What's Love Got to Do with It is a 1993 biopic loosely based on the life story of musician Tina Turner. Directed by Brian Gibson, it stars Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner. The screenplay was adapted by Jade Takacs from the book I, Tina written by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder and both Ike and Tina Turner assigned rights to Takacs for their lives to be dramatized in the film. The film's soundtrack featured the hit song "I Don't Wanna Fight", which went to number one in seven countries. In the United States, the film grossed almost $50 million and around $20... million in rentals. In the United Kingdom, it grossed nearly 10 million USD. Born and raised in a small Tennessee town, Anna Mae Bullock grows up in an unhappy family, with her parents later leaving and abandoning her and her sister. Following her grandmother's death, she relocates to St. Louis, reuniting with her mother and close sister Alline. Anna Mae pursues a chance to be a professional singer after seeing charismatic bandleader Ike Turner perform one night. Later she wins her spot in Turner's band after singing onstage and he begins mentoring her.
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| Release date: | 1993 |
| Directed by: | Brian Gibson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Doug Chapin, Roger Davies, Mario Iscovich, Pat Kehoe |
| Screenplay by: | Kate Lanier |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | I, Tina |
| Genre: | Musical, Biography |