The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
- Directed by
- Joseph Sargent
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This TV movie tells the story of Karen Carpenter, a singer in the pop duo the Carpenters. It covers her rise to fame and her struggles with an eating disorder.
melancholicbiographicalemotionaltragicintimatereflectivesomberslow-burn
What happens
The Karen Carpenter Story is an American made-for-television biographical film about singer Karen Carpenter and the brother-and-sister pop music duo of which she was a part, The Carpenters. The film aired on CBS on January 1, 1989. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it starred Cynthia Gibb as Karen Carpenter, and Mitchell Anderson as her brother, Richard Carpenter, who served as a producer for the film as well as of the musical score. After the movie aired, CBS featured a Read More About It segment with Richard Carpenter to recommend books associated with anorexia nervosa and bulimia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.