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Based on the life of the legendary soul singer, Tina Turner (Angela Bassett) -- born Anna Mae Bullock -- discovers her love of singing in her Tennessee church choir. She moves to St. Louis to pursue a career, and there she meets the charismatic Ike Turner (Laurence Fishburne), who rechristens her Tina and offers to help her succeed. As a musical team, Ike and Tina take the charts by storm. But as his physical abuse worsens, Tina has to make the tough decision to leave Ike and set out on her own.

1993 · 1h 58m
  • 97%
Director Brian Gibson

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Based on the life of the legendary soul singer, Tina Turner (Angela Bassett) -- born Anna Mae Bullock -- discovers her love of singing in her Tennessee church choir. She moves to St. Louis to pursue a career, and there she meets the charismatic Ike Turner (Laurence Fishburne), who rechristens her Tina and offers to help her succeed. As a musical team, Ike and Tina take the charts by storm. But as his physical abuse worsens, Tina has to make the tough decision to leave Ike and set out on her own.

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Information

Studio
Touchstone Pictures
Released
1993
Run Time
1 hr 58 min
Rated
M18
Region of Origin
United States
© 1993 1993 Touchstone Pictures

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, French
Audio

English (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Czech (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), German (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Hungarian (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Italian (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Japanese (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Polish (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Portuguese (Brazil) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Spanish (Latin America) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Spanish (Spain) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Turkish (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

Arabic , Chinese, Simplified , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) (Always On), Hebrew , Hungarian (Always On), Icelandic , Japanese (Always On), Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) (Always On), Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian , Spanish (Latin America) (Always On), Swedish , Turkish

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.