RELEASE DATE
7-27-2012

RUN TIME
84 min

MPAA RATING
(Not Rated), for drug references and brief strong language

GENRE
Documentary

STARRING
Robert Blake, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Johnny Carson, Dick Clark

DIRECTOR(S)
Stephen Kessler

PRODUCER(S)
Stephen Kessler, Jim Czarnecki, Mike Wilkins, David Zieff

WRITER(S)
Stephen Kessler

DISTRIBUTOR
Abramorama

SYNOPSIS

In the 1970s, Paul Williams won Grammys and an Academy Award. He wrote many #1 songs, from Barbara Streisand's "Evergreen" to the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun," as well as Kermit the Frog's biggest hit, "The Rainbow Connection." He was the singer/actor/songwriter that emotional, alienated teenage boys all over the world wanted to be - a sex symbol before MTV, when sex symbols could be 5"2 and sing songs about loneliness with the Muppets. One of those boys was Steve Kessler. A wistful musical journey that will introduce a new generation to Williams' soulful classics, the story of Stephen Kessler's lifelong obsession with the former superstar, and what happens when the nostalgic filmmaker finally catches up with him.