Landau Scene and Musical Choices

Scott describes Jeremy Strong's idea to add the boom box and how music deepens Bruce and Landau's bond.

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Oprah sits down with actor Jeremy Allen White and writer-director Scott Cooper for a fascinating conversation about their stirring new film, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. The film is a revelatory look at Bruce Springsteen during a personal and professional crossroads; the film explores the mental health struggles and creative reckoning behind the making of his deeply personal album Nebraska. Oprah calls White’s Golden Globe–nominated performance “mesmerizing” and praises Cooper for “elevating quiet struggle into cinematic poetry,” describing the film as “a gift” and a meditation on “what it means to be human.” The film also stars Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, Stephen Graham, Johnny Cannizzaro, Gaby Hoffman, Paul Walter Hauser and Grace Gummer.

SEE THE FILM!

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, starring Golden Globe nominee Jeremy Allen White, written and directed by Scott Cooper, and distributed by 20th Century Studios is now available on Demand.

https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere/umc.cmc.44ij3fzlajh43wxngtyxd6ioi

00:00:00 - Oprah introduces the movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

00:03:22 - Oprah, Jeremy Allen White and Scott Cooper at Santa Barbara Film Festival

00:05:00 - Jeremy on getting cast as Bruce Springsteen

00:06:30 - Scott on telling Springsteen’s story

00:08:35 - Scott on asking Bruce to make this film

00:12:00 - How Jeremy prepared to become Bruce Springsteen

00:14:50 - Jeremy on learning guitar

00:18:20 - Scott on using black and white photography for flashbacks

00:25:27 - How playing Springsteen changed Jeremy

00:28:10 - Scott on how making the movie changed him

00:29:10 - Springsteen and mental illness