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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Sabrina gives one to David before her trip to Paris in the remake. Unfortunately, she gives it to ''Linus'' by accident.
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* RaceForYourLove: By the time Linus realizes his love for Sabrina, she has already boarded a boat back to Paris. David helps Linus catch up to her by arranging for a tugboat to transport him.

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* RaceForYourLove: By the time Linus realizes his love for Sabrina, she has already boarded a boat back to Paris. David helps Linus catch up to her by arranging for a tugboat to transport him. In the remake, Sabrina flew back to Paris, so Linus had to take a Concorde to beat her there.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Ford's David is one, with a hint of menace.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Ford's David Linus is one, with a hint of menace.menace.
* TheDreaded: Linus.
-->'''Sabrina:''' What was Linus like when he was younger?
-->'''Fairchild:''' '''''Shorter.'''''


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* PapaWolf: In the remake, Sabrina's father UpToEleven. He even stands up to TheDreaded Linus.
-->'''Fairchild:''' ...
-->'''Linus:''' Go on, say it.
-->'''Fairchild:''' You don't deserve her.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Ford's David is one, with a hint of menace.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: The Baron claims to have noticed that if one tries to bake while happily in love with someone, he/she ends up burning the dish. Alternatively, if one tries to bake while ''un''happily in love, he/she forgets to turn on the oven.

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* LoveMakesYouDumb: The Baron claims to have noticed that if one a woman who tries to bake a soufflé while happily in love with someone, he/she ends up burning the dish. Alternatively, if it, while one who tries to bake while ''un''happily in love, he/she love forgets to turn on the oven.
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* SealedWithAKiss: Averted in the original, but played straight in the remake.

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* SealedWithAKiss: Averted in the original, original (which ends with Sabrina and Linus hugging instead), but played straight in the remake.
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* SealedWithAKiss: Averted in the original, but played straight in the remake.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: When Sabrina tells the Baron that wanting David to love her feels as difficult as reaching for the moon, he tells her that people have started building rockets to reach the moon.
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* RaceForYourLove: By the time Linus realizes his love for Sabrina, she has already boarded a boat back to Paris. David helps Linus catch up to her by arranging for a tugboat to transport him.
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It\'s actually just a hug


* SealedWithAKiss
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* ScienceMarchesOn: When Sabrina tells one of her classmates that wanting David to love her feels as difficult as reaching for the moon, he tells her that people have started building rockets to reach the moon.

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* ScienceMarchesOn: When Sabrina tells one of her classmates the Baron that wanting David to love her feels as difficult as reaching for the moon, he tells her that people have started building rockets to reach the moon.

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* OnceUponATime: Audrey Hepburn opens the movie by delivering narration that begins like so:
-->"Once upon a time, on the North Shore of Long Island, some 30 miles from New York, there lived a small girl on a large estate..."

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* OnceUponATime: OnceUponATime:
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Audrey Hepburn opens the original movie by delivering narration that begins like so:
-->"Once --->"Once upon a time, on the North Shore of Long Island, some 30 miles from New York, there lived a small girl on a large estate...""
** In the remake, Julia Ormond delivers both opening and ending narration containing this phrase.
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* InterruptedSuicideInterruptedSuicide: Pre-Paris, Sabrina tries to suffocate herself on carbon monoxide due to her failure to catch David's attention, but Linus stops her. [[spoiler:Later, Linus confides in Sabrina that he nearly jumped off of his office balcony after [[NoodleIncident a woman broke his heart]], but decided against it, after noticing [[ChildrenAreInnocent children playing hopscotch on the sidewalk]].]]

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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/AudreyHepburn and William Holden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.

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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/AudreyHepburn and William Holden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear Greg Kinnear in the respective roles.


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* LoveMakesYouDumb: The Baron claims to have noticed that if one tries to bake while happily in love with someone, he/she ends up burning the dish. Alternatively, if one tries to bake while ''un''happily in love, he/she forgets to turn on the oven.

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* PanAndScan: Inverted: 4:3 prints of the movie actually show ''more'' picture than originally shown in theaters.

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* OnceUponATime: Audrey Hepburn opens the movie by delivering narration that begins like so:
-->"Once upon a time, on the North Shore of Long Island, some 30 miles from New York, there lived a small girl on a large estate..."
* PanAndScan: Inverted: 4:3 prints of the movie actually show ''more'' picture than originally shown in theaters.theaters. This probably explains why the film never received a widescreen home video release until the 60th anniversary Blu-Ray.
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Nothing to get excited over, just empty space above the actors\' heads

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* PanAndScan: Inverted: 4:3 prints of the movie actually show ''more'' picture than originally shown in theaters.
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* CoolOldGuy: The Baron, Sabrina's classmate, who immediately discerns her problems and helps her come out of her shell in Paris.
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* FamilyBusiness: Both Larrabee brothers as well as their father sit in the board of directors of the family company.
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* ImportantHaircut: Sabrina loses her ponytail after the Baron jokingly tells her it makes her look like a horse.

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* ImportantHaircut: Sabrina loses her ponytail after the Baron jokingly tells her it makes her look like a horse. In the remake, she doesn't have a ponytail, but a huge mop that conceals her face. It's no wonder David genuinely doesn't recognize her when he first sees post-snip.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: While Sabrina learns how to make a souffle, the teacher tells her and the other students, "The souffle, it must be gay. Gay like...two butterflies dancing the waltz in the summer breeze."
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[[caption-width-right:283:"''Isn't it romantic?''"]]

