Richard Brick and Geri Ashur collection, 1968-2014, bulk 1975-2005

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Series I: Columbia University and Seminar, 1989-1993, 2009

Series comprises course materials for the Pre-production of a motion picture class at Columbia University's School of Arts, which Brick taught since 1989. Materials include course syllabi, assignments, sample production files, as well as course materials from a production seminar given at Independent Feature Project (IFP).



Box 1 Folder 1-2 Pre-production of a motion picture, course materials, 1989 Fall


Box 1 Folder 3-5 Pre-production of a motion picture, course materials, 1992 Fall


Box 1 Folder 6-8 Pre-production of a motion picture, course materials, 1993 Fall


Box 1 Folder 9-10 Pre-production of a motion picture, course materials, 2009


Box 1 Folder 11 Film Division Library list, 1992 May


Independent Feature Project (IFP) Seminar


Box 1 Folder 12 Scheduling and Budget, 1989 April 19


Box 1 Folder 13 Production Board, Texas Picture (Places in the Heart), 1989 April 19

Series II: Mayor's Office of Films, Theatre and Broadcasting, 1992-1994

Series comprises of chronological files, correspondence, and publicity materials related to Brick's tenure as the Commissioner at the Mayor's Office of Films, Theatre and Broadcasting, dating from 1992 to 1994.

Arranged chronologically.



Box 2 Folder 1-14 Chrono Files, Correspondence, 1992 December-1994 April


Press

Publicity materials on Richard Brick as the Mayor's Office of Films, Theatre and Broadcasting Commissioner


Box 2 Folder 15-16 1992-1994



Box 3 Folder 2 1993-1997


Box 3 Folder 3 1992-1994


Box 3 Folder 4-5 1993


Box 3 Folder 1 Columbia University Record, 1992 December 11, 2 copies


Box 3 Folder 6 Variety magazine, 1992-1993


Box 3 Folder 7 Variety magazine, 1994


Box 3 Folder 8 Newspapers, 1992-1993


Printed materials

Also include some publicity materials with articles on Richard Brick



Box 2 Folder 17 New York City Economic Policy and Marketing Group. Film and Television Production in New York City, Beyond the Glitz: Lights, Camera, Jobs. By Cristina C. Ampil, 1993 December 16


Box 2 Folder 18 The Arts as an Industry: Their Economic Importance to the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Region, 1993 October


Box 2 Folder 19 Local 771, IATSE. Letter to the Editors, 1991 Spring


Box 2 Folder 19 Columbia School of the Arts, 1998

Excerpt from an oral history interview with Richard Brick, by Jerry Albarelli


Box 2 Folder 20 Hollywood Reporter, 1992-1993


Box 2 Folder 21 Film Maker, the magazine of independent film, 1993 Spring


Box 2 Folder 21 New York, 1993 May 31


Box 2 Folder 21 Paper Magazine, 1993 May


Box 2 Folder 22 Point of View, 1993 Fall


Box 2 Folder 22 Location Update, 1993 September


Box 2 Folder 22 Theater Week, 1993 December 27


Box 2 Folder 23 Millimeter, 1993 June

Series III: Screenplays, 1977-2013, undated

Series contains produced and unproduced screenplays that Richard Brick collected, dating from 1977 to 2013.



Box 4 Folder 1 Hostsonaten (Autumn Sonata), by Ingmar Bergman, in Swedish, 1977 July 27


Box 4 Folder 2-3 Pilgrim Farewell, by Michael A. Romer, 1979


Box 4 Folder 4 Ragtime, by Michael Weller, 1980 January

Third draft


Box 4 Folder 5 Silkwood (Chain Reaction), by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen, 1982 March 22


Box 4 Folder 6 The Texas Picture, by Robert Benton, 1983 September 14

Revision


Box 4 Folder 7 Man Running, by Edward Pomerontz, 1986 May

A comedy by Edward Pomerant, based on a story by Edward Pomerantz and Robert M. Young. Final Draft.


Box 4 Folder 8 Claim to Fame, by Mark Obenhaus, 1982

First draft


Box 4 Folder 9 Claim to Fame, by Mark Obenhaus, 1982


Box 4 Folder 10 Claim to Fame, by Mark Obenhaus, 1986

Include breakdown, sunrise/sunset


Box 4 Folder 12 Claim to Fame, by Mark Obenhaus, 1986 March

Include 1st breakdown, second draft


Box 4 Folder 11 Claim to Fame, by Mark Obenhaus, 1987 November 16

First draft


Box 4 Folder 13 Edmond, by David Mamet, 1989 April


Box 4 Folder 14 The Adviser, by Seymour M. Hersh and David Obst, 1989 July

Revised draft


Box 4 Folder 15 Hangin' with the Homeboys, by Joseph B. Vasquez, 1990 June 13

Revised draft


Box 4 Folder 16 Arrowtooth Waltz, by David Atkins and Emir Kusturica, 1991 April 12

An original screenplay by David Atkins and Emir Kusturica. Copyright Constellation Productions 1990. Revision.


