Continuing a tradition of support to community-based, independent cinemas, Bruce Springsteen and Columbia Records have once again partnered with us to offer a widely acclaimed Springsteen film for charitable screenings across the country.
From April 22 to May 3, The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town will receive a special theatrical run only at Emerging Pictures’ network of community-based cinemas, performing arts centers and independent art-houses as a benefit screening and fundraiser.
Not-for-profits theatres showcasing the film will keep 100% of funds from ticket sales. For-profit venues will keep 50%, donating the remaining funds to a charity of their choice. All benefit screenings will also feature Springsteen merchandise giveaways, with audience members eligible to win The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town BluRay, available at physical and digital retail outlets on May 3rd.
The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town combines never-before-seen footage of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978 , including home rehearsals and studio sessions with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record. Directed by Grammy- and Emmy-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny, The Promise has received a rapturous critical response around the world, including at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, the BFI London Festival, and International Rome Film Festival. More info on the film here. And for more on Bruce, visit backstreets.com/ or brucespringsteen.net.
Find a screening near you listed below, and support your hometown cinema!
| CITY Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA Pasadena, CA San Francisco, CA Santa Rosa, CA Boulder, CO Telluride, CO Washington, DC Washington, DC Wilmington, DE Daytona Beach, FL Deland, FL Ft. Lauderdale, FL Key West, FL Miami Beach, FL St. Pete Beach, FL Wilmette, IL Shreveport, LA Brunswick, ME Gloucester, MA Martha’s Vineyard, MA Nantucket, MA Wellfleet, MA Detroit, MI Three Rivers, MI Minneapolis, MN Jackson, MS Cary, NC Winston-Salem, NC Cranford, NJ Deal Park, NJ Montclair, NJ Westfield, NJ Albuquerque, NM Las Cruces, NM Taos, NM Buffalo, NY Geneva, NY Indian Lake, NY NYC – Manhattan NYC – Manhattan NYC – Brooklyn Rochester, NY Rosendale, NY Schenectady, NY Southhampton, NY Cleveland, OH Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK Corvallis, OR Ambler, PA Bryn Mawr, PA Doylestown, PA Pittsburgh, PA Newport, RI Greenville, SC Austin, TX Dallas, TX Bellingham, WA |
THEATRE Laemmle Monica 4 Laemmle Sunset 5 Laemmle Playhouse 7 Balboa Theatre Summerfield Cinemas Boedecker Theater (at Dairy Center) Michael D. Palm Theater West End Cinema Atlas Performing Arts Center Theatre N @ Nemours Cinematique of Daytona Athens Theatre Cinema Paradiso Tropic Cinema Miami Beach Cinematheque Beach Theatre Wilmette Theatre Robinson Film Center Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery Cape Ann Community Cinema Capawock Theater Nantucket Antheneum Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Detroit Film Theatre Riviera Theatre Heights Theatre Mississippi Film Institute Galaxy Cinema Hanesbrands Theatre Cranford Theatre Axelrod Performing Arts Center Outpost In The Burbs Rialto Movie Theater KiMo Theatre Allen Theatres Cineport 10 Harwood Museum of Art Dipson’s Amherst Theatre Smith Opera House Indian Lake Theater IFC Center City Winery indieScreen The Little Rosendale Theatre Collective Proctors Collective Parrish Art Museum Cedar Lee Theatre Oklahoma City Museum of Art Circle Cinema Darkside Cinema Ambler Theater Bryn Mawr Film Institute County Theater The Oaks Theater Jane Pickens Theatre The Peace Center Austin Film Society Texas Theatre Pickford Film Center | DATES April 30 – May 1 May 2 April 28 April 28 May 2 April 29 – May 1 April 29 April 24 / May 1 April 22 – 23 April 30 – May 1 April 29 – May 1 April 29 – 30 April 22-23, 29 April 22 – 24 April 26 – 28 April 22 April 29 May 1 – 2 April 27 / May 2 April 26 / May 3 May 1 April 27 April 29 April 27 April 22 – 23 April 28 April 28 April 30 – May 2 May 1 – 3 May 1 & May 3 May 1 – 2 April 29 May 2 April 29 April 28 April 28 April 25 – 27 April 23 May 1 April 22 – 23 April 29 – 30 April 25 April 25 April 29 April 23 April 22 April 28 April 30 May 2 – 3 May 2 April 24 / April 27 April 25 April 26 / May 3 May 1 – 2 April 29 – 30 April 23 April 28 April 22 – 24 April 29 – May 1 |
Rob Richards | March 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I would like to see the Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA added to this list.
