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Release Date
• USA: Jun 9, 1993
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 24, 1999
• R2: 12 Feb 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 58 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• What's Love Got to Do with It
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Genre: Drama, Biography, Love, True Story, Urban, Drugs
Tagline: Not just the story of a life - The movie of a lifetime.
Plot: 17-year old Anna Mae leaves the backwoods of Tennessee for St. Louis to be reunited with her stern mother and elder sister, Alline. One evening, Alline brings Anna Mae to the night club where a group led by singer-hearthrob Ike Turner plays. Ike makes a nightly ritual of passing the microphone around the dance hall and on one visit to the club Anna Mae grabs it and belts out a song. Soon Anna's whole life is in Ike's hands: he's changed her name to Tina and taken total control of her singing career. Though he's paternalistic and artistically demanding, she's fascinated by his forceful masculinity, stylistic charisma and creative vision. But not long after their quickie Mexican marriage, things turn sour. Ike viciously abuses Tina, who, eventually struggles to free herself of his psychotic reign of terror.
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| Directed by |
Brian Gibson
The Juror, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Still Crazy |
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| Written by |
Kurt Loder
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Last Days, Fear of a Black Hat |
 | Tina Turner
Last Action Hero, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Tommy |
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