Sabrina Questions

Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.

  1. Humphrey Bogart was thirty years older than Audrey Hepburn during the shooting of the film. How would the movie have changed if a younger actor played Linus? Would the script or the performances need to change? Explain your answer.
  2. How would the film change if Sabrina were a boy and Linus and David were girls?
  3. There is a long introductory section in the film before Sabrina goes to Paris. Is this section necessary? Could Wilder have cut Sabrina's suicide attempt? Why or why not?
  4. Would it have been a happy ending if Sabrina had ended up with David? Why or why not?
  5. The Cinderella story is often seen as sexist, because it presumes that a woman needs a man to save her. As a variation on Cinderella, is Sabrina sexist? Is so, how? If not, why not?