---
title: 'Up the Sandbox (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Irvin Kershner'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/up-the-sandbox-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069449/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Up the Sandbox (1972)

1972 · R · 97 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Up the Sandbox is a 1972 American comedy-drama film directed by Irvin Kershner, with a screenplay by Paul Zindel, based on the novel of the same name by Anne Roiphe. The film stars Barbra Streisand as Margaret Reynolds, a young wife and mother in Manhattan, who slips into increasingly bizarre fantasies to escape the predicament of her pregnancy. The film's supporting cast includes David Selby, Paul Benedict, George S. Irving, Conrad Bain, Isabel Sanford, Lois Smith and Jacobo Morales as a character who closely resembles Fidel Castro.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Irvin Kershner](https://cinepixo.com/people/irvin-kershner)
- **Screenplay:** [Anne Roiphe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-roiphe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Billy Goldenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-goldenberg)
- **Producer:** [Robert Chartoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-chartoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)
- **Editor:** [Robert Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lawrence)

## Cast

- [Barbra Streisand](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbra-streisand)
- [Isabel Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabel-sanford)
- [Conrad Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-roberts)
- [Carl Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gottlieb)
- [John Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dennis)
- [Rita Karin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-karin)
- [Janet Brandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-brandt)
- [Lee Chamberlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-chamberlin)
- [David Selby](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-selby)
- [Paul Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-benedict)
- [Lois Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-smith)
- [Stockard Channing](https://cinepixo.com/people/stockard-channing)
- [Jacobo Morales](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacobo-morales)
- [Paul Dooley](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dooley)
- [Sully Boyar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sully-boyar)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/up-the-sandbox-1972
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