Featuring Humphrey Bogartw/ Beat the Devil
- June 13 - 19, 1997 · 3,628 ticketsw/ Breakfast at Tiffany's
- January 31 - February 6, 1998 · 3,069 ticketsMovie Listing Guide February 1998w/ Beat the Devil
- July 10 - 16, 1999 · 5,850 ticketssummer99w/ Roman Holiday
- December 28, 1999 · 381 ticketsw/ The Wizard of Oz, The Philadelphia Story, The Shop Around the Corner
- July 29 - August 1, 2000 · 3,443 ticketsSummer 2000w/ Roman Holiday
- August 18 - 21, 2001 · 3,597 ticketssummer2k1w/ Roman Holiday
- August 8 - 11, 2002summer02w/ Roman Holiday
- August 22 - 27, 2002 · 3,894 ticketssummer02w/ Roman Holiday
- November 1 - 2, 2003 · 1,116 ticketsSatyajit Ray 2003w/ Charulata
- September 3 - 6, 2005 · 2,653 ticketsSummer 2005w/ The Big Sleep
- July 28 - 31, 2006 · 3,353 ticketsSummer 2006w/ Roman Holiday
- August 18 - 21, 2007 · 2,552 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Dial M for Murder
- December 12 - 18, 2008 · 2,129 ticketsHumphrey Bogart Also, Holiday Favoritesw/ The African Queen
- December 11 - 12, 2009 · 1,179 tickets20th Anniversary Festivalw/ Roman Holiday
- August 6 - 11, 2011 · 2,836 ticketsSummer 2011w/ Roman Holiday
- June 30 - July 3, 2012 · 2,082 ticketsSummer 2012w/ Roman Holiday
- June 19 - 25, 2013 · 2,595 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Roman Holiday
- July 11 - 14, 2015 · 1,693 ticketsSummer 2015 Forty Classics from the Golden Age Including Kurosawa in Augustw/ Beat the Devil
- July 30 - August 2, 2016 · 1,398 ticketsSummer 2016w/ Beat the Devil
- May 12 - 14, 2017 · 1,754 ticketsClassic Comedy With Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, W.C. Fields and more!w/ Roman Holiday
- July 30 - 31, 2022 · 976 ticketsSummer 2022w/ Beat the Devil
- September 15 - 17, 2023 · 1,710 ticketsSeptember 2023 Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn every Friday through Sundayw/ The Big Sleep
- April 25 - 27, 2025 · 2,578 ticketsAudrey Hepburnw/ Roman Holiday