Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 21, 1972

A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, 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.

Up the Sandbox

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 21, 1972

Up the Sandbox
A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, 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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Barwood Films, First Artists
Original title Up the Sandbox
Directors Irvin Kershner
Writers Anne Richardson Roiphe, Paul Zindel

Cast

Barbra Streisand

as Margaret Reynolds

David Selby

as Paul Reynolds

Ariane Heller

as Elizabeth Reynolds

Terry Smith

as Peter

Gary Smith

as Peter

Jane Hoffman

as Mrs. Koerner

John C. Becher

as Mr. Koerner

Jacobo Morales

as Fidel Castro

Paul Benedict

as Dr. Beineke

George S. Irving

as Dr. Keglin

Pearl Shear

as Aunt Till

Carl Gottlieb

as Vinnie

Joseph Bova

as John

Marilyn Curtis

as Judy

Cynthia Harris

as Stella

Iris Brooks

as Vicki

Vassili Lambrinos

as Dr. Loffert

Marina Durell

as Dr. Lopez

Barbara Rhoades

as Dr. Bolden

Conrad Bain

as Dr. Gordon

Isabel Sanford

as Maria

Carole Ita White

as Miss Spittlemeister

Danny Black

as Leon

Conrad Roberts

as Clay

David Downing

as John

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

as Black Captain

Paul Dooley

as Statue of Liberty Guard

Jane Betts

as Woman Doctor

Anne Ramsey

as Battleaxe

Margo Winkler

as Hospital Clerk

Lois Smith

as Elinore

Renée Lippin

as Connie

Terry O'Mara

as Cathie

Jennifer Darling

as Joanne

Marilyn Coleman

as Rose White

Jacqueline Lovejoy

as Girl in Fantasy Sequence

Stanley Appleman

as Tommy (uncredited)

Sully Boyar

as Fat Man (uncredited)

Janet Brandt

as Aunt Ida (uncredited)

Stockard Channing

as Judy Stanley (uncredited)

Juan DeCarlos

as Blackman (uncredited)

Moosie Drier

as Billy (uncredited)

Norman Fields

as Reporter (uncredited)

Jason Gould

as Young Boy (uncredited)

Bob Harks

as Professor (uncredited)

Pitt Herbert

as Uncle Dave (uncredited)

Jane House

as Mrs. Keglin (uncredited)

Rita Karin

as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)

Tammy Lee

as Bibs (uncredited)

Efraín López Neris

as Castro's Aide (uncredited)

Toian Matchinga

as Woman Patient (uncredited)

Jessamine Milner

as Nanny (uncredited)

Dee Timberlake

as Girl (uncredited)

Marc Vahanian

as David (uncredited)

Marlene Willoughby

as Woman Getting Arrested (uncredited)