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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
6,974 Views


Always sticks in my mind

And every time

they play it, baby

I start right in to cry

Oh, please

don't leave me, baby

Yeah!

That girl can sing!

Whoo, Lord, give it to her!

- It was really good!

- Do you want a refill?

- White people eat here?

- Yeah.

Spider, get going.

Where'd Spider go?

Oh, I sent him to get

me some cigarettes.

Oh, yeah?

What's wrong? Ain't you never

been in a restaurant before?

- Of course!

- Coffee?

That's all right. That's all right.

Forget it.

Here you are, miss.

Thank you.

I thought you ran out of smokes.

- Yeah, well...

- Here's your silverware.

Ready to order?

Look here, I'm gonna have the

steak and eggs, over easy.

And, be sure to get

whatever you want, hear?

- Miss?

- Could I have a steak?

Okay.

Anna Mae!

Girl, you shocked

the hell out of me.

Where a little woman like you

get such a big voice?

You had them folks

tore down in there, like...

let me put it to you this way.

See, it's like you sang like a man.

I mean, you all woman. You all woman.

Any man can see that, but...

girl, it's like you got your own

particular way of gettin' a song out ya.

It's unique. You got

your own unique sound.

See, that's what sells records.

Whoo, you got a flair.

Oh, yeah, you definitely

got a flair, now.

Do you have a... a flair?

A flair? Yes, I do.

Matter of fact, I got a flair

for writin' songs, and...

I also have a flair for

makin' singers famous.

- What do you mean?

- The people that's come up with me...

folks that sang in my revue,

lot of 'em went on to be big time.

After they with me, they'd,

you know, they'd take off.

But that's all right, though. That's

all right. That's all fixin' to change.

- Steak.

- I got a new singer in mind.

Oh, yeah? He good?

Oh, yes, indeed.

She is real good.

Matter of fact, she's very good.

He say he want me

to be his new singer.

What's she talkin' about now?

He told you that?

- Who?

- Ike, mama! Ike Turner!

And he gave you his address

to come around and rehearse...

- Oh, Lord!

- What's a Ike Turner?

Anna Mae, get your gullible

country ass out of the clouds.

He does that to all the girls.

That's his line.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Alline, how come this

string of pearls is shorter?

Did you cut off my pearls, girl?

This is tighter around my neck.

Maybe it's all them

chitlins you ate.

- Don't get smart with me, miss Alline.

- What?

Who is that in

a red convertible?

Red convertible?

Mornin'. May I speak

to your mother, please?

- My mother?

- Anna Mae Bullock's mother...

Mrs. Bullock,

does she live here?

- I'm her mother.

- This is Anna Mae's mother!

Y'all believe that?

- I can't believe that.

- No.

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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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