What's Love Got to Do with It Page #6

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
7,610 Views


like the same, you know?

What?

I ain't hear you.

What you say?

I ain't hear you.

I ain't hear you. What you say?

I said...

I mean, not exactly, you know.

I mean, but you...

you do have your own style.

My own style. -

- What's wrong?

Ike, you promised you wouldn't

hit me. Don't hit me, please!

- Seems like you wanna fight?

- No, no! No! No!

Where you goin'? Come here.

Here we go. Here we go?

No! Stop!

- Come here.

- No! No!

Ike, please!

Please!

- Ike, no!

- Shut the f*** up!

- Oh! Come back! No! Ike, please!

- Shut the f*** up!

Shut the f*** up!

Guess you gonna leave me now?

Go on, then.

Now keep your behind

in there, hear?

Everything all right. Me and

your mama just talkin'. Go on.

Y'all go on!

I said go on!

Oh, Anna. Oh.

No, no, no.

I'm all right.

I'll be out in a second.

Somebody needs to

slap his ass around.

Thank you.

He just got a lot of worries

right now, you know?

But I know he's sorry.

Is he sorry for

all the other times too?

- He's a pig!

- Don't do that, Jackie.

Don't do that.

Can't nobody understand

that he got a lot of...

a lot of pressure right now?

Money.

Music ain't right.

This, that and the other thing,

and what I do?

I insult him when I know he try.

No, Anna. Look,

this has got to stop.

You can't keep hiding

black eyes from us,

pretending like

nothin's happenin'.

We know.

I know what

I gotta do, you know.

I'm gonna help

get it back on track.

And then things between

me and him gonna get better.

Thank you.

Now, your last few songs haven't

quite reached the all-time popularity...

of "Fool in Love," but

you're still going strong.

It must be difficult to be

such a busy performing couple.

- How do you do it?

- Well, Ike's always busy writin' songs...

touring, you know, everything, and me,

I'm just a homebody, you know?

I love cookin', cleanin',

takin' care of the boys.

So between the two of us,

it just works out.

And here they are

with their contribution...

to the latest dance craze

sweeping the nation.

It's Ike and Tina Turner

with "Shake a Tail Feather".

Well, I heard about the girl

you been dancin' with

All over the neighbourhood

Tell me, why didn't you

ask me, baby

Or didn't you think I could

Well, I know there's a possum

wanna step aside

I seen you do

the jerk all night

Tell me, why didn't

you ask me, baby

I would've shown you how

to do it right, do it right

Do it right

do it right

Do it right

do it right

Do it right

Twistin'

Shake it, shake it, shake it, baby

Whoo! Here we go

loop the loop

Come on and let me,

let me shake it up, baby

Here we go loop DE Li

all right now

Said bend over, let me

see you shake a tail feather

You bend over, let me see you

shake a tail feather

Would you bend over, let me

see you shake a tail feather

Well, you bend over

and let me see you do it

Twistin', shake it, shake

it shake it, shake it, baby

- Come on

Come on, baby

Shake it, shake it shake

it, shake it, baby

Come on

come on, baby

Shake it, shake it

shake it, shake it, baby

Do the twist

And do the fly

Shake it, shake it shake

it, shake it, baby

Shake it, shake it

shake it, shake it, baby

Come on, now, come on, baby

Shake it, shake it

shake it, shake it, baby

Shake it, shake it

shake it, shake it, baby

Shake it, shake it

shake it, shake it, baby

I'm gonna need you to

move those lights there.

There's a whole bank.

Tina? Mr. Spector would like

to have a word with you.

It's a pleasure

to meet you, Mrs. Turner.

Thank you.

Your performance was wild.

Hey, Phil Spector. How you doin'?

I didn't know you was a fan.

Hey, look here. Anything you got

to say to her, you can say to me.

All right, then. I'd like

to record a song with her.

Hey, y'all hear that? Phil Spector

want to record with Ike and Tina.

- All right!

- I'd like to record a song with Tina.

Oh.

I dig. Well, look here.

Come on in my office.

Let me to talk to you

about that here.

All right, I'm on my way.

When I was a little girl

I had a rag doll

Only doll I've ever owned

Now I love you just the way

I loved that rag doll

But only now

my love has grown

And it gets stronger

In every way

And it gets deeper

Let me say

And it gets higher

Day by day

And do I love you

my, oh, my

Yeah, river deep

mountain high

Yeah, yeah, yeah

If I lost you would I cry

Oh, how I love you, baby

Baby, baby, baby

When you were a young boy

did you have a puppy

That always

followed you around

Well, I'm gonna be

as faithful as that puppy

No, I'll never let you down

'Cause it goes on and on

Like a river flows

And it gets bigger, baby

And heaven knows

And it gets sweeter, baby

As it grows

And do I love you

My, oh, my

Yeah, river deep

- Real good, Ann.

Mountain high

- Real good work.

- You really like it?

- Oh, yeah, it's out of sight now.

I ain't lyin' to you.

It's out of sight.

- Thanks, Ike.

- No, it's really out of sight.

Baby, baby, baby

Of course, that's #1 in Europe, and it's

movin' up the charts here in the U.S.

- You wanna turn that sh*t down?

- That's Tina Turner and "River Deep".

More of your favorites comin'

up so stay right where you are.

- Turn the music down?

- Hey, turn the music down.

- Just a minute.

- Hey. Hey there, Jackie.

- Fross.

- There's Anna Mae.

- Yeah.

- Look, what y'all... what y'all want?

- They got any beer?

Hell, no, they ain't got no beer, girl.

Don't y'all want some breakfast?

- Nah, I don't want any.

- No, none for me.

- Well, how y'all feelin'?

- I feel good.

She should feel good with

a hit song on her hands.

Yeah.

Could I have your

autograph, Miss Turner?

Mrs. Turner. That's a

married woman you talkin' to, boy.

So when are you gonna make

another single, Mrs. Turner?

Who knows, you know?

- There you go. All right. Bye-bye.

- Thanks. Thanks a lot. Bye.

Psst. What's up with your bullshit, man?

We're supposed to be celebratin', now.

Come on.

Yeah, we're supposed to

be celebrating, I guess.

Ike and Tina Turner Revue fixin'

to go on tour with the Rolling Stones.

- There you go. There you go.

- Yeah, we're gonna celebrate.

We're gonna celebrate. Hey!

Can we get some of that cake?

Matter of fact, bring

that whole cake over here.

Cake, cake.

- Yeah, let's have some cake.

- We need plates.

Come on. Bring us some plates.

Get rid of this here.

Yeah. All right.

Come on. Let's see here.

Don't that look good?

Come on, Anna Mae.

- I don't want any cake.

- Come on. Just a little piece.

- Come on, Ike.

- What's the matter, baby?

You high. You're embarrassing me.

I don't want no cake.

Come on now.

Open your mouth. See that?

White man ask her to open her mouth,

she sing all goddamn day long.

I ask, you ain't gonna

say nothin'?

- Come on, now. I'm askin' you nice now.

- And I'm sayin' no nice.

Ike, come on. Come on. I...

You know you want some of this cake.

Come on, piece of cake.

- Piece of cake.

- Ike. Ike! Sh*t!

Oh, so you done lost

your motherfuckin' mind.

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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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