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I totally agree 100% with gypsysoul on all accounts. The rocky relationship between Stevie and Lindsey throughout the years is enough to make a great movie. Mick would be involved alot since he and Stevie had their fling. Chris and John would be there of course - but too bad - they're boring and their on-camera time would be limited to group/concert scenes and background shots. Sorry.

The film (like the earth) would center around the drama of Stevie's loves, her abortion(s), her rehab, her WEIGHTGAIN, her tantrums, her depression....oh there's so much you wouldn't even need her to sing! I kid - the musical opportunities are endless. Some of the "standards" would be just BARELY sampled throughout the movie and the lesser known yet essential songs would finally be broken out. Lindsey and Stevie would have to have at least one smack down physical fight. They could show the other band members pulling them off each other, lots of kicking and screaming and throwing. And of course lots of drug use, lots of excessiveness and the infamous piles of coke.

It would really have to be a love story of two high school sweethearts with a dream and the nightmare it all became before they learned to do things right - like without killing each other. Everything would start with Stevie and Lindsey in high school and end with the reunion at the Clinton Inaugural Gala. Then they do a quick jump to the taping of the Dance so you get to see Stevie skinny again at the end!

The people who did "What's Love Got to Do With It?" should do it all. They paid great respect to Tina, who collaborated with them. But Stevie would have to really drop her guard to make this movie the spectacle that it could be and the great success!

Who gives a **** how she compares to Johnny Cash? He's no litmus test for interesting life stories.