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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere – New Zealand trailer and release date

The Boss gets a by-the-numbers biopic.

Bruce Springsteen gets the inevitable biopic treatment in this account of the recording of the 1982 banger Nebraska from writer and director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Black Mass).

When is Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere being released in New Zealand?

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere hits New Zealand cinemas on October 23, 2025.

What is Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere about?

Uh, the recording of Nebraska, which is a killer album, don’t get me wrong. But it’s a bit of a weird period to focus on when you’ve got the last ditch swing-for-the-fences effort that was Born to Run in ’75 right there. Certainly, it’s an artistic high point, but the creation of the album isn’t particularly dramatic. Bruce read a lot of Flannery O’Connor and recorded the song in his home on a four track. But we will be getting some drama courtesy of the Boss’ tricky relationship with his old man.

The cast of Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Jeremy Allen White is Bruce Springsteen, and that is certainly the guy you get to play the Boss in this current moment; Matthew Anthony Pellicano is baby Bruce; Jeremy Strong is rock critic turned Springsteen manager and producer Jon Landau; Paul Walter Hauser is recording engineer Mike Batlan; Stephen Graham and Gaby Hoffmann are Douglas and Adele Springsteen, Bruce’s parents; Odessa Young is love interest Faye; Marc Maron is producer and engineer Chuck Plotkin, so he must be pretty happy; David Krumholtz is record executive Al Teller; Johnny Cannizzaro is Steven Van Zandt, probably the plum role; Harrison Gilbertson is Matt Delia, Springsteen’s mate; and Chris Jaymes is mastering engineer Dennis King.

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere trailer

Why we’re excited about Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Putting aside that we sort of hoped Springsteen was above this kind of hagiographic biopic, and noting that the Boss, of course, rules, this feels pretty by-the-numbers. Eh, at least White seems to be enjoying himself