Sabrina the Teenage Witch (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Sabrina The Teenage Witch


starring = Melissa Joan Hart
Sherry Miller
Charlene Fernetz
Michelle Beaudoin
Ryan Reynolds
Tobias Mehler
Lalainia Lindbjerg
director = Tibor Takács
released = April 7, 1996
runtime = 91 minutes
language = English
distributor = Viacom Pictures
imdb_id = 0117534
followed_by = "Sabrina Goes to Rome" (1998)

"Sabrina The Teenage Witch" is a movie adaptation from the Archie comics. It spawned the "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" TV series.

Premise

The movie centers around Sabrina Saywer who is sent to live with her eccentric aunts in Riverdale. On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina discovers that she is a witch. Sabrina develops a crush on Seth, the cutest boy in school who happens to be dating Katie La More, the Queen Bee of the school. Sabrina has to find a way to use her newly discovered magical power to get Seth to notice her, but at the same time not cast a love spell, which could backfire on her.

After Katie dumps Seth, he starts to notice Sabrina. Sabrina is able to use her magic to win a track competition and get Seth to ask her to the Spring fling. Katie discovers Sabrina's secret and sets out to let everyone know what Sabrina is. Sabrina has to use her magic to turn Katie into a dog to stop her.

All the while, Harvey likes Sabrina and waits to see if she will have a change of heart and start to notice him. The story ends happily with Sabrina and Harvey together and with Katie, not a dog, and back with Seth.

Differences with the television series

*In the film Sabrina's last name is Sawyer and not Spellman as in the TV Show.
*In the film Sabrina lives in Riverdale (same as Archie Andrews in the comics) and in the TV show lives in Westbridge.
*In the TV show she uses her finger to cast spells, but in the film, she just needs the power of her mind.
*In the film both her parents are witches, while in the TV series her father is a witch and her mother is mortal (non-witch)
*In the film Katie takes the part as the antagonist, while in the series it is Libby.
*Michelle Beaudoin plays Marnie, Sabrina's unintelligent and unpopular friend, whereas in the first season of the TV series, her character (also Sabrina's best friend) is called Jenny and is quite clever.
*Katie is more like a stereotypical cheerleader than Libby as she is blonde and slim, while Libby is black-haired and curvy.
*Harvey is "nerdy" in the film whereas in the TV series, he is more of a "jock".
*In the TV series Aunt Hilda is the rather unintelligent "fun Aunt" and Aunt Zelda is much more brilliant and serious, although still fun at times. In the film, both witches are quite clever, but Zelda is much more serious than Hilda.