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FILM .................................... The Richard Attenborough Papers Lights, camera, archive The papers tell the story of Lord Attenborough’s life and work. There are examples of his early work, and items relating to him and Sheila Sim, who he met at RADA and who went on to become his wife. Others refer to films he made in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and to Brighton Rock, and then it becomes apparent, from the 60s onwards, he was thinking about making Gandhi. Of course, it turned out to be an eight Oscar-winning film, but his involvement started early. There are letters relating to the lack of financing, and to people who didn’t want to do it. His papers contain information about everything that was needed to make a film in the pre-digital age. There are call sheets detailing who’s coming on to set at what time and what everyone is going to need; notes about casting; letters to the producers; letters back and forth to the cast, and annotated scripts. It’s probably the last big, pre-digital collection that we will receive. The call sheets are really interesting. There is one that is a Guinness World Record holder for the number of extras; 300,000 for Gandhi. The call sheet lists ‘breakfast for 5,500’! It’s never been beaten, and it won’t be now, because of CGI. These were supreme undertakings and are documented almost day by day. It’s fascinating. He kept everything about his work, his personal and business life and his philanthropy, so you can really get a sense of him as a person. His correspondence is extensive. There are letters from everyday people, from actors wanting to work with him, Prime Ministers and Princess Diana. He had a huge reach and, from what I’ve gleaned, was universally liked. When he was casting Chaplin, he wanted to use a child actor who was also appearing in a Stanley Kubrick film. There are letters between him and Kubrick about whether they could both use this boy. They are ever so civil, ever so polite. These two prominent movie pioneers just having a civilised chat. He seemed to speak to everyone like that, from the production runners to the script editors. The archive now belongs to the University of Sussex. It arrived here in 2015. Lord Attenborough was at one time the chancellor of the University, and his son, Michael, who attended Sussex, asked if the archive could come here. It took two archivists and an intern working full-time for 18 months to catalogue the collection. There are 700 boxes translating to around 8,000 catalogue entries. Anyone can access the catalogue online, and the archive is available for people to come and see at The Keep. It’s a starry collection. At the University of Sussex, we are famous for the Mass Observation Archive, containing the stories of everyday people, which are just as valid, but, when you’re looking through the Attenborough material, there are 1980s pictures of Michael Keaton and Tom Cruise, letters from Clint Eastwood and a signed photo from Picasso. Just as a fan, those things make it fun. As told to Lizzie Lower by Karen Watson, Special Collections Archivist at the University of Sussex From the collection of Lord & Lady Attenborough. Accepted in lieu by HM Government in 2018 and allocated to the University of Sussex ....29....
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