Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

United States of America, 1987

Film

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

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Credits

director

Todd Haynes

costume design

Gina Garan

editor

Todd Haynes

producer

Cynthia Schneider

Todd Haynes

production company

Iced Tea Productions

screenplay

Todd Haynes

writer

Cynthia Schneider

Duration

43:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-1387

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Drama

Music

TMDB-Movie

1387

Collected

23 times

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