Sabrina
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sydney Pollack
Kenneth Macdonald
Valerie Lemercier
Ed Connelly
Susan Browning
Philippa Copper
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The daughter of a wealthy family's chauffeur leaves for Paris an ordinary girl, but returns a beautiful woman, much to the delight of the wealthy family's two sons.
Director
Sydney Pollack
Cast
Kenneth Macdonald
Valerie Lemercier
Ed Connelly
Susan Browning
Philippa Copper
Christopher Detitta
Ira Wheeler
Patrick Bruel
Michael Dees
Jennifer Herrera
John Wood
John Vennema
Gregory Chase
Richard Crenna
Greg Kinnear
Patrick Forster-delmas
Kentaro Matsuo
Lauren Holly
Becky Ann Baker
Alvin Lum
Elizabeth Franz
Jo-jo Lowe
Julia Ormond
Phil Nee
Paul Giamatti
Margo Martindale
Peter Parks
Fanny Ardant
Nancy Marchand
Guillaume Gallienne
Peter Mckernan
Stefano Martini
Christine Luneau-lipton
J B Benn
J. Smith-cameron
Saikat Mondai
Sighing Song
Kristina Kumlin
Harrison Ford
Dana Ivey
Miriam Colon
Carmen Chaplin
Andrea Behalikova
Angie Dickinson
Ines Sastre
Micheline Van De Velde
Eva Linderholm
Alan Boone
Ronald L Schwary
Denis Holmes
Randy Becker
Francois Genty
Joanna Rhoses
Crew
Noah Ackerman
Sandrine Ageorges
Timothy J Alberts
Tom Allen
Mary Andrews
Ray Angelic
Myles Aronowitz
Jean-pierre Avice
Benjamin Beardwood
Barbara Benedek
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Stephen G. Bishop
Christine Bodelot
Jerome Borenstein
Diana E Burton
Joseph A Campayno
Marcus Canty
Joanny Carpentier
Dennis Causey
Jack Coffen
Alexandra Cohen
Raymond Collins
Steve Comesky
Cheryl E Compton
O J Connell Iii
Kathleen Corgan
Sandy De Crescent
Bac Delorme
George Detitta Jr.
Gerald A Detitta
Frank Didio
Anthony J Dimeo
Lindsay Doran
Clarence B Douglas
Kate Dowd
Dean Drabin
Gordon Driver
Gordon Driver
Joe Earle
Rochelle Edelson
Ann Edgeworth
Gina Edmond-feldman
Jane Emanuel
Gene Engels
Derek Evans
Michael Finnerty
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
Brian Fitzsimons
Raymond Fortune
Julia Franz
Charlie Fress
Dennis Gamiello
Alberte Garo
Isabelle Gautier
Gilbert Gertsen
Gordon H Gertsen
Mitchell C Gettleman
Don Glenn
Wendy Goidell
Meredith Gold
Anamarie Gonzaga
Gary Goodman
Laura Graham
Shawn Griffith
Vincent Guarriello
Timothy Guiness
Lynda Gurasich
Raul A Gutierrez
Peter G Hackman
Ann Hadsell
Robert S Hahn
Brian Hamill
Steven R Hammond
Robin Harlan
Barbara Harris
Thomas J Heilig
Henfling
William Hines
Victor Huey
Jean-michel Hugon
J Paul Huntsman
Joseph Iberti
Thomas Imperato
Barbara Issak
Adam Jenkins
Chris Jenkins
Trevor Jolly
Gary Jones
John Kasarda
Bill Kaufman
Mary A Kelly
Katherine A Kennedy
Ronna Kress
David B Leener
Nancy Lefkovitz
Ernest Lehman
Gary Levitsky
Jay Levy
Martin Lowry
Donna Maloney
Peter A Mann
Brian R Mannain
Lilene Mansell
Amy Marshall
Brick Mason
Michelle Matland
Chris Mayback
Bernadette Mazur
Anne Mccabe
Mary Jo Mcgrath
Dennis Mcneill
Danny Michael
Scott Millan
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Sarah Monat
Richard Montgomery
Brian Morris
Wayne Moss
Fred Muller
Shawn Murphy
Myron Nettinga
John Neufeld
Rebecca Nicolaou
Phill Norman
Chris Norr
John Oates
John E Oliver
Donna Ostroff
Richard Patrick
Jeanine Payne
Ron Petagna
Marc Pinquier
Juliet Polcsa
Amanda Pollack
Bernie Pollack
Sydney Pollack
Joseph Proscia
David Rayfiel
Michael Reichman
Thomas Reilly
Peter Robb-king
Jeff Rosen
Ann Roth
Giuseppe Rotunno
David Rubin
Scott Rudin
Pascal Salafa
Adam Sawelson
Miriam Schapiro
Andrew Schmetterling
Jonathan Schwartz
Ronald L Schwary
Ronald L Schwary
John E Smith
Peter Soldo
Frederic Steinkamp
Karl Steinkamp
Robert Steinkamp
Robert Stocklin
Todd A/o Studios
Liza Sullivan
Chap Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Heidi Topper
Susan Towner
Philippe Turlure
Carl Turpeinen
Ron Von Blomberg
Jennifer Wachtell
Ken Wannberg
Peter Weireter
Michael Wild
Billy Wilder
John Williams
John Williams
John Williams
Joseph Zolfo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Score (Musical or Comedy)
Best Song
Articles
Ernest Lehman (1915-2005)
Born on December 8, 1915 in New York City, Lehman graduated from New York's City College with a degree in English. After graduation he found work as a writer for many mediums: radio, theater, and popular magazines of the day like Collier's before landing his first story in Hollywood for the comedy, The Inside Story (1948). The success of that film didn't lead immediately to screenwriting some of Hollywood's biggest hits, but his persistancy to break into the silver screen paid off by the mid-'50s: the delicious Audrey Hepburn comedy Sabrina (1954, his first Oscar® nomination and first Golden Globe award); Paul Newman's first hit based on the life of Rocky Graziano Somebody Up There Likes Me; and his razor sharp expose of the publicity world based on his own experiences as an assistant for a theatre publicist The Sweet Smell of Success (1957).