Deborah Nissim | March 25, 2011 at 3:46 pm
You’ve got the theaters for Greenville, SC and Dallas, Texas mixed up. I got all excited for the David Lynch coffee, but they won’t have that in Greenville. Oops, looks like the one in Southampton, NY is wrong, too.
matt | March 25, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Ugh. Nothing in Austin, TX?
Heather | March 25, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Hi,
I don’t see any showings in the Chicago area:-( Will there be any add ons?
vicci | March 25, 2011 at 4:14 pm
you would not remember me-but maybe amy richins- saw you at Wagner coll years ago! 1973, i think; anyway congrats to all your sugg;
a friend:
vicci | March 25, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Mian point!!
kim | March 25, 2011 at 4:53 pm
what about LA?
Laurie J Bradburn | March 25, 2011 at 7:18 pm
You have an error in your theatre listings-Newport RI is the Jane Pickens Theatre, not the Peace Theatre.
Steve | March 25, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Why is Tucson ignored? Arizona? hello?
Joshua Zinger | March 25, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Is there any way to add an additional theater. I work for a non-profit theater in Ohio and the closest showing is three hours away. Thanks.
Ana LeVrier | March 25, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Bummer, no Houston date. Bruce Rules!
Ken Paige | March 26, 2011 at 10:56 am
I live in Seattle and, would love to see this screening. Bellingham WA is listed as a location with a link to “Smith Opera House” as a venue. That link takes you to a location in Geneva, New York.
Suggestions?
thx
Author comment by sharp | March 28, 2011 at 11:42 am
Hi, Ken. Thanks for your interest in this Bruce benefit screening. The link has been corrected — the Bellingham screenings (3 total) are taking place at the Pickford Film Center on April 29, 30 and May 1.
Author comment by sharp | March 28, 2011 at 11:46 am
Hi, Joshua. Emerging Pictures and Columbia Records are offering this benefit to cinemas and theatres in Emerging’s existing network. We’re actively expanding that network every month. Feel free to send us more information about the non-profit theater you work for. Thanks for your interest!
Author comment by sharp | March 28, 2011 at 11:47 am
Thanks, Laurie. We’ve corrected that error. All links and listings are accurate — theatres should have details on their website very soon.
Author comment by sharp | March 28, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Hi, Matt in Austin. We’re bummed ourselves that our Austin venue, the Long Center for the Arts, is booked solid and is won’t be able to host this event. Sorry to let you down. Thanks for your interest. We hope to bring more events like this to Austin in 2011.
Jeannette Amodeo | March 28, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Does anyone know if the theatrical release is the original version or the May 3 release version with bonus material? I was in the conversation with the fans bonus (first fan asking a question). Since I was lucky enough to be in the studio with Bruce for 2 hours, I’d like to pay it forward and maybe tell about my experience, if the theater thinks it might sell a few more tickets. Or not lol. I totally froze when I met him face to face afterwards btw.
Paul Stanzione | March 28, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Will San Diego ever get some Boss Time? Never a live show. Never anything like this. C’mon Boss, hook us up in San Diego!!!
Scott Hawley | March 28, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Hi, Scott from Binghamton. Could you please find a theater in Binghamton or near it? (Syracuse or Scranton) Love the new CD. Would like to see E-Street perform it in its entirety.
Peachtree Tramp | March 28, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Nothing in Atlanta….where several recent recordings were done?!!! C’mon!
ponygirl | March 28, 2011 at 7:59 pm
nothing in Southern California? Like others, is there any chance dates might be added?
Bruce fan | March 28, 2011 at 9:15 pm
How about The Colonial in Pittsfield Mass or Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA?
Sue | March 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Only 1 tiny spot in New Jersey?? Gee, that shouldn’t be too crowded.
Paul Cain | March 28, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Hey. You should hook up with the great Belcourt Theater in Nashville. It’s a great place, showing rare films and featuring musical shows, too.
Theneghan | March 28, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Buffalo……where is Buffalo
Steve | March 28, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Great. I can finally go to one of these. Bryn Mawr Pa. The theatre is just down the block from the legandary Main Point.
Jim | March 29, 2011 at 12:29 am
Where is Canada on this Map? Toronto needs to have a re-visit. Not everyone could get to TIFF
Daniel | March 29, 2011 at 1:13 am
What about Portland, Oregon? What are you kidding me, get Portland on the list!
