The Sandra Bullock Files #23: Making Sandwiches (1998)
A look at the one and only film Sandra Bullock wrote and directed!
The Sandra Bullock Files is a series that looks at the films of Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock, all the way from her debut in 1987, to her two major 2018 releases, Ocean’s Eight and Bird Box.
Sandra Bullock wrote and directed a movie. Did you know that?
Most people, even her super fans, probably aren’t aware, because it’s never been released to DVD; in fact, it’s never been released on any platform. The film is Making Sandwiches, starring Sandra, Matthew McConaughey, and Eric Roberts, and it screened at a few festivals, like the Sundance Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival, before it quietly went away, never to be heard from again.
A few people have seen it, but most of us will never get to see a frame of it: Sandra has said it was a tool for her to learn about the ins and out of filmmaking, and that it was never meant to be released to the public. Not a single picture or clip has ever been released, not even on Youtube. Here’s hoping it’s one of those items that will show up randomly on eBay or Craigslist, but odds are Sandra herself has the only known copy in existence, and that it will never see the light of day.