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- Jeremy Allan White, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffman
- October 24th 2025
- 119
- Scott Cooper
Jeremy Allen White plays The Boss in this film about the making of his 1982 acoustic album Nebraska.
In recent years, we have had biopics on musicians like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse and now it’s Bruce Springsteen’s turn.
Based on Warren Zanes’ book of the same name, Deliver Me From Nowhere follows The Boss as he makes his unexpected acoustic album Nebraska in 1982.
His record label wants him to strike while the iron’s hot and make the most of his rising popularity following his 1980 album The River and his first top-five Billboard hit, Hungry Heart.
But Springsteen isn’t interested in producing more hits and shuns the typical trajectory in order to make a stark, moody album on below-par equipment in his New Jersey bedroom.
Much to the exasperation of his label, the rocker also refuses to release any singles, go on tour or do any press to promote the album.
Some biographical dramas try to cover the entire life story and the main highs and lows, while others focus on a...
