Jeremy Allen White will be there for the screening on Sunday, September 28.
He will be joined by other actors in the film like Jeremy Strong and Odessa Young, as well as the director, Scott Cooper. Bruce Springsteen himself will also be present.
Scott Cooper said in a statement, "The New York Film Festival has always felt like a spiritual home for the kind of cinema I believe in.
To now arrive with a film about Bruce Springsteen—an artist whose music shaped not just a country but my own sense of storytelling—is something I could never have imagined. Getting to know Bruce, to explore his world and his spirit, has been one of the most profound creative experiences of my life. To share that experience with New York audiences, in a city that defines artistic possibility, is both an honor and a responsibility I hold with deep gratitude."
In the movie, Jeremy Allen White plays Springsteen during the time he created his sixth studio album, "Nebraska.
" He made these songs in his bedroom in Colt's Neck, New Jersey, using a 4-track recorder. The album was a stripped-down folk album focused on storytelling about everyday people. Some of the songs from "Nebraska" include "Atlantic City" and "Highway Patrolman."
Scott Cooper wrote and directed "Deliver Me From Nowhere," based on Warren Zanes' book of the same name.
Jeremy Strong plays Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau, and Odessa Young plays his love interest, Faye. Other actors in the film include Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffmann, Marc Maron, and David Krumholtz.
Dennis Lim, the NYFF Artistic Director, said in a statement, "Taking its cue from the stark majesty of Bruce Springsteen's classic album 'Nebraska,' Scott Cooper's 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' has an intimacy and immediacy that eludes most film biographies.
Anchored by Jeremy Allen White's revelatory performance, this year's Spotlight Gala selection is a fitting tribute to a living legend."
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" is the latest film added to the NYFF lineup.
Other films already announced include Luca Guadagnino's "After the Hunt" (which will open the festival), Bradley Cooper's "Is This Thing On?" (which will have its world premiere at NYFF), and Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" (this year's Centerpiece selection).
The 63rd NYFF runs from September 26 to October 13.
Tickets for "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" will be available to the public starting on Thursday, September 18 at 12 p.m. ET. Film at Lincoln Center members will get early access to tickets before this date.
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" will be released in theaters by 20th Century Studios on October 24.
