Sabrina Goes to Rome

Infobox Film
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caption = Sabrina Goes to Rome official book cover
writer = Daniel Derendsen
starring = Melissa Joan Hart
Eddie Mills
Tara Strong
James Fields
Eric Alexander
Nick Bakay
director = Tibor Takács
producer = Melissa Joan Hart
Paula Hart
Ovidio G. Assonitis
Kenneth R. Koch
distributor = Viacom Productions INC.
CBS Television Distribution
Heartbreak Films
ABC
CBS Home Entertainment| released = flagicon|USA October 4, 1998
runtime = 84 mins.
music = Danny Lux
cinematography =
editing = Marcus Manton
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (1996)
followed_by = "Sabrina, Down Under" (1999)
gross =
amg_id = 1:172987~T0
imdb_id = 0165456

"Sabrina Goes to Rome" is a 1998 television movie produced for ABC. The movie is part of the "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" TV series and is the first TV movie made for the series. The movie features only two main characters from the series, the protagonist Sabrina Spellman (played by Melissa Joan Hart), and other main character Salem Saberhagen (voiced by Nick Bakay.) The film introduces the character of Gwen (played by Tara Strong), a British witch, who Sabrina meets in Rome. As the movie is set in Rome, none of the scenes are set on the original set of the series.

The film was directed by Tibor Takács, the director of the original "Sabrina the Teenage Witch Film", upon which, the series is based. Tibor Takács also directed an episode of the TV series.

Due to the success of "Sabrina Goes to Rome", ABC produced a sequel titled "Sabrina, Down Under". This film again only included Sabrina and Salem from the TV series. Tara Strong reprised her role of Gwen for the second film.

The movie most recently aired on Nickelodeon in August 2006.

Plot

If Sabrina can't open a mysterious antique gold locket and release the power trapped within, her Aunt Sophia will be lost forever. "The secret to the locket lies in Rome," says her father. Sabrina heads for Italy and the Eternal City of Rome, with a stowaway Salem in her backpack. Once there, she meets Paul, the gorgeous American photographer who grabs her before she falls into the famous Trevi Fountain. Sabrina finds an unexpected roommate: Gwen, a British witch with a talking guinea pig named Stonehenge (Nicknamed "Stony"). Together, Sabrina and Gwen set out to solve the mystery of the locket. When Paul and his friend Travis witness Sabrina doing magic, they come up with an idea to sell the story. In the end Paul doesn't betray Sabrina, which sets Aunt Sophia free, as the locket says "Trust your heart".

Cast

*Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenage witch, visiting Rome to unlock the mystery of her aunt Sophia’s locket to stop Sophia being lost forever. She has to learn to trust her heart when she finds out Paul’s secret.
*Eddie Mills as Paul, an adopted American photographer, who saves Sabrina from falling into the famous Trevi Fountain. Paul finds out that Sabrina is a witch, and he tries to get evidence on video camera, so that he can sell the story along with Travis. After Sabrina reunites him with his real family in Italy, he doesn’t want to expose her and destroys the video evidence.
*Tara Strong as Gwen, a British witch whose spells never go the way she plans. She helps Sabrina solve the locket. She has a crush on Alberto, who she accidentally turns into a pigeon. To change him back she has to kiss him, however there is no way of her knowing which pigeon he is.
*James Fields as Travis, a friend of Paul's who intends to gather evidence to expose Sabrina as a witch and become rich.
*Eric Alexander as Alberto, a handsome young man who Gwen accidentally turns into a pigeon. Determined to turn him back into a human, Gwen ends up randomly kissing pigeons in hopes of changing Alberto back. When she is about to give up, she relents on kissing a pigeon who keeps visiting her and Alberto is restored to human form.
*Nick Bakay as the voice of Salem Saberhagen, a 500 year old wizard, sentenced to spend 100 years as a cat as punishment for attempting to take over the world. Salem stowaways in Sabrina’s backpack and once in Rome, befriends Stony to gain free food from pizzerias, as people don’t take kindly to finding a rat in their food.

Books

As part of the "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" book collection, a book titled "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Sabrina Goes to Rome" is available. The book is written by Daniel Berendsen. It is unnumbered, as is the second film's book adaptation. The other books in the series are numbered in reading order.

As part of the "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Salem's Tails" book collection, a book titled "Salem's Tails: Salem Goes to Rome" is available. The book tells Salem's tale of his trip to Rome. This book is also unnumbered.

External links

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