“…..Oh no.” That is definitely not the kind of reaction any studio wants a movie’s first trailer to elicit. But that reaction is especially worrisome when said movie is a big showy biopic about a true music legend. And yet, here we are! Because, good gravy, the first trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has us thinking this film was born just to make us run away from theaters.
I watch a lot of movie trailers for my job. I also watch them because I love movie trailers. And this movie trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere? This is a really bad one. It feels like an SNL parody of a Bruce Springsteen biopic that would run on a night Jeremy Allen White hosted, only without any jokes. This has the stink of pretentious Oscar-bait, a relic of the before times when these types of flowery, pompous trailers were common.
To paraphrase Pete Campbell, “Not great, Bruce!” Fortunately, a bad trailer does not guarantee a bad movie, and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere has a pretty compelling premise. Here is its official synopsis:
From 20th Century Studios, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 “Nebraska” album when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his most enduring works—a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching for a reason to believe.
See? That’s so much better than the Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere trailer! This synopsis doesn’t even mention the “hole.” No talk of the “hole” in a metaphorical floor at all. Nary a whisper that Bruce needed to repair his “hole” before he could…..:deep sigh: repair the entire world.
…..Anyway, the film comes from writer-director Scott Cooper. It’s based on Warren Zanes’ book Deliver Me from Nowhere. It also stars Jeremy Strong as Jon Landau, Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan, Stephen Graham as Springsteen’s father, Doug, Odessa Young as his love interest Faye, Gaby Hoffman as Springsteen’s mom, Adele, Marc Maron as Chuck Plotkin, and David Krumholtz as Columbia executive Al Teller.
It hits the stage in theaters this fall on October 24, 2025. Before that, we’re definitely going to need to get a better trailer from Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Yes, definitely. How could they possibly get any worse than this one?
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