Springsteen: deliver me from nowhere

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S 1982 ALBUM NEBRASKA WAS AN INTIMATE ABOUT-TURN. AND AS DIRECTOR SCOTT COOPER AND STAR JEREMY ALLEN WHITE TELL US, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE AIMS FOR THE SAME…

Nebraska-era biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE gets under the skin of The Boss. “He came out of it with tears in his eyes,” director SCOTT COOPER tells TOM DOYLE .

No one notices Bruce Springsteen. He makes no effort to hide—black T-shirt, blue jeans, Wayfarer sunglasses, honky-tonk cowboy boots—but for a few minutes, the most famous son of the Jersey Shore achi

In autumn 2025, the stark landscapes of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ’s Nebraska swim back into focus, as its fabled electric version emerges and a Bruce biopic explores the struggles behind the songs. On p42, director Scott Cooper reveals Springsteen’s role in shaping Deliver Me From Nowhere, but not before the Boss himself has his say. “It was an exploratory period,” he tells WARREN ZANES , “and that affected everything I was doing.”

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