Blinded By The Light

Published on October 10th, 2019

Thanks to our friends at Universal Pictures we have five in-season double passes to give away to Blinded By The Light. 

Set in 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, Blinded By The Light is a joyous, coming-of-age story about a teenager who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen. 

Here’s a brief synopsis

Blinded by the Light is a 2019 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha, inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen.[4][5][6] Manzoor co-wrote the script,with Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. It is based on Manzoor’s memoir Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll. Set in the town of Luton in 1987 Thatcherite Britain, the film tells the coming-of-age story of Javed, a British-Pakistani Muslim teenager whose life is changed after he discovers the music of Springsteen. Viveik Kalra stars in the lead role, along with Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir and Nell Williams in supporting roles.

To be in the running to win one of the five in-season passes send an email to with “Blinded By The Light” in the subject line and tell us the name of the name of Bruce Springsteen’s latest album. Please include your best postal address. QLD addresses only. One entry per person. No entries via third party sites. Comp closes October 25. 

Blinded by the Light is In Cinemas October 24. http://www.blindedbythelight-movie.net/