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Up the Sandbox

1972 · 97 min

A restless, funny-sad drift between drab domesticity and wild daydreams, carried by a charismatic star and a quietly feminist ache.

Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller

Tagline: What's Barbra up to? Up the marriage trap. Up the revolution. Up the Zambesi River. And up to something surprisingly wonderful.
Overview: 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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Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
gender
isolation
parenthood
freedom
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Written by: Paul Zindel
Starring: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Terry Smith, Gary Smith, Jane Hoffman, John C. Becher, Jacobo Morales
Cinematography: Gordon Willis
Runtime: 97 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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