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KEY WEST WITH KAREL REISZ FOR "CABO RIO"; NEW YORK CITY WITH COSTA-GAVRAS FOR "WAR DAY"; MOCTESUMA ESPARZA ATOP TRES OREJAS; ON LOCATION IN TRUCHAS AND SANTA FE WITH ROBERT REDFORD AND MOCTESUMA FOR "MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR", 1983-1986

 File — Box: 174, slide-box: 16

Scope and Contents

  1. 1. Key West with Karel Reisz, director on film "Cabo Rio." July 1983. Scouting locations from helicopter. Dry Tortugas islands below. (19 sleeves)
  2. 2. Key West with Karel Reisz, scouting locations for "Cabo Rio." July 1983. Over Gulf Strream, Dry Tortugas, isolated keys. 1 photo of Karel Reisz. (18 sleeves)
  3. 3. Key West with Karel Reisz for film "Cabo Rio." July 1983. Aerial photos of islands below, of Fort Jefferson, of Key West town and beach. (19 slides)
  4. 4. Key West with Karel Reisz for film "Cabo Rio." July 1983. Fort Jefferson. We landed on Garden or Loggerhead Key. (17 slides)
  5. 5. Costa-Gavras, Helmsley Palace, N.Y.C., film "War Day." Costa at window with rose float bowls. Great rose/float bowl pics. April 1984. (20 slides)
  6. 6. Costa-Gavras, Helmsley Palace Hotel, film of "War Day." April 1984. (3 slides)
  7. 7. Moctesuma Esparza, "Milagro" producer, Taos, April 1981. With wife Esperanza and Sylvia Landfair atop Tres Orejas. (2 slides)
  8. 8. Robert Redford, Tania Nichols and friends, Taos, July 1980. Redford, Tania, Holly Bachman, Veronica Baca in my Upper Ranchitos yard. (Photo used in A Fragile Beauty.) (5 slides)
  9. 9. "Milagro" set in Truchas, NM, Sept. 1986. Redford, Freddy Fender, Daniel Stern, Robbi Greenberg. Bob with goat and broom. (Several photos used in A Fragile Beauty). (16 slides)
  10. 10. On location in Truchas for "Milagro," Sept. 1986. Redford with Freddy Fender, Daniel Stern, "Mercedes Rael." (19 sleeves)
  11. 11. On location in Truchas for "Milagro." Sept. 1986. Redford with Chick Vennera, Freddy Fender, Dan Stern, a broom, Trinidad Silva. (6 slides)
  12. 12. On location in Truchas for "Milagro." Sept. 1986. Redford; "Mercedes Rael;" Freddy Fender; Vickie Plata and daughter; Chick Vennera. (20 slides)
  13. 13. On location in Truchas for "Milagro." Sept. 1986. Redford, Daniel Stern, Juanita, Chick Vennera, Trinidad Silva, Tony Genaro ("Nick Rael"), "Mercedes Rael." (19 slides)
  14. 14. On location for "Milagro" in Truchas, Sept. 1986. Juana and "Mercedes Rael," Daniel Stern, JTN, Robbie Greenberg (Dir. of Photography). Senile brigade. Redford. Juana on Amarante's tractor. (17 slides)
  15. 15. On location in Truchas for "Milagro." Sept-Oct. 1986.
  16. Juana and Robbi Miller (Redford's asst.); Senile Brigade (including Paul Trujillo of Taos); Christopher Walken in final scene at beanfield. (19 slides)
  17. 16. On location in Truchas for "Milagro," Sept. 1986. Milagro central plaza set. Juana and JTN with Moctesuma Esparza and his son. (18 slides)
  18. 17. On location for "Milagro" in Truchas and Santa Fe, Sept-Nov. 1986. JTN, Juana, Redford in Truchas. Juana and Vickie Plata. Juana and Roberta Myers as extras in Santa Fe mansion Dancing Trout "Miracle Valley" party scene. (18 slides)
  19. 18. On location for "Milagro" in Santa Fe, Nov. 1986. Juana and Debbie Martínez (La Chicanita). Reggie Cantú. Juana with James Gammons, Sonia Braga. (20 slides)
  20. 19. On location for "Milagro" in Santa Fe, Nov. 1986. Juana and JTN outside during break. Juana with extras. (18 slides)
  21. 20. On location for "Milagro" in Santa Fe, Nov. 1986. Juana, Roberta Myers, extras take direction from Redford. Drink champagne, band playing. (20 slides)
  22. 21. On location for "Milagro" in Santa Fe, Nov. 1986. Redford directs Richard Bradford, Gary Embler, Jerry Hardin (Emerson Capps), Melanie Griffith (Flossie Devine). (15 slides)

Dates

  • 1983-1986

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.

Extent

From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)

Additional Description

General

21 SLEEVES. Karel and I flew in a bubblecopter, scouting locations in 1983. Costa and I worked on "War Day" script at N.Y.'s Helmsley Palace Hotel, April 1984. Wife Juanita and I watched "Milagro" filming in Truchas and in a Santa Fe mansion, 1986.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

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Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451

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