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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4r29r9fm No online items Finding Aid of the Rick Carter Collection 2289 Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Hirsch and Boriana Boyanova The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Doheny Memorial Library G4 3550 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, California, 90089-0185 213-740-3994 [email protected] 2011 Finding Aid of the Rick Carter 2289 1 Collection 2289 Title: Rick Carter Collection Collection number: 2289 Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Language of Material: English Physical Description: 300.0 Linear feet261 boxes Date (inclusive): 1976-2005 Abstract: Collection contains the papers of production designer Rick Carter (b. 1952), who frequently works with directors Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. Movies represented in this collection include Jurassic Park and Forrest Gump. creator: Bell, John, 1951- creator: Carter, Rick, 1950- creator: Fangorn creator: Hargreaves, Sean creator: Lowery, David, 1959- creator: Manser, Warren, (Warren Christopher) creator: Teegarden, Jim creator: Verreaux, Edward Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Biographical Note Rick Carter was born in California on March 24, 1950. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1974 with a degree in sociology and art. His career started in mid-1970s, when he worked as an art director or illustrator on various feature films and TV mini-series, including Bound For Glory, The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Winds of War. In 1982, he was the Production Designer for Disney's 3D film Magic Journeys, which played at Walt Disney World in Florida until 1993 and at Disneyland until 1986. Carter first worked with Steven Spielberg when he served as the Art Director for the movie The Goonies, which was written by Spielberg, in 1984. The next year, Spielberg hired Carter to be the Production Designer for his TV series Amazing Stories, which is the only TV series Carter has ever worked on. While working on Amazing Stories, Carter worked for the first time with Robert Zemeckis, who directed two of the series' episodes. For the next twenty-five years, Carter worked almost exclusively on movies being directed by either Spielberg or Zemeckis. These movies included Back to the Future II and III, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, War of the Worlds, Munich and Forrest Gump. Carter was nominated for the Best Art Direction-Set Direction Academy Award in 1995 for his work on Forrest Gump. In 2010, Carter won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction for his work for James Cameron on Avatar. Scope and Content This collection contains the papers created and maintained by Rick Carter while working as a production designer on a variety of films and one television show, including Back to the Future II and III, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, War of the Worlds, Munich, Polar Express, and Forrest Gump. These papers include storyboards, photographs, negatives, set designs and plans, production notes and memoranda, scripts, film treatments, artwork and concept art. Also included in this collection are records that document that early production stages of works that were never actually produced, including Bad Trout, Interface Helen of Troy: EXO, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. Also included in this collection are DVDs, VHS and laserdisc recordings of completed film. Please see the scope and content notes for individual series for more information. Organization The Rick Carter Collection is organized into 26 series, most of which have been further organized into subseries. Each series that consists solely of papers from an individual movie (Series 1-26) has been organized into the following subseries (depending on what papers are present in the series): Production Files, Scripts, Research Files, Location Files, Set & Prop Design, Character (or Creature) Design, Storyboards, Press & Publicity, Merchandise & Memorabilia, Negatives, Photographs, Digital Media, Analog Media, Oversized Art. The series Miscellaneous Projects and Unproduced Projects are organized into subseries based on movie or project. Oversized materials are organized in boxes by size; it is assumed that a researcher will be able to tell the difference between the various films within a box. However, to avoid confusion, artwork and plans from Jurassic Park and The Lost World are not found in the same box without identification. Photographs and the negatives from which they were produced have been assigned reel numbers in the absence of other identifying information (indicated by square brackets). Finding Aid of the Rick Carter 2289 2 Collection 2289 The arrangement scheme for the collection refined the original order of the collection (which was based loosely on movie). 