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Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

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Following Karen Carpenter's meteoric climb to stardom in the 1970s and the little-known anorexia nervosa diagnosis that resulted in her untimely death.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2023-02-10

Runtime: 99 mins

Director: Randy Martin

Writer: Randy Schmidt

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

Production Companies: AMS Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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