Feature & Follow Friday #11: A Movie You Wish Had Been Based On A Book

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Here is this week's question:

Name a movie you would have 
loved to read as a book 
(that is not a book already, 
obviously).

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The first poster above is for a 1995 remake of a 1954 romantic comedy starring Humphrey Bogart in the title role of Linus Larrabee, a wealthy workaholic, whose younger brother, David -- played by William Holden -- is a real ladies' man. Sabrina Fairchild, the chauffeur's daughter -- played by Audrey Hepburn -- has been in love with David for years, but he's never noticed her. 

In the 1995 version, Harrison Ford (one of my movie boyfriends) plays the role of Linus, while Greg Kinnear is David, and Julia Ormond plays Sabrina.

This is such a cute story! Sabrina is mortified that David doesn't notice her; she also seems not to realize that he's a player. Then she travels to Paris for a fashion internship, and returns home with a new sophistication that suddenly makes David sit up and pay attention. Meanwhile, he had gotten engaged to a female doctor by the name of Elizabeth Tyson, whose father owns a company about to merge with the Larrabee Corporation....

Linus is alarmed at David's sudden interest in Sabrina, which might sabotage the wedding, and thus, the merger. So he decides to go for Sabrina himself. At first, all he wants is to save the impending marriage, as well as the merger. But then he ends up falling for Sabrina....

This sounds so much like a Harlequin novel! I know the plot is predictable and something of a cliché , but it's still enchanting! And Harrison Ford is sooo adorable....well, at least he was a totally charming hunk in 1995!

My only complaint about the 1995 version is that I wish Audrey Hepburn had been able to play Sabrina. I would have loved to see her paired with Harrison, instead of Humphrey. In other words, I wish she had been closer to Harrison's generation. She was such a great actress! Still, I did enjoy Julia Ormond's performance. (I have seen both versions, and really like them both, but do have a slight preference for the more recent one, because of Harrison....)

It's really too bad this movie was not based on a book, or that someone didn't adapt it to novel form, as has been done with other movies. If someone ever decided to do so sometime in the future, I would definitely read it! 

For Further Information
Wikipedia (1995 film)
Wikipedia (1954 film)

  

 

Next Week's Question

Undiscovered talent -- tell us about a book you loved, but no one else 
seems to have heard of it.
It can be new or old, any genre.
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Becky's Barmy Book Blog

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