Film
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection
2023 · 1h 39m · Documentary
She'd only just begun.
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Overview
Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia nervosa diagnosis that resulted in her untimely death.
Cast
Karen Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
Richard Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
Olivia Newton-John
Self (archive footage)
Cynthia Gibb
Self
Suzanne Somers
Self
Kristin Chenoweth
Self
Belinda Carlisle
Self
Carol Burnett
Self
Cubby O'Brien
Self
Carnie Wilson
Self
Crew
- Randy MartinDirector
- Randy SchmidtWriter · Producer
- Brad OsborneEditor · Producer
- Carnie WilsonExecutive Producer
- Andy StreitfeldExecutive Producer
- Osman TelloDirector of Photography
- Chuck BrownEditor
- Paul EllisonEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 10, 2023
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Budget
- $100,000
- Genres
- Documentary
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