Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

What's Barbra up to? Up the marriage trap. Up the revolution. Up the Zambesi River. And up to something surprisingly wonderful.

1972•1h 37m•5.8/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(22)

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.

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Production

First Artists, Barwood Films, National General Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Margaret Reynolds

David Selby

David Selby

Paul Reynolds

Ariane Heller

Elizabeth Reynolds

Terry Smith

Peter

Gary Smith

Peter

Jane Hoffman

Jane Hoffman

Mrs. Koerner

John C. Becher

Mr. Koerner

Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales

Fidel Castro

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

Dr. Beineke

George S. Irving

George S. Irving

Dr. Keglin

Pearl Shear

Aunt Till

Carl Gottlieb

Carl Gottlieb

Vinnie

Joseph Bova

Joseph Bova

John

Mary Louise Wilson

Mary Louise Wilson

Betty

Marilyn Curtis

Judy

Cynthia Harris

Cynthia Harris

Stella

Iris Brooks

Iris Brooks

Vicki

Vassili Lambrinos

Vassili Lambrinos

Dr. Loffert

Marina Durell

Dr. Lopez

Barbara Rhoades

Barbara Rhoades

Dr. Bolden

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