Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987DramaMusicAnimation43 mins
★★★★★

Plot

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

  • Todd Haynes

    Director

  • Todd Haynes

    Screenplay

  • Cynthia Schneider

    Writer

  • Todd Haynes

    Editor

  • Merrill Gruver

    Karen (voice)

  • Michael Edwards

    Richard (voice)

  • Melissa Brown

    Mother (voice)

  • Rob LaBelle

    Dad / Mr. A&M (voice)

  • Cynthia Schneider

    Dionne Warwick (voice)

  • Todd Haynes

    Todd Donovan

  • Bruce Tuthill

    Narrator (voice)

  • Gwen Kraus

    Narrator (voice)

  • Nannie Doyle

    Cherry Boone

  • Larry Kole

    Announcer

  • Joanne Barrett

    Self-Singer

  • Michelle Manenti

    Michelle Hoyt, Musician

  • Moira McCarty

    (voice)

  • Richard Nixon

    (archive footage) as himself

  • Ronald Reagan

    (archive footage) as himself

    • 5.0

    Runtime

    43 minutes

    Released

    1987-07-15

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Iced Tea Productions

    Sound

  • Richard Carpenter

    Music

  • Karen Carpenter

    Music

    • Updated

    347 days ago

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