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Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

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Original title: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Year: 1987
Running time: 43 min.
Country: United States
Director: Todd Haynes
Screenwriter: Todd Haynes, Cynthia Schneider
Cast: Animation
Music: The Carpenters
Cinematography: Animation, Barry Ellsworth
Producer: Iced Tea Productions
Genre: Animation. Drama | Biography. Music. Disease/illness. Mockumentary. Independent Film (US). Melodrama. Puppets. Experimental Cinema. Half-length Film
Synopsis: This legendary "lost" movie tells the story of Karen Carpenter´s rise to fame with pop group The Carpenters in the 1970s until her early death from anorexia - acted out with Ken and Barbie dolls, mixed with newsreel footage (Vietnam war, Richard Nixon) and lessons on anorexia.

Due to legal problems the film has never been officially released on any medium and can sometimes be found as streaming video.

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Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

1987

Todd Haynes

6.6

(250)