Terry | March 29, 2011 at 3:41 am
Ditto on Rob Richards Capitol Theater Oly WA
Cynthia McGovern | March 29, 2011 at 10:16 am
Where’s New Jersey?
Adam | March 29, 2011 at 10:44 am
Any thoughts of a screening in Pasadena or Los Angeles ?!?!?!?
Michelle m. | March 29, 2011 at 10:56 am
Why no Detroit area?
Matty | March 29, 2011 at 11:02 am
I would love to see the film showed in my hometown, Wilkes-Barre, PA. We have a beautiful, 1,300-seat theater, the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.
Author comment by sharp | March 29, 2011 at 11:48 am
Hi, Jeannette. The version for the benefit screening is the original version. We’ll be providing copies of the forthcoming BluRay for contest giveaways at every screening (2-3 per show), which includes the bonus materials you mention. Tha’ts amazing that you got to be in the studio with Bruce! Please contact the participating Emerging Cinema nearest you to ask if they’d like to take you up on that offer to share your experience.
Shirl R. Pilote | March 29, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Can you add another theatre in the Central New Jersey area, maybe in the Asbury Park Convention Center? Thanks for considering this!
Jeannette Amodeo | March 29, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Thanks, Sharp. Looks like it’s already sold out in NJ. Not surprised. You never know, Bruce might actually pop in. I’ll try PA
Kim | March 29, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Perhaps a showing at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI could be added? Great classic restored non profit theater on the UM campus.
Doug | March 29, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I would really appreciate a screening in/near the Quad Cities IA/IL.
Peter | March 30, 2011 at 3:09 am
Bellingham? I’m with Rob, Olympia would be perfect for me, though I might drive to Seattle. But Bellingham? Why?
Dave Woof | March 30, 2011 at 6:06 am
will there be any screening in good old sunny England ,if so don`t forget the west country.
Author comment by sharp | March 30, 2011 at 10:57 am
Hey Peter and Rob near Olympia (and to all other folks wondering why there’s not a screening in certain cities),
Since these benefit screenings of “The Promise” are being featured exclusively at Emerging Cinemas, only theatres in our network will be participating. We hope to have a venue in Seattle in the near future, and who knows, maybe Olympia’s not far behind. But for now the nearest screen we have is the Pickford Film Center in Bellingham, a wonderful independent art-house cinema that plays a combination of new indie and foreign films, classics, cult hits, and obscure gems. Highly recommend you check them out if you’re near Bellingham.
Thanks to you all for your enthusiastic interest in this event. Stay in touch!
Author comment by sharp | March 30, 2011 at 11:01 am
Hi, Dave. No screenings in England on this particular event. Thanks from across the pond!
Miss M | April 1, 2011 at 3:58 pm
AUSTIN TEXAS PLEASE ! This Philly transplant is dying for it!
Joe | April 1, 2011 at 3:58 pm
How about the Colonial Theater in Keene NH? Small college town, would do well here and I know at least one guy that would go.
Nick Mendola | April 1, 2011 at 3:59 pm
what about the Dipson Amherst in Buffalo, NY???
Dante A. Bacani | April 1, 2011 at 4:02 pm
D’OH! The one night it’s playing in the Chicagoland area (Apr. 29) I’ll be in California to run a marathon… >:-(
Kathy | April 1, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Any chance a venue in Atlana GA would be added? I may have to suck it up and drive down to Florida to catch one! Love Love Love Bruce.
Elizabeth Arrigali | April 1, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Show it at The Carmike in Allentown PA!!! Do you know how many Bruce lovers (NJ transplants) are in the surrounding areas!? TONS!
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Jeanne Whitmore | April 1, 2011 at 4:11 pm
only one in NEW JERSEY………….What about HOME LAND…………….and where the heck is Deal Park????????
turbotype | April 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm
What about Columbus, Ohio???
william | April 1, 2011 at 4:26 pm
man come on bac to richmond va bro its a town waitin for something to get kickin , been waitn 35 years to see bruce again come on down…………
Bernie Madrid | April 1, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Any showings in Los Angeles area????
Author comment by sharp | April 1, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Nick — Amherst Theatre in Buffalo IS showing the film. Dates just confirmed for April 25, 26 & 27. Hope you can make it. Thanks for your support!
Mark B | April 1, 2011 at 6:29 pm
One more vote for Portland, OR.
