Bend It Networks The company paid $15 million. The film, a recent hit at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, will see a “big wide release” in 2019, according to the report. “This is a dream come true,” said director Gurinder Chadha in a statement. “I was already overwhelmed by the amazing reception for the film, but to find a home at New Line and Warner Bros. And to have the support and passion of people who embrace the universality of this story is fantastic.
Bruce congratulated me on the amazing response saying how pleased he was for me. I hope ‘Blinded by the Light’ will inspire, entertain and resonate with audiences everywhere, and do justice to both (Sarfraz Manzoor’s) wonderful memoir and the moving words and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen.” More: Bruce Springsteen music rocks Sundance Film Festival in new 'Blinded by the Light' Chadha is best known for the hit “Bend It Like Beckham.” 'Blinded by the Light' is based on the “Greetings from Bury Park” memoir by Manzoor and it details the impact of Springsteen's music on a South Asian Muslim teenager growing up in ’80s England. “‘Blinded by the Light’ is one of those incredibly special films, filled with humanity, heart and pure joy, that is simply impossible to resist,' said Carolyn Blackwood, president and chief content officer of New Line Cinema, in a statement. 'Gurinder has deftly woven the story of a young man desperately seeking to find his place in the world with some of Springsteen’s most iconic music to create a deeply relatable, funny and moving film.
We are thrilled to partner with Gurinder and her producing team to bring this crowd-pleasing film to audiences everywhere.” “Blinded by the Light” received a five-minute standing ovation at its Sundance premiere. Newcomer Viveik Kalra is the star with Hayley Atwell and Rob Brydon in supporting roles. Chris Jordan: [email protected]. Twitter: @chrisfhjordan.
For other uses, see. 'Blinded by the Light' by from the album 'The Angel' Released February 1973 Recorded August–September 1972, Length 5: 06, Jim Cretecos singles chronology ' Blinded by the Light' (1973) ' (1973) track listing Side one. ' Blinded by the Light'. '. '. '.
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Aug 14, 2019 Directed by Gurinder Chadha. With Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Aaron Phagura. In 1987 during the austere days of Thatcher's Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen. “Blinded by the Light,” which is based on screenwriter Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir “Greetings from Bury Park,” is set in 1987 in a down-on-its-luck English town called Luton.
Length 7: 08 (album version) 3:48 (single version) and Earth Band singles chronology ' (1975) ' Blinded by the Light' (1976) 'Questions' (1976) Audio sample. Contents. History The song came about when president, upon listening to an early version of, felt the album lacked a potential single.
Springsteen wrote this and ' in response. According to Springsteen, the song came about from going through a rhyming dictionary in search of appropriate words.
The first line of the song, 'Madman drummers, bummers, and Indians in the summers with a teenage diplomat' is autobiographical—'Madman drummers' is a reference to drummer, known as 'Mad Man' (later changed to 'Mad Dog'); 'Indians in the summer' refers to the name of Springsteen's old Little League team; 'teenage diplomat' refers to himself. The remainder of the song tells of many unrelated events, with the refrain of 'Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.' 'Blinded by the Light' was the first song on, and first from, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts. Cover versions and reissues released a version of the song on their 1976 album.
Their version includes the ' melody played on piano near the end of the of the song. The track reached #1 on both the and the Canadian charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of 'Blinded by the Light' is Springsteen's only #1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100 (he never had a #1 as a performer except as part of ). In 2002, act released its disco version of this song. A 'jazzified' version can be found on Springsteen's 2007 video and audio release recorded with. Lyrics 's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's 'cut loose like a ' is replaced with 'revved up like a deuce.'
This is as 'wrapped up like a ', a well-known. The lyric is actually a reference to a hot rod '.' Springsteen was fond of classic hot rods in his youth, hence the line 'cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.'
Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a that it became popular. Personnel Original version. – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards. – drums, backing vocals. – saxophone, backing vocals with. – piano Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover. – organ, piano, keyboards, backing vocals.
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