  sabrina (sabrina fair in the united kingdom) is a 1954 american romantic comedy film directed by billy wilder, adapted for the screen by wilder, samuel a. taylor, and ernest lehman from taylor's play sabrina fair. it stars humphrey bogart, audrey hepburn, and william holden. this was wilder's last film released by paramount pictures, ending a 12-year business relationship with wilder and the company. the film was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress in 2002.films selected for the national film registry in 2002 &ndash; the library of congress. ==plot== thumb|left||hepburn and holden sabrina fairchild (audrey hepburn) is the young daughter of the larrabee family's chauffeur, thomas, and she has been in love with david larrabee (william holden) all her life. david is an oft-married, idle playboy, crazy for women, who has never noticed sabrina, much to her and the household staff's dismay. sabrina then attends culinary school in paris, and she returns home as an attractive and sophisticated woman. david, after initially not recognizing sabrina, is quickly drawn to her. david's workaholic older brother, linus (humphrey bogart), sees this and fears that david's imminent marriage to elizabeth tyson (martha hyer) may be endangered. if the engagement is broken off, it would ruin a great corporate deal between the larrabee business and elizabeth's very wealthy father. linus confronts david about his irresponsibility to the family, the business, and elizabeth, but david is unrepentant. linus then tries to distract sabrina from david by drawing her affections to himself. he succeeds, but in the process falls in love with her, though he cannot admit this even 
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