Rob Huddleston | April 1, 2011 at 6:42 pm
How about the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee? Or the Capitol in Maryville? I have the work Tivo’d from the HBO screenings and watch it all of the time, but I would still attend a showing if one was reasonably close to home.
Josh | April 1, 2011 at 6:50 pm
What about a showing at the Downer or Oriental theaters in Milwaukee?
debbie | April 1, 2011 at 6:52 pm
houston, tx., please..
Rich | April 1, 2011 at 7:05 pm
N’Awlins needs some Bruce Juice!!!!
Jen B | April 1, 2011 at 7:44 pm
The Terrace Theatre in Charleston, SC would be an ideal location for this viewing. Bruce had his first concert here a couple of years ago since the Darkness tour, he has a huge fan base here. The audience and Bruce were on fire!!
saknews | April 1, 2011 at 8:41 pm
How about Somerville Theatre outside Boston? Bruce played a solo gig there in 2003 to raise money for a worthy cause, a friend’s struggling magazine.
Scott Smith | April 1, 2011 at 8:57 pm
There appears to be an emerging cinema in Memphis and Nashville, but no screenings at either one? Help a brother out!
Linda | April 2, 2011 at 12:36 am
san Antonio sux! Nothing ever happens here.
Todd | April 2, 2011 at 7:11 am
Can we please get one in the Houston area?
eva | April 3, 2011 at 12:39 am
How about Charleston, SC??
Mary | April 3, 2011 at 4:06 am
What about Houston, TX????
SHERRY | April 3, 2011 at 2:48 pm
How about Houston, Texas?? or Austin??
C’mon Ya’ll!
This is the Lone Star state and it’s only showing in Dallas???
What’s up with that?
Adam | April 4, 2011 at 12:00 pm
What about these theaters?
Laemmle’s Playhouse 7
673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101
Laemmle’s Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Laemmle’s Claremont 5
450 W 2nd St, Claremont, CA 91711
We need some in the Los Angeles area !!!
BigBossFan | April 4, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Kim and Adam are correct! We need a screen somewhere in So Cal. We could set up a sheet in my backyard! …and we wait for you to bring the “Playing the ‘Darkness’ and ‘River’ Live” shows to our corner of the world.
Paul in Rochester NY | April 7, 2011 at 7:55 am
The Little Theatre on East Ave. in Rochester would seem an ideal candidate. It has multiple screens, is a 501c nonorofit, and there is a large cadre of Springsteen fans here
Mike | April 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm
How about a showing in Cincinnati?
Guy Campo | April 11, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Philly?
McGuigan | April 11, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Santa Cruz bud? Common Bruce Its like the west coast Asbury Park.
LCG | April 11, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I would love to see Toronto added to this list. Maybe the Bloor Cinema, or one of the theatres at the Lightbox?
Sheila | April 11, 2011 at 6:51 pm
The Silverspot in Naples, Fl would be ideal! Bruce had a screening there last year! SOLD OUT!!!
Dave | April 11, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Any chance that the Gateway Film Center in Columbus, OH be added to the list?
Jersey Jeff | April 11, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Would love to see the McDonald Theatre in Eugene , Oregon or anywhere in Oregon for that matter.
Marian Hubler | April 12, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Bread & Roses is the nonprofit beneficiary for the film at the Balboa in San Francisco on April 28. We bring live music to those who are isolated in San Francisco Bay Area institutions. Thanks Bruce for your generosity in donating the proceeds of “The Promise” screenings to nonprofit film theatres and organizations nation-wide!
Do you know if anyone from the film lives in Bay Area? If so, I would like to get in touch…
Adam | April 14, 2011 at 8:53 am
Woo-Hoo !!!
Los Angeles representing !!! Who is coming to Pasadena on the 28th ?!?!?
Jimmy Jazz | April 21, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Where is Atlanta???
Lauren | April 23, 2011 at 4:34 pm
How about at UW Madison? Theres a new theatre as a part of our brand new Union South, and lots of BRUCE fans in the Madison area, all ages.
stefano corvisiero | April 26, 2011 at 4:24 am
it will be nice to see it overseas but no way
Sally | April 27, 2011 at 6:10 pm
You forgot Wisconsin altogether.
Patty | April 29, 2011 at 10:39 pm
How about the Lansdowne Theater in Lansdowne, PA? Lovely old theater that has been trying to raised funds for restoration!