Rick-An Ordinary Fool
Well-Known Member
Has anyone ever seen one of these before? I didn't even know it existed. Didn't this come out on VHS too?
I remember when this came out on TV and I had to rush home to set my VHS tape recorder. I think there was a rare insert on CBS of Richard either introducing it or at the end talking briefly about her illness and helping others. Many years later it appeared on my local cable networks, (commercial free) like Starz or Movieplex something like that and I taped it digitally on my HD recorder then transfered it to a DVR so I have a pretty excellent copy for myself. Still I would say this is a collectors item.
The description is obviously from someone who doesn't know about the movie, there throwing rice at Karen's wedding not at Richard and Karen. LOL Read the description if you want to get a laugh.
Copying the notes on this listing for reference here....if someone buys it, it will disappear.
THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (TV MOVIE - 1988)
Format: LASERDISC (NTSC)
Country: JAPAN (W/ OBI STRIP)
Label: PIONEER / WEINTRAUB
Date of laserdisc release: circa 1989
Description: RARELY SEEN, UNBELIEVABLY BAD, CHEESY LATE 80s TV DOCUDRAMA TELLING THE TRAGIC STORY OF KAREN CARPENTER. LONG-SUPRESSED JAPAN-ONLY LASERDISC RELEASE - THIS WILL NEVER COME OUT OFFICIALLY EVER AGAIN, SO GRAB IT HERE WHILE YOU CAN IN GREAT QUALITY! NICE PACKAGE DESIGN WITH OBI INTACT; JACKET FEATURES ODD STILLS OF ACTORS PORTRAYING KAREN & RICHARD POSING LIKE A COUPLE, NOT BROTHER & SISTER. CONFUSINGLY, THERE'S EVEN A WEDDING SHOT WITH PEOPLE THROWING RICE AT THEM. A HIGH WATER MARK IN BAD TASTE. A MUST HAVE FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS.
OWN THE ONLY OFFICIALLY RELEASED VERSION OF THIS MOVIE! DON'T SETTLE FOR THOSE CHEAP LOOKING DVD BOOTLEGS - THIS IS THE REAL THING!
REMEMBER- THIS IS A DRAMATIC STORY WITH ACTORS PORTRAYING THE CARPENTERS - NOT THE ACTUAL GROUP!
Condition (Sleeve/Disc/Disc): EX/EX (includes EX OBI strip)
Video Standard: NTSC
I remember when this came out on TV and I had to rush home to set my VHS tape recorder. I think there was a rare insert on CBS of Richard either introducing it or at the end talking briefly about her illness and helping others. Many years later it appeared on my local cable networks, (commercial free) like Starz or Movieplex something like that and I taped it digitally on my HD recorder then transfered it to a DVR so I have a pretty excellent copy for myself. Still I would say this is a collectors item.
The description is obviously from someone who doesn't know about the movie, there throwing rice at Karen's wedding not at Richard and Karen. LOL Read the description if you want to get a laugh.
Copying the notes on this listing for reference here....if someone buys it, it will disappear.
THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY (TV MOVIE - 1988)
Format: LASERDISC (NTSC)
Country: JAPAN (W/ OBI STRIP)
Label: PIONEER / WEINTRAUB
Date of laserdisc release: circa 1989
Description: RARELY SEEN, UNBELIEVABLY BAD, CHEESY LATE 80s TV DOCUDRAMA TELLING THE TRAGIC STORY OF KAREN CARPENTER. LONG-SUPRESSED JAPAN-ONLY LASERDISC RELEASE - THIS WILL NEVER COME OUT OFFICIALLY EVER AGAIN, SO GRAB IT HERE WHILE YOU CAN IN GREAT QUALITY! NICE PACKAGE DESIGN WITH OBI INTACT; JACKET FEATURES ODD STILLS OF ACTORS PORTRAYING KAREN & RICHARD POSING LIKE A COUPLE, NOT BROTHER & SISTER. CONFUSINGLY, THERE'S EVEN A WEDDING SHOT WITH PEOPLE THROWING RICE AT THEM. A HIGH WATER MARK IN BAD TASTE. A MUST HAVE FOR SERIOUS COLLECTORS.
OWN THE ONLY OFFICIALLY RELEASED VERSION OF THIS MOVIE! DON'T SETTLE FOR THOSE CHEAP LOOKING DVD BOOTLEGS - THIS IS THE REAL THING!
REMEMBER- THIS IS A DRAMATIC STORY WITH ACTORS PORTRAYING THE CARPENTERS - NOT THE ACTUAL GROUP!
Condition (Sleeve/Disc/Disc): EX/EX (includes EX OBI strip)
Video Standard: NTSC