Box 4 Folder 17 Crime and Punishment, by Godan Mihic and Emir Kusturica, 1990


Box 4 Folder 18 Crime and Punishment, by Godan Mihic and Emir Kusturica, 1990


Box 4 Folder 19 Crime and Punishment, by Joseph Goldman, 1992 June 15

Third draft


Box 4 Folder 20 Crime and Punishment, by Godan Mihic and Emir Kusturica, 1992 September

Adapted by Tomislav Novakovic


Box 4 Folder 21 Crime and Punishment, by Godan Mihic and Emir Kusturica, 1992 November 1

Third draft, Revised 1992 November 1; Include correspondence



Box 23 Folder 2 Crime and Punishment, Advertisement, 1992



Box 5 Folder 1 Rootie Kazootie, by Carlos Cuaron, 1992 June 15


Box 5 Folder 2 Rootie Kazootie Club, by Carlos Cuaron, 1992

With handwritten notes, newsclippings photocopies, and shooting schedule


Box 5 Folder 3 Rootie Kazootie, by Carlos Cuaron, 1992 June 15

With notes


Box 5 Folder 4 Once Upon a Time There Was Land, by Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica, 1993 November 16


Box 5 Folder 5 Bird of Paradise, by Robert M. Young, Edward Pomerantz, 1994 November 14


Box 5 Folder 6 Into It, by Edward Romerantz, 1995 April

By Edward Pomerantz. Director: Robert M. Young. Into It Productions, Inc. Copyright 1995.


Box 5 Folder 7-8 The White Hotel, by Dennis Potter, 1996

Include Pre-production files


Box 5 Folder 9 Wasp, 1999 March 10


Box 5 Folder 10 White Noise, by Stephen Schiff

First draft, include correspondence


Box 5 Folder 11 Whirligig, by Paul Fleischmann, 2000 February 1

Producer: Richard Brick. Silo Cinema Inc. First Draft.


Box 5 Folder 12 Whirligig, by Paul Fleischmann, 2000

With post it note comments by Richard Brick?


Box 5 Folder 13 Whirligig, by Paul Fleischmann, 2001 June 25

With comments by J. Bolas


Box 5 Folder 14 Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Turner


Box 5 Folder 15 Solo Faces, by James Salter, undated

Revised version


Box 5 Folder 16 Solo Faces, by Mark Obenhaus, 2013 January 3

Based on novel by James Salter


Box 5 Folder 17 Shadow 19, by Jon Spaihts, June 30

Rough draft


Box 5 Folder 18 August-September, by Paul Ronder, undated


Box 5 Folder 19 Pop 1280, undated


Box 5 Folder 20 Killer Inside Me, undated


Box 5 Folder 21 Deadly Obsession, by Paris James, undated

Story by Paris James and Geri Ashur

Series IV: Production Files, 1968-2013

Series consists of files related to productions that Richard Brick was involved in, dating from 1968 to 2013. The production files include chronological files, correspondence, cost reports, contracts, budgets, production brochures, screen breakdown, call sheets, production board copies, reports, locations, cost reports, deal memos, casts, clearance records, schedules, crew lists, etc. Also included in the materials are some files related to the films Geri Ashur worked on.


Budgets, 1975-2002



Box 6 Folder 1-2 Edmond, 1990


Box 6 Folder 3 One for the Monday, 1994


Box 6 Folder 4 Endurance, 1996



Box 7 Folder 20 Texas Picture (Places in the Heart), 1993


Box 7 Folder 21 Desert Bloom, 1984


Box 7 Folder 22 After Hours, 1984


Box 7 Folder 23 Death of a Salesman, 1985


Box 7 Folder 24 Flight of the Spurce Goose, 1985


Box 7 Folder 25 State of Grace, 1989


Box 7 Folder 26 They Sleep at Night, 1980s


Box 7 Folder 27 Seeking Susan, 1980s


Box 7 Folder 28 Things Change, 1987


Box 7 Folder 29 Bad Lieutenant, 1990


Box 7 Folder 30 Hangin' with the Homeboys, 1991


Box 7 Folder 31 Hell Camps, 1991


Box 7 Folder 32 East Coast Council: Budget Sample, 1994



Box 8 Folder 17 Walking and Talking, 1994


Box 8 Folder 18-19 Homicide, 1990


Box 8 Folder 20 Adventure of Pete and Pete, undated


Box 8 Folder 21 Kennedy (JFK) Project, 2002


Box 8 Folder 22 Things Change, 1987


Box 8 Folder 23 Pilgrim Farewell, 1979


Box 8 Folder 24 Legend of Gregorio Cortez, 1981


Box 8 Folder 25 My Shadow, 1989


Box 8 Folder 26 American Short Stories on Film (PBS), 1975-1976


Box 8 Folder 27 High, 1968


Box 8 Folder 28 Autobiogrpahy of a Young Man Dead, 1970


Box 8 Folder 29 Troubled Times, 1975


Box 8 Folder 30 Oye Willie, 1979


Box 8 Folder 31 Arcadian Waltz, 1985


Box 8 Folder 32 Smooth Talk, 1985


Box 8 Folder 33 Lip Service, 1988


Box 8 Folder 34 Edmond, 1987


Box 8 Folder 35 Slave of New York, undated


Box 8 Folder 36 I Love New York, 1989


Box 8 Folder 37 Little Gloria, 1982


Box 8 Folder 38 Ronder's Shaker Town (NEH), 1978


Box 8 Folder 39 Walter Winchell (Good Evening, Mr. and Mrs. America), circa 1984


Box 8 Folder 40 Six Vermonters, undated


Box 8 Folder 41 Six American Families, 1975


Box 8 Folder 42 Deadly Hero, 1975



Box 21 Folder 1 Noon Wine, 1984



Box 23 Folder 1 Terms of Endearment, 1981


Six American Families (1975)