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[[caption-width-right:283:"''Isn't [[caption-width-right:283:''"Isn't it romantic?''"]]
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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.

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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden.William Holden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.
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->''I have learned so many things, Father. Not just how to make vichyssoise or calf's head with sauce vinaigrette, but a much more important recipe. I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world ... and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life, or from love, either.''
-->--'''Sabrina'''

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->''I have learned so many things, Father. Not just how to make vichyssoise or calf's head with sauce vinaigrette, but a much more important recipe. I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world ... and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life, or from love, either.''
-->--'''Sabrina'''
-->--'''Sabrina Fairchild'''

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* HistoryMarchesOn: When Sabrina tells one of her classmates that wanting David to love her feels as difficult as reaching for the moon, he tells her that people have started building rockets to reach the moon.


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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring HumphreyBogart, Creator/AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.

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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring HumphreyBogart, Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.


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->''I have learned so many things, Father. Not just how to make vichyssoise or calf's head with sauce vinaigrette, but a much more important recipe. I have learned how to live, how to be in the world and of the world ... and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never, never again run away from life, or from love, either.''
-->--'''Sabrina'''


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* HistoryMarchesOn: When Sabrina tells one of her classmates that wanting David to love her feels as difficult as reaching for the moon, he tells her that people have started building rockets to reach the moon.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Linus orders two tickets for the play ''TheSevenYearItch'', which was Wilder's next film. In interviews, Wilder said this was intentional.


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* ProductionForeshadowing: Linus orders two tickets for the play ''TheSevenYearItch'', which was Wilder's next film. In interviews, Wilder said this was intentional.
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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring HumphreyBogart, AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.

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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring HumphreyBogart, AudreyHepburn Creator/AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.
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'''Sabrina''' is a 1954 RomanticComedy film starring HumphreyBogart, AudreyHepburn and WilliamHolden. It was directed by Creator/BillyWilder and based on a play called ''Sabrina Fair''. It was Audrey Hepburn's second film, meant to capitalize on her rising popularity. The film was nominated for several Oscars and won the award for Best Costume Design, further cementing Audrey Hepburn at the top of the best dressed list for years to come. The film has become a classic of the genre. In 1995, it was remade with Creator/HarrisonFord, Julia Ormond, and GregKinnear in the respective roles.

The story introduces us to Sabrina Fairchild, the waifish daughter of the wealthy Larrabee family's chauffeur. The Larrabees have two sons: the workaholic Linus (Bogart) and the carefree playboy David (Holden). Sabrina is madly in love with David, and tries to kill herself when he doesn't return her advances, but Linus stops her. Sabrina is then shipped off to Paris to attend culinary school, but still pines for David. She returns home extravagant and radiant, and immediately turns David's head, even though he doesn't recognize her at first. This causes problems as David is about to marry Elizabeth, who is essential to an important company merger. Linus tries to direct Sabrina's attention away from David, and unexpectedly falls in love with her himself.

Not to be confused with Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Sabrina and David's first interaction is hilarious because of this.
* CharacterTitle
* EiffelTowerEffect: The cooking workshop's main window provides a splendid view of the Eiffel Tower.
* {{Fiction 500}}: The Larrabee Conglomerate has its fingers in just about every industrial sector in the world, and its own towering skyscraper in Manhattan. Linus admits that at this point he doesn't even care about making more money, to him that's just a "byproduct" of his managerial activities.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: David and Linus
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Linus orders two tickets for the play ''TheSevenYearItch'', which was Wilder's next film. In interviews, Wilder said this was intentional.
* GayParee: Where Sabrina spends two years to learn cooking. She comes back having learned head-turning sophistication as well.
* ImportantHaircut: Sabrina loses her ponytail after the Baron jokingly tells her it makes her look like a horse.
* InterruptedSuicide
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Used by both parties. Linus knows Sabrina is in love with David even though he [Linus] is in love with her. He tells David to get on the boat with her, and they'll cancel the merger. David recognizes his affection, and takes his responsibility with the company so that Linus and Sabrina can be together.
* LethalChef: Sabrina at first. She gets better during her time in Paris.
* LiteralAssKicking: David sitting on his champagne glasses.
* LittleBlackDress
* MarriedToTheJob: Linus, by his own admission. "If I got married, I'd have to take a dictaphone, two secretaries and four corporation counsellors along on the honeymoon. I'd be unfaithful to my wife every night with vice presidents, boards of directors, slide-rule accountants... This is my home. No wife would ever understand it."
* MayDecemberRomance: Sabrina is 21. Linus is much older.
* NauticalKnockout: This happens to Linus Larrabee.
* PimpedOutDress: Sabrina's dress at the party has lots of embroidery, and a voluminous second skirt (in the shape of a ShowgirlSkirt) attached to the narrow main skirt.
* RomanticFalseLead: David Larrabee.
* SheCleansUpNicely
* ShesAllGrownUp: "Would you have recognized her? That scrawny kid who'd run away when she saw us, her knees painted with Mercurochrome. How do you like those legs now? Aren't they something?"
* SiblingTriangle: The brothers for Sabrina.
* UnequalPairing: Both Linus and David are members of the upper crust. Sabrina is a chauffer's daughter. Her father attempts to discourage her budding feelings for this very reason.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: As Christopher Buckley put it, Sabrina apparently takes along "about 10 steamer trunks full of Givenchy" when she returns to America.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Sabrina's poodle is named David.
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