Lehman's verasitily and gift for playful dialogue came to the fore for Alfred Hitchcock's memorable North by Northwes (1959, his second Oscar® nomination); and he showed a knack for moving potentially stiff Broadway fodder into swift cinematic fare with West Side Story (1961, a third Oscar® nomination); The Sound of Music (1965); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); and Hello, Dolly! (1969, the last two being his final Oscar® nominations for screenwriting).
Lehman took his turn as a director when he adapted Philip Roth's comic novel Portnoy's Complaint (1972) for film, and despite some good reviews, it wasn't a commercial hit. He wrote just two more screenplays before retiring: an underrated comic mystery gem for Hitchcock Family Plot (1976); and the big budget Robert Shaw espionage drama Black Sunday (1977). Lehman served as president of the Writers Guild of America from 1983-85. After going zero for five with his Oscar® nominations, the Academy made it up to him in 2001, by presenting him with an honorary Academy Award for his "body of varied and enduring work." Lehman is survived by his wife Laurie and three children.
by Michael T. Toole
Ernest Lehman (1915-2005)
Richard Crenna, 1927-2002
Born on November 30, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, Crenna was the son of a pharmacist father and a mother who managed a number of small hotels in the Los Angles area the family owned, where Crenna was raised. At the tender age of 11, he was encouraged by a teacher to audition for a radio show, "Boy Scout Jamboree" at the nearby KFI-AM radio studio. Little did he realize that it would be the start of a very long and prosperous career.
Crenna found steady radio work for the next several years, culminating in 1948 with his breakthrough role of the goofy, squeaky-voiced Walter Denton in the hit radio series Our Miss Brooks. Crenna carried the momentum of his success to television when he spent four more seasons as Walter on Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). Almost immediately after the run of that show, Crenna scored another hit series as Luke McCoy in the rustic comedy The Real McCoys (1957-1963) co-starring Walter Brennan.
Although he had been acting in films since the early '50s Crenna roles didn't come to critical notice until the mid '60s, appearing in Robert Wise's acclaimed The Sand Pebbles (1966) as the stalwart gunboat captain co-starring Steve McQueen; Terence Young's intense thriller, Wait Until Dark (1967), as a criminal who terrorizes a blind Audrey Hepburn; and another Robert Wise film, the Gertrude Lawrence biopic Star! (1968) playing the high profile role of Richard Aldrich opposite Julie Andrews.
Crenna's profile slowed down in the '70s, despite a brief return to television comedy in Norman Lear's political satire All's Fair (1976-1977) with Bernadette Peters. That show may not have lasted long, but Crenna bounced back with a resurgence in the '80s with a string of hit character parts: Lawrence Kasden's stylish film noir Body Heat (1981), as Kathleen Turner's ill-fated husband; Ted Kotchoff's hit Rambo: First Blood (1982), as Colonel Samuel Trautman, Sylvester Stallone's former Commander; Gary Marshall's excellent coming-of-age tale The Flamingo Kid (1984), one of his best performances (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) as a smooth, charismatic gin-rummy champ who takes Matt Dillon under his tutelage; and many other quality roles in theatrical and made for television movies.
At the time of his death, Crenna was a member of the Screen Actors Guild board of directors and had a recurring role in the hit CBS dramatic series Judging Amy. In addition to Penni, his wife of 47 years, Crenna is survived by a son, Richard, two daughters, Seana and Maria, and three granddaughters.
by Michael T. Toole
Richard Crenna, 1927-2002
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 15, 1995
Released in United States on Video June 11, 1996
Remake of "Sabrina" (USA/1954), directed by Billy Wilder and starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden.
Completed shooting June 21, 1995.
Began shooting January 30, 1995.
Released in United States Winter December 15, 1995
Released in United States on Video June 11, 1996
Winner of the 1995 award for Most Promising Actor (Greg Kinnear) from the Chicago Film Critics Association.