Product Details

• Actors: Tina Turner
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (PCM Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305871418
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,034 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Few work a crowd like Tina Turner. Her energy is so tireless that she often becomes a blur on stage, a shimmying, gyrating figure in skimpy fringe outfits that barely double as dresses. You can get tired just watching Turner, as she challenges her audience to maintain the same energy level throughout an entire performance. This disc captures 180,000 people in Rio, towards the backside of Turner's '80s comeback, trying to keep pace. Sadly, the soundboard man failed. During this 75-minute show, in which Turner and her ultra-slick band perform 13 numbers, it sounds as if the Acid Queen is singing in a backstage bathroom. Though you can see veins popping out of her neck as she belts out lyrics for "Better Be Good to Me" to ballads like "Private Dancer," the vocals sound buried in the mix. This flaw calls attention to Turner's shortcomings. While she's definitely a great screamer (check out "Proud Mary"), she's far from a great singer. Her limited, whinny range most noticeably falls short on nearly every ballad she attempts. Her voice cracks repeatedly during a cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," and a misguided reworking of the Beatles' "Help." While Turner has the best legs in the business, and some of the best energy, her pipes, especially in this muddy performance, are suspect. --Dave McCoy

Product Description

Live in concert in Rio de Janeiro. In January 1988, Tina Turner, the Lioness of Rock, performed in front of a record-breaking crowd in Rio. Accompanied by a stunning line-up of musicians, Samba dancers, glitter and fireworks, Tina delivers 13 songs in her own inimitable and explosive style. Songs: Addicted to Love, I Can't Stand the Rain, Typical Male, Better Be Good to Me, Private Dancer, We Don't Need Another Hero, What's Love Got to Do With It, Help, Let's Stay Together, Proud Mary, What You Get is What You See, Break Every Rule, Paradise is Here.

Full Frame - Color - English - 5.1 Dolby Digital, PCM Stereo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aunty Entity Rules the World!, August 31, 2001

By 

John Smith (Parts Unknown) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tina Turner - Rio '88 (DVD)

All those other so called "Divas" out there like Jennifer "J-Lo" Lopez, Mariah "Heartbreaker" Carey, Whitney Houston, Janet, "Ms. Jackson if you're nasty" Jackson, and the three ladies from Destiny's Child had better stand to the side when The Acid Queen enters the room. All of the above mentioned artists and this includes Britney and Christina need to purchase this DVD, and let Tina show them how its done. Tina is the very definition of Diva, and only Patti Labelle, or Aretha Franklin could nearly keep up with her. Tina is the sexiest woman alive. She has the legs of an Olympic gymnast, and oozes sensuality just standing there. But when she breathlessly belts out "Private Dancer" with that sexy sax, she is absolutley everything, erotic, sensual, sexual, gorgeous, and boy does she hold that Rio crowd of 180,000 in the palm of her hand. No one on that stage could possibly keep up with her energy level on that HOT night in Rio. Tina sings her behind off, and leaves everything on that stage. Watch for the festival dancers onstage during "Typical Male" No one can do it like Tina, and Ike Turner must cringe evertime he realizes that he is nothing but a second rate guitarist, while Tina is an international superstar. Viva Tina!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tina - A Hot HOT Night in Rio, January 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tina Turner - Rio '88 (DVD)

This is a great concert, however, I do have to agree with other reviewers on the lighting and the sound quality concerns. Considering, though, that this was concert was broadcast live on HBO in early 1988, and that the performance has not been remastered, _almost_ what you see on this dvd is the same as what was broadcast on HBO.

So...what's the difference between the original broadcast and this dvd?? Well, for starters, the last 3 songs weren't in the original HBO broadcast. Secondly, the original airing, which ran 5 minutes OVER the 60 minutes allotted to it on HBO, "Nutbush City Limits" was included as the last song. The reason it's probably not on the dvd (or earlier vhs and laser releases) is that as soon as the song ends, without missing a breath, Tina says to the HBO viewers, "Goodnight HBO!!" And lastly, in the original airing, whoever was working sound missed the beginning of "Addicted to Love"; hence it's "edit" here on the DVD.

It is actually a great performance. What gives it some charm is that it has not been retouched. The added 3 songs over the original broadcast make nice extras :)

Now, if only a true updated "best" collection would be released, as well as a dvd of the "what's love" tour from 1993 :)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE QUEEN OF ROCK BREAKS A WORLD RECORD!, May 15, 2000

By 

Aaron Begert (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tina Turner - Rio '88 (DVD)

This Concert was the last show of the record breaking Break Every Rule World Tour. The tour played to 4 million people world wide and delivered 230 shows. This concert filmed in Rio Digenario on January 18th, is awesome. The setlist includes Addicted To Love, Typical Male, I CAnt Stand The Rain, Better Be Good, Private DAncer, We Dont Need Another Hero, Whats Love Got To Do With It, Help, Lets Stay Together, Proud Mary, What You Get Is What You See, Break Every Rule, and finishes with Paradise is Here. Tina sings these songs with the help of her band, dancers, and tons of EXPLOSIONS and FIREWORKS!