Box 9 Folder 20-21 Production Manager Book, 1975-1976


Box 9 Folder 22 Production brochure, 1976


Box 9 Folder 23 Budget, 1975-1978


Last Stand Farmer (1976)



Box 10 Folder 6 Sound Reports, Transcript in English and French, 1974-1975


Box 10 Folder 7 Papers, Grants, Releases, Awards, Student letters, 1975


Box 10 Folder 8 Oral history transcript, Track 1-13, 1976


Box 10 Folder 9 Oral history transcript, Track 14-23, 1976


Box 10 Folder 10 Sales Contracts, Screening Reports, 1976-2005


Box 10 Folder 11 Correspondence, 1975-1978


Box 10 Folder 12 Publicity, Bills, Contracts, 1974-1979



Box 21 Folder 4 Transcript, Agreements, Sound Report, etc., 1976


Pilgrim, Farewell (1979)



Box 6 Folder 8 Agreements, 1979


Box 6 Folder 9-10 Production File, 1979 April-September

Budget, equipment, locations, meals, expenses, Duart labs, etc.


Box 6 Folder 11-12 Production File, 1979

Vehicle, housing, insurance, contract schedule, etc.


Box 6 Folder 13-14 Script Breakdown, 1979



Box 21 Folder 13 Call sheets, 1979


Ragtime (1980)



Box 6 Folder 17-18 Script and revision, 1980 January, May


Box 6 Folder 19 Call sheets, 1980


Box 6 Folder 20 Production Reports, 1980


Box 6 Folder 21-22 Locations, 1980


Box 6 Folder 23-24 Production file, 1980

Location Status, legal, Contract blanks, permits, telephone, story summary, schedule, location budget, breakdown, memos, insurance



Box 11 Folder 1 Budget, 1980


Box 11 Folder 2-4 American Locations, Volume I, 1980


Box 11 Folder 5-8 American Locations, Volume II, 1980


Box 11 Folder 9 Status Reports, Crews, Location, 1980


Westinghouse Group: Stage of Life (1981)



Box 9 Folder 11-12 Birthday, 1977-1981


Box 9 Folder 13-14 Moving up, 1977-1981


Visits with God (1981)

Other title: Life After Death



Box 10 Folder 13 Transcript, copy 1, 1977-1978


Box 10 Folder 14-15 Agreement, Budgets, 1977-1980


Box 10 Folder 16-17 Papers, Reviews, Sales, Photos, etc., 1977-1981



Box 21 Folder 5 Agreements, 1977


Silkwood (1982)



Box 8 Folder 1-3 Transportation Order, 1982


Box 8 Folder 4-7 Production File, 1982


Box 8 Folder 8-9 Call sheets, 1982-1983


Box 8 Folder 10 Production Reports, 1982


Box 8 Folder 11 Movement Memos, 1982


Box 8 Folder 12 Location Tours, Schedules, Script Notes, 1982


Box 8 Folder 13-14 Check Register, 1982


Box 8 Folder 15 Charts of Accounts, Cash Flow, Cost Reports, 1982


Box 8 Folder 16 Budget, 1982



Box 22 Folder 19-20 Deal Memos, 1982

Restricted until 2048


Texas Picture (1983)

Also known as Places in the Heart (1984)



Box 7 Folder 1 Daily Schedule, 1983


Box 7 Folder 2 Correspondence, 1983


Box 7 Folder 3 Call sheets, 1983


Box 7 Folder 4 Production Reports, 1983


Box 7 Folder 5 Unit Production Manager Earning, 1983


Box 7 Folder 6-8 Production Book, 1983


Box 7 Folder 9-14 Script Notes, 1983


Box 7 Folder 15-19 Cost Reports, 1983



Box 22 Folder 15-16 Deal Memos, 1983

Restricted until 2048


Hangin' with the Homeboys (1990)



Box 12 Folder 1-6 Correspondence, 1990-1991


Box 12 Folder 7 Vendor, Contact List, Check Register, 1990


Box 12 Folder 8-9 Cost Reports, 1990-1991


Box 12 Folder 10-11 Production File, 1990

Contact list, Breakdown, Vehicles, Board/Schedule, Casting, SAG, Music, Equipment, Budget, Insurance, Locations, Labor, Screenplay, Cost Report, Sunrise/Sunset


Box 12 Folder 12 Call sheets, 1990


Box 12 Folder 13 Production Reports, 1990


Box 12 Folder 14 Publicity, 1991



Box 22 Folder 9-11 Crew, 1990

Restricted until 2048


Box 22 Folder 12-14 Cast, 1990

Restricted until 2048


Arrowtooth Waltz (1991)



