Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters
Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters is a 100-minute-long documentary that was released on DVD by MPI Home Video. It features interviews by Richard Carpenter, John Bettis (co-writer), Gary Sims (part-time member), Petula Clark, et al.
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Released | March 1, 1998 (VHS & DVD) | |||
Genre | Documentary | |||
Length | 100 min. | |||
Label | MPI Home Video | |||
Director | Ron Tosches | |||
Producer | JoAnn Young, Paul Surratt, Bill DiCicco, Laura L. Bucuzzo | |||
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The documentary itself runs for approximately 60 minutes, with a 12-minute encore after the end credits featuring a performance of "(A Place To) Hideaway", the Carpenters' commercial for Morton's Potato Chips, and their performance of "Ave Maria" for the 1978 A Christmas Portrait special. The rest of the 100 minute total running time includes the special features (listed below).
The documentary originally aired as a special on PBS and continues to be made available to PBS stations for reruning during pledge drives.
Chapters
- Introduction ("Superstar", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "We've Only Just Begun", "(They Long to Be) Close to You")
- "Yesterday Once More" – Thank You Rock 'n' Roll, 1978
- "Dancing in the Street" – Your All American College Show, 1968
- "Ticket to Ride" – Something Else, 1970
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
- "We've Only Just Begun" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
- "For All We Know" – The Andy Williams Show, 1971
- "Bless the Beasts and Children" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
- "Rainy Days and Mondays" – Desert Inn, then fades into Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
- "Superstar" – 1971
- "Hurting Each Other" – 1972
- "Goodbye to Love" – 1972
- "Top of the World" – Carpenters' Very First Television Special, 1976
- And the Story Continues...
- "Only Yesterday" – 1975
- "Merry Christmas Darling" – A Christmas Portrait, 1978
- "This Masquerade" – Music, Music, Music!, 1980
- "Touch Me When We're Dancing" – 1981
- Finale
- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Carpenters' Very First Television Special, 1976
- End Credits
- Encore Program
- "(A Place To) Hideaway" – Make Your Own Kind of Music, 1971
- Potato Chip Commercial – Morton's Potato Chip Company, 1971
- "Ave Maria" – A Christmas Portrait, 1978
- TV Special Promo – 1980
Bonus material:
- Photo gallery (1991 remix, Richard Carpenter's Pianist • Arranger • Composer • Conductor version, and reprise of "Yesterday Once More")
- At the White House (Rare footage of Nixon and the Carpenters; "Top of the World") – 1972
- Radio Jingle – KFRC Radio
- Chocolate Commercial – Morinaga Hi-Crown Milk Chocolates, 1974
- Soda Pop Commercials – Suntory Pop, 1977