Up the Sandbox (1972)
- Starring:
- Barbra Streisand, David Selby, (more)
- Director(s):
- Irvin Kershner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
My RatingTheatrical Release Information | See Details About All Versions
Up The Sandbox is a complex and difficult film, and it is ambiguous on many points, particularly on whether the protagonist Margaret Reynolds (Barbara Streisand) is a women's liberationist, a closet lesbian, or a masochist. Based on the novel by Anne Richardson Rolphe, it follows Margaret's attempts to tell her husband that she is pregnant with yet another child. The everyday events of her life are punctuated by numerous and complex fantasy sequences which reveal her fears and her desires. It is clear that she is afraid that she and her husband Paul (David Selby) are growing apart -- and that he may be having an affair. Despite the increasingly elaborate and frantic nature of her fantasies, her disclosure, when she finally makes it, has happy results. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Barbra Streisand - Margaret Reynolds
- Jane Hoffman - Mrs. Yussim
- Jacobo Morales - Fidel Castro
- Norman Fields - Reporter
- Jennifer Darling - Joanne
- Jane House - Mrs. Keglin
- Ariane Heller - Elizabeth Reynolds
- Moosie Drier - Billy
- Paul Dooley - Statue of Liberty Guard
- Gary Smith - Peter
- Joe Bova - John
- Efrain Lopez Neris - Castro's Aide
- Margo Winkler - Hospital Clerk
- Marc Vahanian - David
- Lois Smith - Elinore
- Isabel Sanford - Maria
- Barbara Rhoades - Dr. Boden
- Renee Lippin - Connie
- Marilyn Coleman - Rose White
- Conrad Bain - Dr. Gordon
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka - Black Captain
- Janet Brandt - Aunt Ida
- David Selby - Paul Reynolds
- John C. Becher - Mr. Yussim
- Iris Brooks - Vicki
- Stockard Channing - Judy Stanley
- Rita Karin - Mrs. Grossbard
- Pitt Herbert - Uncle Dave
- Cynthia Harris - Stella
- David Downing - John
- John Dennis - Officer
- Marina Durell - Dr. Lopez
- Mary Louise Wilson - Betty
- Carl Gottlieb - Vinnie
- Carol White - Miss Spittlemeister
- George Irving - Dr. Keglin
- Pearl Shear - Aunt Till
- Conrad Roberts - Clay
- Anne Ramsey - Battleaxe
- Vassili Lambrinos - Jack Lawford
- Lee Chamberlin - Jan
- Paul Benedict - Dr. Beineke
- Sully Boyar - Fat Man
- Director(s):
- Irvin Kershner
- Writer(s):
- Paul Zindel
- Producer(s):
- Irwin Winkler, Martin Erlichman, Robert Chartoff
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence, Adult Language, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Closed Captioning:
- Check All Versions
- Subtitles:
- Check All Versions






