As I write this, I'm still recovering from last night's marathon effort by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at Giants Stadium. After a two-hour delay because of traffic problems on the NJ Turnpike, Bruce and the E Streeters came out and made it up to the crowd with a 3 hour, 15 minute steamroller of a show. I like to consider myself a Bruce diehard, having seen him in concert some 30+ times over the past 23 years. But you couldn't walk 10 feet in the stadium parking lot without running into someone with triple-digit Springsteen shows under his/her belt.

Bruce inspires passion in his fans like no other, and his music is so personal it makes us feel as if we're close friends, which is why we refer to him like we would our buddies, by his first name. It's why so many of us travel around the country to see him, hoping each show provides a surprise from his vast catalog of songs or -- as last night proved -- circumstances offer up a performance with just that little bit of extra 'Bruuuce' to make it unforgettable. So as we headed out on the "Long Walk Home" (we actually didn't walk, but since we didn't "Drive All Night" I wanted to avoid any car references), something suddenly occurred to me:

Why hasn't there been a movie made about The Boss?

It's a no-brainer. There have been great musical biopics on Ray Charles, Johnny Cash (a favorite of Bruce's BTW), Janis Joplin ("The Rose" was so clearly inspired by Janis there's no point in arguing about it), Jerry Lee Lewis, a handful on Elvis in the movies and on TV. What made those work is that besides the incredible music, the artists were unique characters with fascinating stories.

Bruce fits the bill as well. While he doesn't have the drug history that nearly all of the above have, or the tragic finish of Elvis, Janis or Buddy Holly, Bruce is a uniquely American success story. Born into the Jersey working class, struggles with his family (his strained relationship with his father was the underpinning of many of his best songs) and struggles to find success. Before "Born to Run" made him a superstar, Springsteen was in danger of being dropped from his record label. His first two records had sold nothing and the hype calling him the 'next Dylan' was fading. Then came the simultaneous Time & Newsweek covers, the amazing success of BTR, and BOOM!

A star was born.

You want conflict? How about his battle for control over his music with his first manager, Mike Appel? How about the incident at the 1980 'No Nukes' show where, apparently upset over turning 30, he flung a birthday cake into the crowd? Or his struggles to get a grasp on the sudden superstardom that hit him like a Thundercrack when "Born In The U.S.A" became a misunderstood, massive hit in 1984??

Wait, you say every good biopic needs a romance? There was his first, shortlived marriage to actress Julianne Phillips, and his subsequent romance with his very own Jersey Girl, Patti Scialfa (who was part of the E Street Band at the time).

And there's also his transformation from societal observer to outright political rabblerouser. For most of his career, Bruce chose to keep his political opinions to himself, choosing instead to use his pulpit to tell the stories of the working class with which he had grown up, and though now fabulously wealthy, still identified with.

But as the 21st Century unfolded, Bruce stopped dipping his toes into the political waters and became an outright activist. First, openly campaigning for John Kerry in 2004 on the Vote for Change Tour, and now, with his most recent album "Magic", including "Living in the Future," a political rant disguised in catchy pop song gloss that makes "Born in the U.S.A." seem like the patriotic jingle the mid-80s GOP thought it was.

I don't know, I could be biased here because I'm a Springsteen guy, but that sounds like a darn good screenplay to me. So who's writing it?

Feel free to offer casting suggestions as to who could play The Boss onscreen. I'll post them in a future column.