CARPENTERS BBC 1996 DOCUMENTARY
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This british documentary reveals the
truth behind the Carpenters success.
Their career, their lifes, the solo record, their relationships. With
several interviews to Richard Carpenter, Agnes Carpenter, John Bettis, Herb
Alpert, John Denver, Maria Galeazzi, The Osmonds and Phil Ramone among
others.
"We were just born to be a team" (R. Carpenter) -
"They'll never be part
of the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, neither will I" (John Denver) -
"She
(Karen) was a very nice girl" (Alan Osmond) -
"Everything they did was
great as far as we were concerned" (Agnes Carpenter) -
"They worked that
much for money" (John Bettis) - "Richard
was a key ingredient for
Karen's performance" (Herb Alpert) -
"I feel like Karen and I were
friends, and had I not been in so much in my own stuff at the time I might
have recognized a bit of the pain that she was going through...and quite
honestly I can't hear one of their records without feeling that I could have
been a better friend of her" (John Denver) -
"Karen was not happy, she
had moments of happines, but overall, I think her heart was pretty heavy"
(Maria Galeazzi) - "To be around Karen's
anorexia was frustrating" (John
Bettis)