Producer Robert Stigwood hired him in 1975 as marketing and promotion consultant, with his first project being for the film version of the rock opera "Tommy". The film was a hit and he expanded his involvement for his next film, re-editing and overdubbing a low-budget foreign film about a real-life disaster. The result was "Survive!" (The disaster in question was also described in Piers Paul Read's book "Alive.") The surprise box office success of "Survive!" in 1976 made Carr a wealthy man and gave him clout at Paramount Pictures.