What's Love Got to Do with It Page #10

Synopsis: Anna Mae Bullock always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, the now teenage Anna Mae soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes the band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love with Ike and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself the target of increasing violence from her unstable husband who can't see who is making the band such a success.
Director(s): Brian Gibson
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
1993
118 min
7,611 Views


It's called...

goddamn, I forgot the name of it.

Anyway, look, I wrote it for you.

And it's got... I mean,

it's a beautiful love song.

It's got that real nice, slow groove

everybody listen to now.

And, every time I hear it,

it remind me of us.

I got my own band now,

you know? I got my own songs.

But look here, that... a lot

of that stuff you doin' now,

there ain't nobody

gonna buy that.

I mean, maybe somebody buy it,

but it ain't like you and me.

I mean, when we was together,

our thing was like this here.

Look, I really gotta go.

Just, just hold on a second, will ya?

I got one more thing

I wanna say to you.

Look, I been doin'

a lot of thinkin', and...

Two minutes.

All right, now! I... look... I...

goddamn it, I miss you, Ann.

I'm tired of this. This...

this done gone on long enough,

and I want you to come home now.

I know everything between us wasn't...

look, everybody got problems, Ann.

I'm tryin' to take care of mine,

and I gave up that narcotic. I'm just...

look, I'm tellin' you right here

and right now I'm gonna...

I'm gonna try and do right

by you this time.

Bye, Ike.

Bye? Wait a minute. I ain't

through talkin' to you yet now.

Think about this.

I made you.

You wasn't nothin' without me, and you

ain't gonna be nothin' without me.

You know, I was wonderin' when

old Ike Turner was gonna show up.

You get on. Do your La-Di-DA thing.

Go ahead.

Yeah, all right. Right on.

You ain't Donna Summers.

I'm gonna see you again, Ann.

Goddamn it, you done

broke my window.

Look what you done did, now.

You done messed up a nice automobile.

That's all right.

I'm gonna take care of it.

This sh*t ain't over, Anna Mae.

You can believe

this sh*t ain't over.

I'm a sole survivor

- Sole survivor

- Okay, well, it's very exciting.

We've booked the Ritz

in New York City.

One of the reasons for doing

the showcase at the Ritz...

is that, a lot of these people, a

lot of these doubters can come along...

and see how exciting this

new stuff really is and how...

how focused she really is

at the moment.

In Buddhism we do a chant

called "Nam myoho renge kyo"...

and what that signifies is that

everything in our life is cause and effect.

If there's anything within you that needs

to be changed, you do it. You change it.

Can Tina Turner really make

a comeback at age 44?

- Forty-three! Here.

- Thank you. Tell 'em to get it straight.

Who is it?

'Bout time he turned up.

Ike Junior, mother.

Hey.

What happened? Who

did this to you, Junior?

Father. He freaked out.

Kicked me out of the house.

Jackie? Come on in here.

Get me somethin' to clean

him up with, please.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fine.

- What happened?

- Turn that off. Please. Come on. Ronnie.

Listen, I don't want you goin'

back over there, all right?

I want you to stay with me.

Mama, there's somethin'

you should know.

I mean, he's been

sayin' crazy stuff.

I mean, anybody mention you or

the show at the Ritz, he just go nuts.

He go nuts. Said you ain't

gonna walk out on that stage.

- That man has got a hit out on you.

- Thank you, Jackie.

Listen, Junior, don't you think

about that, you hear me?

I'm sorry.

I know it hurts.

Mama, he wants to hurt you.

He's going to hurt you.

I don't know what he's gonna do.

Come here.

I'm sorry.

I know it hurts.

- Five minutes, miss Turner.

- Okay, thank you.

All right, now listen. I'm going

out the front. See you after the show.

Okay. All right.

Roger?

- Thanks.

- Good luck?

Yeah, come in.

Damn, who died? You got enough

flowers in here for a funeral?

How'd you get in here, Ike?

What do you want?

Hey, it's a big night

for little Anna Mae.

I come to see the show

just like everybody else.

- How'd you get past security?

- Oh, come on, now.

You know me better than that.

Now look here, I told you.

I told you it wasn't over.

I told you you was gonna see me

again. Here I am, big and bold as sh*t.

Didn't even believe me. Thought

you was gonna get away from me.

Thought, thought, thought a n*gger like

me was gonna let you get away from me?

You can't get away

from me, Ann. I'm in here!

Now you gonna act like

you don't even know me.

Yeah, I know you, Ike.

I know you real well, all right?

All right, Ann.

You know me so well...

tell me what I'm gonna do now.

Come on.

I can't hear you.

You ain't got

all that mouth now.

Come on. Tell me. Talk to me, Ann.

I can't hear you.

That supposed to scare me?

Oh, yeah.

What you gonna do?

I don't know. Do what you

wanna do, Ike. I don't care.

Let me tell you

what I'm gonna do.

I got a room full of people who've

come to see me. You hear me, Ike?

Come to see me.

So what do you wanna do?

I don't know. Shoot me?

Pistol-whip me?

Here she is, in her first

solo performance at the Ritz.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Tina Turner!

You must understand

Though the touch

of your hand

Makes my pulse react

That it's only the thrill

Of boy meetin' girl

Opposites attract

It's physical

Only logical

You must try to ignore

That it means more than that

Oh, what's love got to do

Got to do with it

What's love but

a secondhand emotion

What's love got to do

Got to do with it

Who needs a heart when

a heart can be broken

It may seem to you

That I'm acting confused

When you're close to me

If I tend to look dazed

I read it someplace

I've got cause to be

There's a name for it

There's a phrase that fits

But whatever the reason

you do it for me

Oh, what's love got to do

Got to do with it

What's love but

a secondhand emotion

What's love got to do

got to do with it

Who needs a heart when

a heart can be broken

I've been taking on

a new direction

And I have to say

I've been thinkin' about

my own protection

It scares me to feel this way

Oh, what's love

Got to do, I said

got to do with it

What's love but

a secondhand emotion

What's love got to do

Got to do with it

Who needs a heart when

a heart can be broken

Got to do

got to do with it

- What's love?

- What's love

but a secondhand emotion

- What's love

- Got to do, I say got to do with it

Who needs a heart when

a heart can be broken

There's a pale moon in the sky

The kind you make

your wishes on

Like the light

in your eyes

The one I built

my dreams upon

It's not there any longer

Something happened somewhere

and we both know why

But me I'm gettin' stronger

We must stop pretending

I can't live this lie

I don't care

who's wrong or right

I don't really wanna

fight no more

Too much talkin', babe

Let's sleep on it tonight

I don't really wanna

fight no more

This is time for letting go

I hear a whisper in the air

That simply doesn't bother me

Boy, can't you see

that I don't care

Or are you looking

right through me

- It seems to me that lately

- Seems to me that lately

You look at me the wrong way

and I start to cry

- Could it be that maybe

- Could it be that maybe

This crazy situation

is the reason why

I don't care

who's wrong or right

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Kate Lanier

Kate Lanier is an American screenwriter best known for such films as CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, What's Love Got to Do with It, Beauty Shop, Glitter, The Mod Squad and Set It Off. more…

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