Bruce Springsteen Documentary Premieres at Toronto Film Festival

TORONTO (CBS/AP) Bruce Springsteen's fourth album 1978's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" is the subject of a documentary that had its world premiere Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Directed by Thom Zimny, who made a similar making-of documentary about "Born to Run," "The Promise" blends new interviews with Springsteen and his band mates with archival footage of the rehearsal and recording sessions for "Darkness on the Edge of Town."

Bruce Springsteen, 60, figures his first three albums, including the classic "Born to Run," were a prequel to the rest of his career.

After the enormous success of "Born to Run" three years earlier, Springsteen had been kept out of the studio because of a legal dispute with his former manager. When he finally began recording again with the E Street Band, a deluge of songs poured out, stories of anguish and doubt in an America mired in hard times and disillusioned after the Vietnam War.

The documentary airs Oct. 7 on HBO, then will be included in a CD-and-DVD-boxed-set release of "Darkness on the Edge of Town," due in stores Nov. 16.

The set will include live shows on DVD from the "Darkness" era and two CDs of songs Springsteen recorded but left off the finished album, which includes such tunes as "Badlands," "Racing in the Street," "The Promised Land" and "Streets of Fire."