Box 9 Folder 1-4 Chrono File, 1991-1992


Box 9 Folder 5 Call sheets, 1991


Box 9 Folder 6 Production Reports, 1991


Box 9 Folder 7 Travel Movement Schedules, 1991


Box 9 Folder 8 SAG Timesheets, 1991


Box 9 Folder 9 Cost Reports, 1991


Box 9 Folder 10 Budgets, 1991

Restricted until 2048



Box 22 Folder 4-6 Production Notebook, 1991-1992

Restricted until 2048


Box 22 Folder 7 Contract and Crew Deals, 1991

Restricted until 2048


Box 22 Folder 8 Cast Deals, 1991

Restricted until 2048


Woody Allen Fall Project, 1996-1999



Box 13 Folder 1-7 Cast, 1996

Restricted until 2048


Box 13 Folder 8-17 Cast, 1997

Restricted until 2048


Box 13 Folder 18-19 Cast, 1998

Restricted until 2048



Box 14 Folder 1-2 Cast, 1998

Restricted until 2048


Box 14 Folder 8-12 Deal Memos, 1996-1998

Restricted until 2048


Box 14 Folder 13-18 Locations, Set Dressing Sold, 1996-1997

Restricted until 2048



Box 22 Folder 1-3 Locations, Set Dressing Sold, 1998

Restricted until 2048



Box 15 Folder 1-4 Product Placement/Clearances, 1996


Box 15 Folder 5-6 Product Clearances, 1997


Box 15 Folder 7 Product Clearances, Charts and Correspondence, 1998


Box 15 Folder 8-13 Product Clearances, A-Z, 1998



Box 25 Folder 5-8 Name Clearances, Memos, A-Z, 1997



Box 15 Folder 14 Clearance, people and places, Charts and Correspondence, 1998


Box 15 Folder 15-18 Clearance, people and places, A-K, 1998



Box 16 Folder 1-4 Clearance, people and places, L-Z, 1998


Box 16 Folder 8-12 Music Clearances, 1996



Box 25 Folder 1-4 Music Clearances, 1997



Box 16 Folder 5-7 Music Clearances, 1998



Box 25 Folder 9-12 Cost Report, 1997-1999



Box 16 Folder 13-22 Cost Reports, 1996-1999



Box 17 Folder 1-16 Chrono File, 1996-1998



Box 14 Folder 3-7 Chrono File, 1998-1999

Restricted until 2048



Box 17 Folder 17-18 Pre-production Schedule, Travel Movement, 1996-1997


Box 17 Folder 19 Call sheets, Production Reports, 1997


Box 17 Folder 20 Union Contracts, 1997


Box 17 Folder 21 Call sheets, Production Reports, Second Unit, 1998


Box 17 Folder 22-23 Hot Cost Reports, 1998



Box 1 Folder 19 Location Scouting, Pre-production Schedule, Travel, 1998


Box 1 Folder 20 Contract Status, Union Contracts, 1998



Box 21 Folder 16-19 Production Report, 1996


Box 21 Folder 20 Insurance, 1998


Screenplays



Box 25 Folder 13 Bullets over Broadway, 1993


Box 25 Folder 14 Mighty Aphrodite, 1994


Box 25 Folder 15 Everyone Says I Love You, 1995


Box 25 Folder 16 Deconstructing Harry, 1996


Box 25 Folder 17-18 Continuity Screenplay: Deconstructing Harry, 1996



Box 1 Folder 14 Celebrity, 1997


Box 1 Folder 15 Celebrity, 1997 August 22

Translated into Swedish by Stig Bjokman


Box 1 Folder 16-17 Continuity Screenplay: Celebrity, 1997


Box 1 Folder 18 Sweet and Lowdown, 1998

English and Chinese version


Into It (1995)



Box 18 Folder 1-16 Chrono Files, 1995 January-1996 May


Box 18 Folder 17-20 Production Files, 1995-1996, 2008

Include files on clearance and rights, insurance, DuArt, SAG, SHAD, budget, contact list, crew list, directions, Joe's fish store (Holland Tunnel), locations, shooting schedule, equipment, post-production, screenplay, day out of days, cast, finance set up, call sheets, production reports, location/tech tours, daily/weekly schedules



Box 10 Folder 1-5 Cost Report, 1995 April-1996



Box 19 Folder 1-3 Cast, 1995

Restricted until 2045


Box 19 Folder 4-7 Deal Memos, 1995

Restricted until 2045


JFK Project (2003)



Box 20 Folder 1 Tape Inventory: JFK Project, 2003


Box 20 Folder 3-8 Production File, 2003

Script, Fact-checking, Music sheets, term sheets, Stock Footage/Still Agreements, Insurance, Credit list, Technical Specs, Releases


Box 20 Folder 9-12 Notebook and Chrono File, 2003


Box 20 Folder 13-14 Cost Reports, 2003


Life in the Universe (2005)


Box 20 Folder 2 Tape Inventory: Life in the Universe, 2005

Include CD-ROM containing excel file of the printed inventory


Box 20 Folder 15-18 Chrono File, 2004-2005


Box 20 Folder 19-20 Cost Reports, 2004-2005


Box 20 Folder 21-23 2016 Project: Cost Reports, 2012-2013



Box 9 Folder 15-16 Oneida Community NEH Proposal, Paul Ronder, 1973


Box 9 Folder 17-18 Utopia Communities in America Project, 1991


Box 9 Folder 24 Body Human: The Vital Connection, 1978



Box 21 Folder 2 House Construction Home Movie: Production File, 1971-1992


Box 21 Folder 7 Autumn Sonata: Production File, 1978 October


Box 21 Folder 8 Autumn Sonata: Transcript, 1978


Box 21 Folder 9-10 Part of the Family, 1970-1978, 2012


Box 21 Folder 11 Alger Hiss: Production Book, 1976-1978


Box 21 Folder 12 The Conspiracy and the Dybbuk, 1970-1985


Box 21 Folder 15 Other Production Contracts: The Beard; National Foundation's March of Dimes, 1972, 1980


