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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere 2025

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) is an American biographical musical drama film focusing on a pivotal, introspective period in Bruce Springsteen's career: the conception and recording of his sixth studio album, Nebraska, in 1982. The film, which premiered at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 24, 2025, is directed and written by Scott Cooper and is based on the 2023 book of the same name by Warren Zanes, along with some elements from Springsteen's autobiography, Born to Run. The plot chronicles Springsteen's personal and professional struggles as he retreats to his New Jersey home, using a simple four-track recorder in a makeshift bedroom studio to create the raw, lo-fi acoustic tracks that would become Nebraska. This period sees Springsteen grappling with the pressures of his rising fame following the success of albums like The River, his complicated and troubled relationship with his father, Douglas Springsteen, and his own battles with mental health issues like depression and anxiety. The film explores the profound influences on the album, including the works of author Flannery O'Connor and the Charles Starkweather crime spree that inspired the film Badlands. The main cast features Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen, with Jeremy Strong as his manager and confidant Jon Landau, Paul Walter Hauser as recording engineer Mike Batlan, and Stephen Graham as Douglas Springsteen. Odessa Young plays a fictional love interest, Faye Romano, a single mother and waitress who serves to underscore Springsteen's internal conflict and emotional unavailability during this time of deep artistic and personal reckoning. Ultimately, the movie depicts the artist's courageous decision to release the unvarnished demo tape as his next record, an anti-commercial choice that became one of his most enduring works, and his eventual decision to seek professional help for his mental health. Read More

• 2025
• 2 h
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• PG-13