{"id":264304,"date":"2025-09-29T17:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/264304\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:06:15","slug":"watch-bruce-springsteen-praise-cast-give-surprise-acoustic-performance-at-nyc-screening-of-new-biopic-deliver-me-from-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/264304\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Bruce Springsteen Praise Cast, Give Surprise Acoustic Performance at NYC Screening of New Biopic, \u2018Deliver Me from Nowhere\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruce Springsteen<\/a> attended and participated in a screening<\/a> of the new biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/a> at the New York Film Festival on Sunday, September 28. The event took place at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.<\/p>\n

After the screening, Bruce was welcomed to the stage along with many members of the movie\u2019s cast and crew, and he gave a humorous and sometimes emotional speech praising those involved in the film. Springsteen also treated audience to an unexpected acoustic performance of his 1999 song \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Hear Jeremy Allen White Singing the \u2018Nebraska\u2019 Classic \u201cAtlantic City\u201d in New Trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As previously reported, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere focuses on the making of Bruce\u2019s acclaimed 1982 acoustic album Nebraska. The film, which was directed and co-written by Scott Cooper, stars Jeremy Allen White in the lead role and Jeremy Strong at Springsteen\u2019s longtime manager, Jon Landau. Other key cast members included Stephen Graham as Springsteen\u2019s father, Doug; Gaby Hoffman as Bruce\u2019s mom, Adele; Odessa Young as the Boss\u2019 love interest, Faye; and Matthew Pellicano Jr. as a young Bruce.<\/p>\n

Cooper addressed the audience after the screening and welcomed all of the aforementioned actors to the stage, as well as Landau and Springsteen.<\/p>\n

Springsteen\u2019s Post-Screening Speech<\/p>\n

Cooper then handed the mic over to Bruce.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everybody for coming out to see our film tonight. And our crew, [and] the great cast,\u201d Springsteen began his speech. He then thanked White for \u201cputting his whole heart and soul into the part,\u2019 adding, \u201cand he [did] such a wonderful job.\u201d Bruce also jokingly thanked The Bear actor \u201cfor playing a much better-looking version of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also praised Strong \u201cfor his creativity and his inspiration.\u201d Springsteen noted, \u201cHe had us on the phone at all hours of the night, just with different ideas.\u201d He then quipped, \u201cAnd he played a much, much better-looking [version of] Jon Landau. I have to say. So we appreciate that very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Bruce complimented Young\u2019s \u201cfabulous\u201d performance, he hailed Graham \u201cfor being the living embodiment of my late father, who had a very difficult life but was a good, goodhearted man.\u201d He also applauded Hoffman \u201cfor a wonderful portrayal of my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Springsteen poignantly added about his parents, \u201cThey\u2019re all gone now, so it\u2019s nice to have this piece of film.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Pellicano, who played Bruce as a child, the rock legend said, \u201cIt was his first film. He\u2019s got the sunglasses already, and he just got his first guitar. That\u2019s what I heard. So he has some difficult choices ahead. That\u2019s all I can tell him. But I\u2019ll declare him the future of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing Cooper, the film\u2019s \u201cwonderful writer\/director,\u201d Springsteen noted, \u201cScott took a very personal moment in my life and he honored my experience and my work and my family. I want to thank you deeply, Scott.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruce also thanked the film\u2019s producers and the studio executives involved with the project.<\/p>\n

Springsteen\u2019s Performance and Political Comments<\/p>\n

Springsteen ended his speech by touching on his concern over the current political climate in the U.S., while expressing his love for the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese days, you know, we have daily events reminding us of the fact that we\u2019re living through these particularly dangerous times,\u201d he offered. \u201cI spent my life on the road. I\u2019ve been moving around the world as kind of a musical ambassador for America \u2026 trying to measure the distance between American reality, where we\u2019ve often fallen short of our ideals, and the American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI\u2019ve seen that America, as battered as she feels right now, but for a lot of folks out there, she continues to be the land of hope and dreams. Not of fear or divisiveness or government censorship or hatred. That America\u2019s worth fighting for.\u201d So it\u2019s in that spirit I brought along my lifelong weapon of choice, the guitar. And I want to dedicate this to all the folks that worked so hard on the film, all our wonderful collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before launching into \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams,\u201d Bruce also shared a moment he experienced while watching the movie at another recent screening with his older sister, Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat with her during one of the screenings, and she held my hand during the scene where I\u2019m sitting on my pop\u2019s lap,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd after the film ended, she says, \u2018Isn\u2019t it wonderful that we have this?\u2019 And that\u2019s how I feel about it. It\u2019s wonderful that I have this. Thank you, everybody. Appreciate it. This is for you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

More About Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/p>\n

As previously reported, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere will get a wide theatrical release on October 24.<\/p>\n

The film is based on musician-turned-author Warren Zanes\u2019 2023 non-fiction novel Deliver Me from Nowhere. Zanes co-wrote the screenplay with Cooper.<\/p>\n

Beyond the making of the lo-fi Nebraska, which Bruce mainly recorded at a makeshift home studio, the book and movie focus on Springsteen\u2019s struggle with his record label to release the decidedly noncommercial album.<\/p>\n

Springsteen and Landau were both involved in the production of the movie.<\/p>\n

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