Box 21 Folder 6 Dancin', the Play, 1978



Box 10 Folder 18 Fosse's Dancin' Film Sequence, 1978-1979



Box 11 Folder 10-12 Andrea Doria: The Final Chapter, 1981 Summer


Box 11 Folder 13-19 Little Gloria: Production File, 1982 March-May



Box 10 Folder 19 Carib Blue: Breakdown, Board, Budget, 1981 March


Box 10 Folder 20 Contract Forms, 1986-1989



Box 7 Folder 33 Crew List, 1994-1998

Arresting Gina, Chasing Amy, Comfortably Numb, The Confession, Curtain Call, Kiss Me Guido, The Myth of the Fingerprint, The Prosecutor, The Story of a Bad Boy



Box 6 Folder 5-7 Santa Claus Project, Geri's Script book, 1979

Include script and polaroid photographs of scenes



Box 12 Folder 15-17 Man Running: Production File, 1985

Directed by Bob Young


Box 12 Folder 18 Edmond: Production File, 1989-1991



Box 6 Folder 15-16 Camera Shy: Production File, 1986


Alive from Off Center: Production File



Box 12 Folder 19 1990


Box 12 Folder 20 1991 March-April


Box 12 Folder 21 Frank Olson, Related Publicity and research, 1953-2001

Photocopies/print outs


Box 12 Folder 22-23 Frank Olson, CIA, LSD, 1977-2000

Photocopies/print outs



Box 20 Folder 17-18 From the Life of the Marionettes: Production File, 1980-1982



Box 21 Folder 14 From the Life of the Marionettes: Agreements, 1980


Box 21 Folder 3 Pippin' Spot, 1975 December



Box 19 Folder 8 Pippin' Spot, 1977 July

Restricted until 2027


Box 19 Folder 9-12 Digital Production, 1999-2000

Include Squirrels to the Nuts and other budget files


Box 19 Folder 13-17 The Race, 2008


Box 19 Folder 18-20 Alexander Hamilton, 2006, 2009


Box 19 Folder 21-23 "Rounds" Mount Sinai Cardiology Training Film, 2013

Series V: Photographs, 1975-1995

Series contains one folder of ten photographs depicting the cast and the production team at the filming locations, dating from 1975 to 1995.



Box 2 Folder 24 Last Stand Farmer, Vermont, 1975-1976


Box 2 Folder 24 Pilgrim, Farewell, Vermont, 1979


Box 2 Folder 24 Ragtime, Spring Lake, New Jersey, 1980


Box 2 Folder 24 Andrea Doria Expedition, Montauk, New York, 1981


Box 2 Folder 24 Silkwood, Texas, 1982


Box 2 Folder 24 Little Gloria, Palm Beach, Florida, 1982


Box 2 Folder 24 Waxahachie, Texas, 1983


Box 2 Folder 24 Hangin' with the Homeboys, 1990


Box 2 Folder 24 The Arrowtooth Waltz, 1991


Box 2 Folder 24 Robert M Young's "Into It", Jersey City, 1995

Series VI: Awards and Memorabilia, 1976-2004

Series consists of awards and memorabilia Richard Brick collected, dating from 1976 to 2004.



Box 24 International Film and TV Festival of New York, 1975

Engraving on the back: To Richard Brick for "Last Stand Farmer"


Box 24 Educational Film Library Association, American Film Festival, Blue Ribbon Award, Last Stand Farmer, 1976



Box 34 Directors Guild of America, Inc., Annual Awards Dinner, Geri Ashur, 1982 March 13


Box 34 Directors Guild of America, Inc., Annual Awards Dinner, Richard Brick, 1982 March 13



Box 23 Folder 4 Directors Guild of America, Inc., Nomination to Richard Brick, Unit Production Manager, Places in the Heart, Signed by the Guild's President and Secretary, 1984

Include photograph



Box 34 Directors Guild of America, Inc., Annual Awards Dinner, Richard Brick, 1985 March 9


Box 34 Directors Guild of America, Inc., Annual Awards Dinner, Richard Brick, 1987 March 7


Box 34 Directors Guild of America, Inc., Annual Awards Dinner, Richard Brick, 1993 March 6



Box 24 New York City's 1st Film Commissioner, Motion Picture Bookers Club, Richard Brick, 1993 October 7



Box 23 Folder 3 Broadcasting Press Guild, Television Awards, Best Single Documentary, The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy, Richard Brick, 2003



Box 24 ABC News, News Documentary, TV-Network, Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy, Richard Brick, 2004

Series VII: Production Stripboards, 1982-1985, 2002

Series contains the five production stripboards for Silkwood, Texas Picture (Places in the Heart), Man Running, and The Squid and the Whale, dating from 1982 to 1985, and 2002.



Box 43 Silkwood, 1982, 2 items


Box 43 Texas Picture (Places in the Heart), 1983



Box 44 Man Running, 1985


Box 44 The Squid and the Whale, 2002

Series VIII: Audio-Visual, 1970-2014

Series consists of films, sound, and video recordings of productions that Richard Brick and Geri Ashur worked on during their career, dating from 1970 to 2014. The bulk of the audiovisual recordings in the collection are on film reels and sound reels, other formats include videotapes, VHS, DVDs, BetaMax, and external hard drive.


Geri Ashur, 1974-2012



Box 26 Third World News Reel: Janie's Janie, 2012 February 7, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

24:28. Media type: Sony BCT-D32 32 Minute Digital Betacam Video Cassette.



Box 30 State Street, A Celebration, directed by Peter Schlaifer, 1968, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.

Item is a duplicate and was not digitized.



