Tina Turner - What’s Love Got To Do With It? - Movie / Video

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Movie / Video (1993)

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Movie / Video

What’s Love Got To Do With It is a biographical movie, based on the life of Tina Turner. The film stars Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburne as Ike. The screenplay was adapted by Kate Lanier from the best seller I, Tina, written by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder in 1986. The story starts with an approximately six year old Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush Tennessee and ends with Tina’s first #1 hit single What’s Love Got To Do With It in 1984. Both main actors were nominated for an Oscar in the categroy 'Best Actor / Best Actress' and Angela Basset won a Golden Globe Award in 1994 and an Image Award in 1995. Parts of the movie were filmed in the original home from Ike & Tina Turner at Olympia Drive in Los Angeles.

Director: Brian Gibson
Release: June 25, 1993 (Movie) / 1994 (Video) / 1999 (DVD) / 2013 (Blu-ray)
Label: Touchstone / Buena Vista
Format: VHS / LaserDisc / DVD / Blu-ray
Time: 118 Min.

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Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Movie / Video

Chapter

  1. Intro
  2. Little Ann
  3. St. Louis 1958
  4. Rocket 88
  5. (Darlin’) You Know I Love You
  6. A Visit to Mrs. Bullock
  7. First Rehearsal
  8. An Overwrought Lover
  9. On Tour / Rock Me Baby
  10. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
  11. Fool In Love
  12. Shake a Tail Feather
  13. River Deep - Mountain High
  14. Tina Takes the Kids
  15. Proud Mary
  16. Tina Sees Jackie
  17. Fighting Back
  18. Tina Walks Away
  19. Divorce Court 1977
  20. Two Minutes with Ike
  21. What’s Love Got To Do With It
  22. End Credits / I Don’t Wanna Fight
    Bonus Content
  1. I Don’t Wanna Fight (Music Video) 4:20
    2. Director: Peter Care / Producer: Howard Woffingden / Only VHS Release
  2. Theatrical Trailer

Promotion

Tina Turner was three days in Monaco together with her manager Roger Davis, her publicist Bernard Doherty, her later husband Erwin Bach, her makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin and Angela Bassett to promote the movie, the associated soundtrack album and tour.

For the home video release in 1994, the documentary Tears to Triumph features interviews with Tina, Roger Davies and a look behind the scenes, as well as an alternate video for the hit single I Don’t Wanna Fight, produced and directed by John Pattyson. Capitol Records released also a Tina hip-hop tribute from the D.J. Shero, featuring megamixes with spoken vocal samples from Tina and others talking about her. It comes without a picture cover and all tracks are untitled.

Additionally, a German Promo Disc from Touchstone Pictures features interviews, selected spoken scenes and music from the movie.

Tracks: Promotional Discs
    German Promo CD
  1. Angela Basset 1:25
  2. Laurence Fishburne 1:47
  3. Brian Gibson 1:07
  4. Tina Turner 1:03
  5. Roger Davis 0:37
    6. Interviews
  6. A Fool In Love 2:57
  7. Cake Scene In The Restaurant 1:32
  8. Proud Mary 5:28
  9. I Want My Name 0:55
  10. I Don't Wanna Fight 6:06
    11. Movie Scenes & Songs
    Tears To Triumph (VHS)
  1. Behind The Scenes - Up Close with Tina Turner!
    2. Chat with one of rock’s greatest performers ever! See Tina teach actress Angela Basset (Boyz N Hood, Malcom X) how to dance and transform herself into Tina Turner for the role of a lifetime.
  2. Tina Rocks!
    3. Legendary Rock’n Roll singer Tina Turner performs „I Don’t Wanna Fight“ - her #1 hit music video!
  3. Sizzling Preview!
    4. The exciting trailer from „What’s Love Got To Do With It“ - the triumphant true life story of Tina Turner!
    Shero Tribute
  1. Shero Mix 2:03
  2. Shero Mix 4:05
  3. Shero Mix 4:31
  4. Shero Mix 2:34
  5. Shero Mix 4:36
  6. Shero Mix 4:06
  7. Shero Mix 5:49
  8. Shero Mix 4:06
  9. Shero Mix 5:36

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