Poster for Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

1988, animation, drama, music

43 minutes

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls. The first film from Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, I'm Not There), Superstar is a hauntingly beautiful biopic that garnered immediate...

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Cast

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 Haynes

Todd Donovan

Bruce Tuthill

Narrator (voice)

Gwen Kraus

Narrator (voice)

Nannie Doyle

Cherry Boone

Larry Kole

Announcer

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

(archive footage) as himself

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

(archive footage) as himself

Crew

Crew

Directing

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

Director

Editing

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

Editor

Production

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

Producer

Sound

Writing

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