Box 26 Geri Ashur and Linda Feferman, Reel 1 of 3, 1974 March 5, 1 Reels

Original. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Geri Ashur and Linda Feferman, Reel 2 of 3, 1974 March 5, 1 Reels

Original. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Geri Ashur and Linda Feferman, Reel 3 of 3, 1974 March 5, 1 Reels

Original. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Protools Session, Elizabeth Cotten, undated, 1 DVDs

Media type: DVD-R.


Box 26 Elizabeth Cotton, Sound Roll 1 and Geri Ashur Camera Roll 1, 1977 September 12, 1 Reels

Taj Majals opening 5 mins. S.F. Gassers. 8DB ref tone. Sync takes 1+2. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Elizabeth Cotton, Sound Roll 2 and Geri Ashur Camera Roll 2, 1977 September 12, 1 Reels

S.F. Gassers. 8DB ref tone. Sync takes 3-7. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.



Box 39 Libba Cotten, by Geri Ashur, 1976 January 27, 2 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel. 3 of 4. Rolls 21-22



Box 36 Taj Mahal introducing Elizabeth Cotten Film, by Geri Ashur, undated, 2 film reels

Vinegar syndrome. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 31 Me and Stella, produced and directed by Geri Ashur, undated, 1 film reels

Item missing 2022.

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 39 Me and Stella, 1979 April 25, 2 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel. Also with slip marked 1985 November 24. Color Neg. + track



Box 38 Me and Stella, A film about Elizabeth Cotten, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 34 Me and Stella, undated, 2 Reels

Media type: Videocassette.



Box 28 Me and Stella, 1981 January 22, 1 film reels

Content Summary: Phoenix, 1/4" Master, no sync 15 ips. Media type: magnetic film reel.



Box 29 When Women Kill, July 26, 1 Reels

Joseph Feury Productions, directed by Lee Grant, edited by Geri Ashur. Media type: Videocassette.



Box 33 From the Life of the Marionettes, undated, 3 film reels

These are short batches of English-language titles and credits shot for the Ingmar Bergman film "From the Life of the Marionettes".

Edited by Geri Ashur. Media type: 35mm magnetic film reel, with loose film cut


Richard Brick, 1970-2014



Box 26 Richard Brick's Obsession: Columbia University 1989, 2014 April 03, 1 DVDs

Master (Bump-up from VHS format). TRT: 50 sec. DVD-R. Duart Film and Video, Inc. Media type: DVD-R.


Box 26 Richard Brick's Obsession: Columbia University 1989, undated, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

TRT: 0:52. 525i 29.97. NTSC. Media type: Sony BCT-D6 Six Minute Digital Betacam Video Cassette.


Box 26 Dancin', 1978, 1 film reels

Media type: Super 16mm.


Box 26 Pippin, 1977, 4 film reels

Media type: Super 16mm.

Some items were not digitized: Duplicates.


Box 26 2X Pippin/1X Dancing, 2009 April 15, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

16mm color prints. Length: 1:00 each. The Brick Company Inc. Film Transfer. Media type: Sony BCT-D6 Six Minute Digital Betacam Video Cassette.


Box 26 2X Pippin/1X Dancing, 2009 April 16, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

16mm color prints. Length: 1:00 each. The Brick Company Inc. DVNR. Media type: Maxell Digital Betacam Video Cassette.


Box 26 Pippin (2x), Dancing (1x), 2009 April 22, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

MTI Dustbusted version. TRT 1:00 each. NDF TC/LTC/VITC/NTSC. Media type: Maxell Digital Betacam Video Cassette.


Box 26 Jim Clifford, 1971 December 5, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Scratch track for "House Movie" (non-synchronous). Guitar: 6 strings. Several possibilities for movie. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Van Dije's Barn, Tunbridge and Robert Mortier Vibrahard, 1973 August 11, 1 Reels

Richard Brick, recordist. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 "Kotch" and interviews, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: "Kotch" spots for ABC Pictures. Interviews recorded outside Radio City Music Hall by Richard Brick. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Mirra's Dream, with Richard Brick, 1971 March 14, 1 Reels

Lady in red [and the wild bulls?]. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Suzanne Opton-her flat, 1971 May, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Suzanne Opton-her flat; 408 Sanchez-San Francisco; "Notes on a Nagara IV lesson"; continued later with Suzanne while camping in Mendocino county on beach. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Rubin at Rutgers, undated, 1 Reels

From Peter Davis' original. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Koby-Campbell "Dybbuk" music, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Several takes. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Hoffman, Reel 1 of 2, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: A. Hoffman- radio interview: Columbia radio (comparison between importance of conspiracy trial and panthers trial); Comment on ransom-bail system, violence and its justification; The myth of the "innocent bystander"; Racism exposed blatancy in 90% black cook county jail. Transferred. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Hoffman, Reel 2 of 2, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: 1. First five radio show Hoffman (role of television publicity, tree in Israel, Goldman raps with Abbe); 2. Last 10 min are interview with A. Hoffman (J. Hoffman a front man for the wasp elite? Judge handpicked by conspiracy); 3. Some [ameaf] sync (~3 min, "Jewdicial", Anti-semitic Jewish judge); Biblical reference to hair cutting in jail and selling conspiracy hair at fund raising dinners; Rosenberg's Jewish Judge's Rauffman [os] conspiracy's Jewish judge Hoffman. 2 and 3 transferred. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Columbia University, Jerry Lefcourt, William Kunstler, Roll #1, 1970 May 5, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Jerry Lefcourt, William Kunstler; McMillan auditorium; 1. Kent State, 2. unknown, 3. third world; Conspiracy and the Dybbuk. Transferred. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 Kunstler, Roll #2, undated, 1 Reels

Transferred. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 #1 Kunstler, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 #2 Panther Rally, tape reel #5, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Afeni Shakor, big man len, weinglass. Transferred. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 #3 Panther Rally, 1970 April 4, 1 Reels

Transferred. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 #5 Question and answer, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: 1. niff about blowing up British courthouses in Palestine 20 years ago; 2. Niff about Melai 4, the system, the judicial system, people dying in streets. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 #7 Question and answer; Kunstler, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.


