Video: 'What’s Love Got to Do with It' trailer

(Wednesday, June 9, 1993) — What’s Love Got to Do with It, a biopic film loosely based on the life of Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner, opened today in the U.S.

Directed by Brian Gibson, the film starred Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Khandi Alexander, Jenifer Lewis, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Rae’Ven Larrymore Kelly and Chi McBride.