Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Sabrina

Billy Wilder is still playing it safe. Sabrina (1954) has stars (Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden) and is based on a popular Broadway play. But is that enough to keep his latest winning streak going? Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram @thefilmographers Bluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.social Letterboxd @filmographers YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Website https://filmographerspodcast.com/ Credits Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts Kevin Lau, producer Gompson, theme music Cosmo Graff, graphic design Time Stamps • 1:18 – Keir’s one-sentence summary • 4:01 – Star power • 13:09 – A “nightmare” shoot • 24:10 – How is this a Wilder film? • 28:02 – Bogart delivers • 33:31 – Release & reception • 37:24 – Is “Sabrina” shallow? Is Wilder? • 41:03 – And the Oscar goes to… • 42:37 – Mike reacts • 48:30 – Keir reacts • 56:36 – Filmographers Five: Ernest Lehman Movies • 56:56 – #5: The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965) • 57:18 – #4: West Side Story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, 1961) • 57:56 – #3: Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) • 58:38 – #2: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Mike Nichols, 1966) • 59:09 – #1: North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)