Box 26 New American Cinema Showcase Trailer, 1981 June 11, 1 Reels

Stereo Sync, 60Hz, half track stereo. Media type: 15 ips magnetic recording tape.

Items were not digitized: Duplicate.



Box 29 New American Cinema Showcase Trailer, 1981 June 11, 1 film reels

Media type: magnetic film reel.



Box 27 Unidentified, Reel 1-12, undated, 12 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.



Box 40 Unidentified, Reel 13, undated, 1 Reels

Vinegar syndrome. Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.



Box 27 Beep workshop: practice tape, 1st composition, 1974 May 24, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.



Box 26 Eric Weissberg: scratch track, 1971 December 24, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Eric Weissberg-Banjo; Scratch track for the House Construction Home Movie; Banjo music cutting room, recorded at 1003k-1600 B'way. Media type: 7 1/2 ips magnetic recording tape.



Box 27 Eric Weissberg for the House Construction Home Movie, Reel 1 of 3, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Eric Weissberg for the House Construction Home Movie, Reel 2 of 3, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Eric Weissberg for the House Construction Home Movie, Reel 3 of 3, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Sound reels 30, 31, 33 Audition Track, undated, 1 Reels

7.5 ips copy. Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Mrs. Dorothea Strauss and Bruce Davidson, undated, 1 Reels

Content Summary: 1. Mrs. Dorothea Strauss, I.B. Singer's translator and the wife of his publisher (copy 3.75 ips tails out); 2. Bruce Davidson running through the script verbally-scene by scene account. Quality very poor, track 2 is slightly better. Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Unidentified, Copy A-part-1, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Unidentified, Copy A-part-2, undated, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Life after Life, 1977 June 10, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Camera roll #9, sound roll #3, Lori Moore being interviewed (cassette made). Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.


Box 27 Life after Life, 1977 June 13, 1 Reels

Content Summary: Kathy Hayward, Camera Roll #38, 37; sound roll #9 takes 6 and 7 (cassette made). Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.



Box 28 The Repeater, 1971, 1 film reels

Media type: magnetic film reel.


Box 28 M. Riesman, Piano and AFI trailer for Independent Feature Project (IFP), 1981 June 10, 1 Reels

Media type: magnetic audio tape.


Box 28 Silo Cinema, Richard Brick, Consuelo Arosteoui, undated, 1 Reels

Identical program on track A and B. Media type: magnetic audio tape.



Box 29 Mahdekab, A Dance by Leslie Berg, Filmed at Bennington College, 1969 June 2, 1 film reels

Content Summary: Produced by Richard Brick, directed by Leslie Berg, edited by Norman Bloom, first camera by Richard Brick, second camera by Norman Bloom. Media type: magnetic film reel.



Box 37 Part of the Family, produced and directed by Paul Ronder, 1971, 3 film reels

Part 1-3. Include synopsis and credits. Vinegar syndrome



Box 34 Unidentified, undated, 1 videotapes

Media type: Videocassette.



Box 28 Last Stand Farmer by Richard Brick, 1975 March 12, 1 Reels

Content Summary: 1/4" protection copy sound track. Media type: magnetic audio tape. Portable hard drive uploaded. Please contact RBML for access.



Box 26 Last Stand Farmer WS, undated

Media type: External Hard Drive. 67.5 Gigabytes.


Box 26 Last Stand Farmer, 2006 June 08, 1 film reels

HD Film Transfer 1080 23.98PSF. Length: 25:31. LTC/VITC. Silo Cinema. Clone. Media type: Maxell D5C33M, XD 1/2" Digital.



Box 29 Last Stand Farmer, undated, 1 film reels

Content Summary: 25:00, Phoenix films. Media type: magnetic film reel.


Box 29 Last Stand Farmer, 2006 April 13, 1 film reels

Color internegative. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 29 Last Stand Farmer, 1987 November 6, 2 film reels

16mm A/INEG and 16mm A/OPT TRK. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 34 Last Stand Farmer, 1975, 6 videotapes

By Richard Brick. 25 minutes, also available in 16mm color/sound film. Copyright, Silo Cinema Inc. Media type: Videocassette.



Box 26 Last Stand Farmer, 1975, 1 DVDs



Box 29 Peter Jennings Reporting, The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy, 2003 November 20, 1 videotapes

Pulled up black version. Media type: Videocassette.



Box 40 Conspiracy and the Dybbuk, 1992 July, 2 film reels

Content Summary: Canyon Cinema. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.

Items were not digitized: Duplicates.



Box 36 Conspiracy and the Dybbuk, 1986 June 11, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.

Items were not digitized: Duplicates.


Box 36 Conspiracy and the Dybbuk, 1977 February 5, 1 film reels

16mm B/W. B/wind Original Rev. A and B RLS and B/wind positive trk. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 36 Conspiracy and the Dybbuk, 1971 March 8, 1 film reels

Vinegar syndrome. 16mm B Positive. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.

Items were not digitized: Duplicates.



