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Overview. When teenager David Bowers renounces his home and family to run off with a quasi-religious cult, his sister, Janet, sets out to bring him back, very nearly becoming brainwashed herself. John A. Alonzo. Director. Robin F. Brancato. Novel.
Dec 16, 1980 · Cult Close-up: CBS' Gripping 'Blinded by the Light' Seeing the 'Light' By Tom Shales. December 16, 1980 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Share. Add to your saved stories.
This TV-movie from Robin F. Brancato's book panders to the lowest common denominator: the viewer who knows nothing about the subject matter but who may be willing to swallow what's being delivered simply because it's competently made. This scenario should be much more sinister--who were director John Alonzo (also the director of photography ...
Blinded by the Light is a 1980 American television drama film directed by John A. Alonzo which aired on December 16, 1980 on the CBS network. It is based on a novel written by Robin F. Brancato. After her brother, David joins a cult and becomes brainwashed by the cult leader, his parents send his sister, Janet and the help of a specialist to bring him back home, but Janet nearly gets swept up ...
Aug 15, 2019 · Come on, rise up! Blinded by the Light follows first-generation British teen Javed (Viveik Kalra, center) as he discovers hope and Bruce Springsteen in 1980s Britain. Nick Wall/Warner Bros. hide ...
Aug 16, 2019 · Inspired by a true story, based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s acclaimed memoir Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll, Blinded by the Light tells the story of Javed (Viveik Kalra), a British teen of Pakistani descent growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his ...
Aug 13, 2019 · For lovers of Springsteen's music, Blinded by the Light provides far more than teases of your favorite songs. The film is replete with the Boss's tunes (it credits 17 of them), and when Javed and Roops pull a prank that combines their school's radio station and P.A. system with Bruce's "Born to Run," what transpires is a Bollywood-inspired music-and-dance sequence that showcases the entire song.
