Bruce Springsteen's "Deliver Me From Nowhere" Movie

Harry Medved from the Cinema Foundation talked to us about the box office this weekend.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
And it's Kevy and Christine along with producer Kristin here
at Light FM, and our dear friend Harry Medved of
the Cinema Foundation joins us live from Hollywood. Hi, Harry,
how are you hey?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Christine, good to talk to you guys.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
You too, Mary. So you've always come to tell us
what's new in the theaters, and of course we are
so looking forward to and opening today. Springsteen delivered me
from nowhere.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Yeah. No, I'm so happy to talk about it because
we saw the film in an early cut at the
Theater Owners Convention through Cinema United and Disney and twentieth
Century Fox nice enough to show the film to us.
It's an amazing performance that Jeremy Ellen White turns in
of course, from the Bear. He doesn't look exactly like Springsteen,
but he channels Springsteen. He really gets his whole persona

(00:51):
and character. And I'm someone where I have to admit
to you guys, I remember seeing Springsteen and Madison Square
Garden in nineteen eighty. I went with the crew from
that movie No Nukes that he was in. Oh you
were too then, right, So here's all yes, and so
it kind of captures that period of time where he
was already pretty famous, but he was on the cusp
of his international stardom and he was going through a

(01:13):
tough time. He had, you know, finished The River, and
he was working on this album, Nebraska, which was an
acoustic album, and he wanted that sound. So his producer,
John Landa, who's played by Jeremy Strong, who's also terrific
in the film, was fighting for Springsteen to kind of
keep that sound of all this beautiful music that was
recorded at Springsteen's home. And it's an amazing story. I

(01:35):
will tell you that it's this is not a joyful,
you know, fun filled movie. I think when critic Randy
Myers pointed out that it is a powerful film is
full of quiet beauty, and it shows it's compassionate about
how creativity and sometimes oppression kind of go hand in hand.
But I'll tell you what it really worked for me
is all the New Jersey stuff. It's really interesting and

(01:57):
it's very authentic. I mean, New Jersey is having a
heck of a year on film. I mean it's a
heck of a few years. They had West Side Story
a few years back, a Complete Unknown last year, and
now this one, and then they got the Housemaid coming out,
and so it's a good time to be filming movies
in New Jersey.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
New Jerseys where it's at always has been if we
know that.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Well, also he gets to see you know. Of course
they had to film in the real Aspberry Park. They
had to phone at Stone Pony, the carousel, the boardwalk,
and so you see that all the films also sit
with seeing on the big screen is good fortune with
Aziz on Sorry who directed the movie, and Seth Rogan,
Keiky Palmer, Sandra and Keanu Reeves as an angel who
is in charge of stopping people from texting and driving.

(02:40):
What a beautiful act. I thought a very funny, raunchy
R rated movie. But we need more heavenly comedies like this.
In fact, Elizabeth Olsen has one coming out that we
also saw called Eternity, where she has to choose in
the afterlife, she has to choose between her first and
second husbands played by Miles Teller and Colin Turner. Thank you, Harry,

(03:00):
appreciate it man. It sounds like a good weekend at
the movie guys.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
How fun and go see Springs being delivering from nowhere.
I think you'll enjoy it.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
We absolutely will now playing only in theaters. Hurry Bedved.
Thank you so much. Always a pleasure to talk with you.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Thank you so much.