Box 27 Visitor with God, take 1, 1980 April 28, 1 Reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic recording tape.



Box 28 Visits with God, 1980 April 28, 1 film reels

Media type: magnetic film reel.



Box 29 Visits with God: two first hand accounts of near death experiences, 1980, 1 videotapes

Media type: Videocassette.



Box 30 Visits with God, 1980 May 6, 2 film reels

16mm A: B Original Negative. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 30 Visits with God, 1980 May 1, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.

Items were not digitized: Picture element merged.



Box 31 Visits with God: two first hand accounts of near death experiences, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 31 Visits with God #1, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 31 Visits with God #3, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 31 Visits with God #5, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 33 Visits with God, 1980 May 21, 2 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel. CRI A wind track

Items were not digitized: Duplicates.



Box 28 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 1 film reels

Content Summary: 11:57, first and only cut on master. Media type: 1'' video


Box 28 State Street, A Celebration, directed by Peter Schlaifer, 1968, 1 film reels

Media type: magnetic film reel.



Box 31 House Construction Home Movie, black and white, 1974 October 9, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 31 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 1 film reels

Content Summary: TM40-101, 11 minutes color. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 1 film reels

Content Summary: TM40-102, 11 minutes color. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, 1986 February, 1 film reels

Canyon Cinema. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, 1987 October, 1 film reels

Canyon Cinema. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.


Box 32 House Construction Home Movie, print copy for broadcast with "Marjorie's Quest", 1984 November 20 and 23, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 36 House Construction Home Movie, 1972 April 19, 1 film reels

Heartbreak. 16mm PIC and TRK. Media type: 35mm magnetic film reel.

Items were not digitized: Duplicates.



Box 38 Conspiracy and the Dybbuk, undated, 1 film reels

1st answer print off interpositive. Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 34 House Construction Home Movie, undated, 3 videotapes

Length: 11:57. Media type: Videocassette.



Box 36 Fosse, Roll T-1, undated, 1 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.



Box 41 Kenneth, 2 of 2, 1975 February 11, 6 film reels

Horses in Snow (1 reel?). Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel. Vinegar Syndrome



Box 40 Footage shot for Last Stand Farmer, 1 of 2, January 19, 8 film reels

Media type: 16mm magnetic film reel.

Contain footage of killing and butchering pigs on a farm.


Box 40 Kenneth, 2 of 2, undated, 6 film reels

Media type: 16mm film reel.

The digital files were not kept because they are not relevant to the collection:

-15-minute excerpt of "Oliver!", the musical from 1968. Doesn't seem relevant to collection

-15-minute long JC Penney promotional film

-"The Dehumanizing City... and Hymie Schultz" (1967)

-a promotional film for a tennis tournament



Box 34 Camera Shy, 1986 November 19, 1 videotapes

Produced by Richard Brick. Directed by Mark Obenhaus. Written by David Feuer, MD. Length: 5:01. Media type: Videocassette.


Box 34 Camera Shy, 1986 November 21, 1 videotapes

Delivered to Saturday Night Live. Produced by Richard Brick. Directed by Mark Obenhaus. Written by David Feuer, MD. Length: 5:01. Media type: Videocassette.



Box 26 Camera Shy, 1986, 2009, 1 DVDs

Master. TRT: 5:11. Copyrighted by Obenhaus Films Inc. Media type: DVD-R.


Box 26 Camera Shy, 2009 February 12, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

Bump-up from 3/4" format. Length: 4:59. NDFTC LTC/VITC, un-color corrected. Media type: Maxell Digital Betacam Video Cassette.


Box 26 Camera Shy, 2009 April 8, 1 videocassettes (Betamax)

Color corrected edit/master. Length: 5:11. NDFTC LTC/VITC. Silo Cinema. Media type: Maxell Digital Betacam Video Cassette.



Box 35 Folder 1-26 Texas Picture, record sheets for roll 1-26, 1983 September 26-December 10


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 1, Day 1-3, 1983 September 26-28, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 2, Day 4-6, 1983 September 29-October 1, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 3, Day 6-8, 1983 October 1-4, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 4, Day 8-11, 1983 October 4-7, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 5, Day 11-13, 1983 October 7-10, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 6, Day 13-16, 1983 October 10-13, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 7, Day 16-18, 1983 October 13-15, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 8, Day 19-21, 1983 October 17-19, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 9, Day 22-23, 1983 October 20-21, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 10, Day 24-26, 1983 October 22-25, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 11, Day 27-28, 1983 October 26-27, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 12, Day 29-30, 1983 October 28-29, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 13, Day 31-34, 1983 October 31-November 2, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 14, Day 34-36, 1983 November 3-5, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 15, Day 37-40, 1983 November 7-10, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 16, Day 41-44, 1983 November 11-15, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 17, Day 44-46, 1983 November 15-17, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 18, Day 46-49, 1983 November 17-21, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 19, Day 49-52, 1983 November 21-25, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 20, Day 52-54, 1983 November 25-28, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 21, Day 55-56, 1983 November 29-30, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 22, Day 57-59, 1983 December 1-3, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 23, Day 59-61, 1983 December 3-6, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 24, Day 62-63, 1983 December 7-8, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 25, Day 63-64, 1983 December 8-9, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.


Box 35 Texas Picture, Roll 26, Day 65, 1983 December 10, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Media type: Videocassette.

Series IX: Archived Web Site, 2018

This series contains a web site capture of the https://www.richardbrick.com. The archived site is here:http://www.richardbrick.com/