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."

Apr 18 1973 R 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Paul Zindel, Anne Richardson Roiphe

Directed by

Irvin Kershner

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Barwood Films, First Artists

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,723
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA