Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- 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.
- How would the film change if Sabrina were a boy and Linus and David were girls?
- 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?
- Would it have been a happy ending if Sabrina had ended up with David? Why or why not?
- 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?