HBO to Show Bruce Springsteen Documentary

Next month at the Toronto International Film Festival, fans of the Boss will get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of his fourth album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. The documentary feature making its debut at the festival is called, appropriately, The Promise: The Making of ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town.’

A re-issue of the album is set to hit record stores sometime this fall. The follow-up to Springsteen’s Born to Run, it was just as famed for the number of songs that didn’t make the cut as those that did; Rolling Stone talked to E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt, who said that some new material has been dug up for the release. “We put ten or so outtakes on the ¹⁹⁹⁸ Tracks box set and we [have since] found ten more,” he said. “I’m not sure how many we’ll put on there. We’ll go back and he might finish a lyric on one or two, or finish a harmony on one or two, but we’ll keep them intact pretty much.”

Footage that appears in the documentary was filmed from 1976 to 1978 while Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were in the studio recording what would become Darkness. The Promise also includes a modern-day commentary on the album; Thom Zimny directed, collaborating with Springsteen on the project.

HBO, which has aired other Springsteen specials, plans to air the documentary sometime in October.

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