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A bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.A bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.A bored housewife takes refuge in a fantasy world.
George S. Irving
- Dr. Keglin
- (as George Irving)
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- TriviaFirst cinema movie that Barbra Streisand made with her then new production company, First Artists, which she formed with Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Sidney Poitier.
- Quotes
Margaret Reynolds: If this is what being a mother is like, I turn in my ovaries!
- Crazy creditsMost of the opening titles are shown over a close-up shot of an infant's buttocks.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Moviemakers (1972)
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This is true: I personally reissued this film into cinemas in Australia in 1997. Why? because it is a maligned and neglected minor film from someone you would not expect to produce it. Certainly SANDBOX was "the Barbra Streisand film you never saw" and it attracted more than a few curious ticketbuyers. Not a success at all in 1972 and subsequently forgotten, I felt it to almost be the Manhattan style Woody Allen film Barbra made instead. The fantasy scenes in particular are hilarious and most of the motherhood sadness effective and touching. It is a pity a lot of the Masai tribe fantasy scenes remained on the cutting room floor as they are too brief and hint at a lot more to enjoy. It clearly is a film for young mothers and sold that way works. Most men hate it. They do not even want to get it. Anyway, I staged a preview with newspaper promotions and ticket winners to a screening. It was packed. The film went over quite well (especially the home movie fantasy at the parents house) but became confusing and ended abruptly for this audience. As I walked from the screening I overheard two staggering 80 year old grannies: "Well what'dyathink?" croaked one to the other. The other stopped and looked at her friend: "Ergg..what dya expect for free". Again, SANDBOX got great press reviews but I think I used up most of my public at the preview. It folded after a month. However, now on DVD it is a prize possession of many female friends who have just had their first kid, as Babs had in the early 70s.
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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