'Sabrina'

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This paper reviews, discusses and compares the 1954 version of 'Sabrina' directed by Billy Wilder, with the 1995 version directed by Sydney Pollack. According to the paper, feminine value of love reigns triumphant, reflecting common cultural and social myths, if not the practices and norms of real life in both versions.

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"But Sabrina's initial rough exterior is still presented in terms of a kind of casual tomboyishness, in this case, Julia Ormond's bespeckled visage rather than Audrey Hepburn's ponytail. The young woman must put away childish, gender-ambiguous play and adopt a feminine norm, to show she is a 'real' woman, worthy of David's class. Contemporary norms in terms of how males and females are portrayed in the two versions, are perhaps more manifest in how the newer version seems to take a more damning view of David's love of fast women and fast cars and his frequently boorish behavior with the fair sex. But by virtue of replicating the plot, Linus' equally crass seduction of a vulnerable young woman to preserve a corporate merger is still viewed in a reasonably tolerant light. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Sabrina." Directed by Billy Wilder. 1954.
• "Sabrina. Directed by Sydney Pollack. 1995.

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