1. Magic Journeys 2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension 3. Goonies 4. Amazing Stories 5. Talking Walls 6. Empire of the Sun 7. Rain Man 8. Three Fugitives 9. Back to the Future II 10. Back to the Future III 11. Death Becomes Her 12. What Lies Beneath 13. Jurassic Park 14. Forrest Gump 15. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 16. Contact 17. Amistad 18. Cast Away 19. Artificial Intelligence: A.I. 20. Polar Express 21. War of the Worlds 22. Munich 23. Miscellaneous Projects 24. Unproduced Projects 25. Personal Papers 26. Dreamworks SKG Conditions Governing Use All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Subjects and Indexing Terms Baker, Chris, 1960- -- Archives Bell, John, 1951- -- Archives Carter, Rick, 1950- -- Archives Dreamworks Pictures. -- Archives Fangorn -- Archives Hargreaves, Sean -- Archives Industrial Light and Magic. (Studio) -- Archives Lowery, David, 1959- -- Archives Manser, Warren, (Warren Christopher) -- Archives Spielberg, Steven, 1946- -- Archives Teegarden, Jim -- Archives Verreaux, Edward -- Archives Zemeckis, Robert, 1952- -- Archives A. I. artificial intelligence (Motion picture) Action and adventure films--Archival resources Amistad (Motion picture) Back to the future part II (Motion picture) Back to the future part III (Motion picture) Finding Aid of the Rick Carter 2289 3 Collection 2289 Books Cast away (Motion picture) CD-ROMs Cinematography--Special effects--Archival resources Clothing Computer animation--Archival resources Computer drawing--Special effects--Archival resources Costume design--Archival resources Dinosaurs in motion pictures--Archival resources Drawings DVDs Feature films--Archival resources Film adaptations--United States--Archival resources Forrest Gump (Motion picture) Future in motion pictures--Archival resources Goonies Hard drives Historical films--Archival resources Jurassic Park (Motion picture) Lost world, Jurassic Park (Motion picture) Motion picture art directors--Archival resources Motion picture locations--Archival resources Motion picture set designers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources Motion picture studios--Archival resources Motion pictures (visual works) Motion pictures and architecture--Archival resources Motion pictures--Setting and scenery--Archival resources Munich (Motion picture) Negatives (photographic) Paintings Photographs Polar Express (Motion picture) Rain man (Motion picture) Robots in motion pictures--Archival resources Science fiction films--United States--Archival resources Science fiction television programs--United States--Archival resources Science fiction--Film adaptations--Archival resources Scripts Slides (photographs) Storyboards Unbuilt architectural projects--Archival resources Videotapes Magic Journeys Scope and Content Series contains storyboards, art and photographs and scripts for the short Disney film Magic Journeys. Arrangement This series is divided into 6 sub-series: 1.A Production Files 1.B Scripts 1.C Set & Prop Design 1.D Storyboards 1.E Press & Publicity 1.F Photographs. Finding Aid of the Rick Carter 2289 4 Collection 2289 Magic Journeys Production Files Production Files Box 1, Folder 1 Appointment Book Box 1, Folder 2 Notebook Scripts Box 1, Folder 3 Treatment by Murray Lerner Box 56, Folder 1 Shooting Script, 24 March 1982 Box 56, Folder 2 Shooting Script Set & Prop Design Box 43, Folder 10 Big Top Sketches (originals) Box 43, Folder 11 Concept Art (originals) Box 43, Folder 12 Photographs Box 50, Folder 1 Drawings & Production Notes (Originals) Box 50, Folder 2 Budapest (with Original Drawings) Storyboards Box 1, Folder 4 Storyboard with Narration Box 1, Folder 5 Storyboard with Script Box 1, Folder 6 Katherine's Originals Box 1, Folder 7 Incomplete Xerox copies of Catherine's (Others with Tom Lay) Box 1, Folder 8 Copy Box 1, Folder 9 Xerox Copy Box 1, Copy Folder 10-11 Box 48, Folder 1 Carousel Ring Sequence Press & Publicity Box 1, Folder 12 Connoisseur Box 46, Folder 7 American Cinematographer Box 46, Folder 8 Newspaper Clippings Photographs Box 82, Folder 1 [Unnamed] Box 82, Folder 2 [Unnamed] The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension Scope and Content Series contains schedules and scripts for the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension, which was directed by W.D. 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