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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ and the ‘Music Biopic’ Mount Rushmore

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October 24, 2025 · Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) · Biography · Drama · Music · 1:49:41 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · With Yasi Salek, Mary Bronstein

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Chapters

Intro▶ 0:00
Why 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' fails dramatically▶ 9:59
Box office and Oscar odds for 'Deliver Me from Nowhere'▶ 39:49
Ranking the best and worst music biopics▶ 42:50
A quick take on 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You'▶ 1:03:06
Mary Bronstein on her film's personal origins▶ 1:10:39

Lists in this episode

The music biopic Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore · Sean Fennessey, Yassi Salek, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · ▶ 45:16

  1. ·24 Hour Party People (2002) · Yassi Salek▶ 45:16
  2. ·Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) · Chris Ryan▶ 46:03
  3. ·A Complete Unknown (2024) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 47:17
  4. ·Love & Mercy (2014) · Sean Fennessey▶ 48:55

Movies Referenced (30)

A Complete Unknown (2024)

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 38:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 0:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

One Battle After Another (2025)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 40:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Walk the Line (2005)

3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 6:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Out of the Furnace (2013)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 33:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sinners (2025)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 40:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

That's What I Am (2011)

2 mentions · Mary Bronstein▶ 1:14:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Reader (2008)

2 mentions · Mary Bronstein▶ 1:20:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

24 Hour Party People (2002)

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 45:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

A House of Dynamite (2025)

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:49:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

A Quiet Place (2018)

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins▶ 28:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bad Moms (2016)

1 mentions · Mary Bronstein▶ 1:39:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (2)

Scott Cooper

6 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Yasi Salek · Known for Crazy Heart, Hostiles, The Pale Blue Eye▶ 1:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mary Bronstein

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You▶ 0:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (18)

Nirvana

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Yasi Salek · Known for The Batman, Captain Marvel▶ 55:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Alan Vega

1 mentions · Yasi Salek · Known for The Place Beyond the Pines, American Honey, The Crow▶ 16:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Austin Abrams

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Paper Towns, Weapons, Do Revenge▶ 40:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Barry Keoghan

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin▶ 48:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Chuck Berry

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Men in Black, Back to the Future, The Hitman's Bodyguard▶ 32:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Conan O'Brien

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Lego Batman Movie▶ 1:08:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dwayne Johnson

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Black Adam▶ 40:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Elizabeth Taylor

1 mentions · Mary Bronstein · Known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof▶ 1:47:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Harris Dickinson

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Triangle of Sadness, Babygirl, Beach Rats▶ 47:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Norton

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Little Women▶ 47:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jennifer Lawrence

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle▶ 1:06:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Joseph Quinn

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for A Quiet Place: Day One, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Gladiator II▶ 47:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (2)

Warren Zanes

2 mentions · Yasi Salek, Sean Fennessey · Known for Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, 20 Feet from Stardom▶ 1:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ronald Bronstein

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Uncut Gems, Good Time, Marty Supreme▶ 1:09:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