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A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
- Sabrina Sawyer: Melissa Joan Hart
- Aunt Hilda: Sherry Miller
- Aunt Zelda: Charlene Fernetz
- Marnie Littlefield: Michelle Beaudoin
- Seth: Ryan Reynolds
- Harvey: Tobias Mehler
- Katy Lemore: Lalainia Lindbjerg
- Freddie: Laura Harris
- Fran: Kea Wong
- Coach: Jo Bates
- Sales Clerk: Janine Cox
- Larry: Biski Gugushe
- Mark: Tyler Labine
- Mr. Dingle: Jim Swansburg
- Jeff: Noel Geer
- D.J.: Volton
- Student (uncredited): Cory Chetyrbok
- Wedding Guest (uncredited): Kevin Corey
- Salem (voice): Nick Bakay
Film Crew:
- Director: Tibor Takács
- Director of Photography: Bernard Salzmann
- Story: Barney Cohen
- Story: Kathryn Wallack
- Original Music Composer: Greg De Belles
- Executive Producer: Paula Hart
- Teleplay: Nicholas Factor
- Editor: Daria Ellerman
- Associate Producer: Brian Irving
- Producer: Alana H. Lambros
- Producer: Richard Davis
- Production Design: John Kavelin
- Story: Nick Bakay
Movie Reviews:
- Wuchak: ***Sabrina goes to a new high school where she learns she’s a witch***
- Released to TV in spring 1996, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” was the pilot movie for the series that ran for seven years from 1996-2003. The plot revolves around Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) having to move from Massachusetts to live with her two eccentric aunts in Rockland County, New York, where she starts attending Riverdale High, becomes besties with Marnie (Michelle Beaudoin) and contends with requisite mean girl, Katy Lemore (Lalainia Lindbjerg). After her 16th birthday, Sabrina learns she’s a witch and grapples with the morality of having powers other mortals don’t.
- The tone of the production is decidedly pedestrian in a mid-90’s TV manner, but the cast brightens things up with their energy and a decent script. (It was amusing to learn why Salem can talk and other cats can’t). I’ve probably watched a dozen episodes of the subsequent series and the main draw was always Melissa’s winsomeness. She was 19 years-old when this pilot was shot and just got more beautiful over the course of the series. For those interested, Ryan Reynolds has a significant role; he was 18-19 during filming.
- The movie runs 1 hour, 31 minutes and was shot in British Columbia with some establishing shots done in Brookline, Massachusetts (or so IMDb says).
- GRADE: B-