IKE & TINA: Guest Appearance (Movie / Video)

Taking Off (1971)

Taking Off is a comedy movie, including a short cameo appearance from Ike & Tina Turner (with the Ikettes Ester Jones, Vera Hamilton and Jean Brown) performing the song Goodbye So Long, while the parents watching their concert. The story is about a group of parents whose children have run away from home and the parents take the opportunity to rediscover their youth. The film received the „Golden Palm“ in Cannes and was nominated for several awards. It was later also released on home video.

Producer: Alfred W. Crown
Director: Milos Forman
Release: March 28, 1971
Studio: Universal Pictures
Format: VHS / DVD 
Time: 93 Min.