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Writers (WGA):
Buzz Bissinger (book)
David Aaron Cohen (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 October 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Hope comes alive more
Plot:
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(43 articles)
Review: Friday Night Lights - In the Skin of a Lion
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What's On Tonight: Cma Awards, Glee, House of Payne, Ultimate Fighter
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User Comments:
Not as good as the book. more (270 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Coach Gary Gaines | |
| Lucas Black | ... | Mike Winchell | |
| Garrett Hedlund | ... | Don Billingsley | |
| Derek Luke | ... | Boobie Miles | |
| Jay Hernandez | ... | Brian Chavez | |
| Lee Jackson | ... | Ivory Christian | |
| Lee Thompson Young | ... | Chris Comer | |
| Tim McGraw | ... | Charles Billingsley | |
| Grover Coulson | ... | L.V. Miles | |
| Connie Britton | ... | Sharon Gaines | |
| Connie Cooper | ... | Mrs. Winchell | |
| Kasey Stevens | ... | Flippy | |
| Ryanne Duzich | ... | Melissa | |
| Amber Heard | ... | Maria | |
| Morgan Farris | ... | Jennifer Gaines |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and rough sports action.
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118 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
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Iceland:LH | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M (tv rating) | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | Australia:PG
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Derek Luke, who played high school player James 'Boobie' Miles, was actually 30 years old during filming. In the movie, he is portrayed as a teenager. more
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Anachronisms: At the first football game (against Marshall), the logo on the bass drum in the marching band is from the 2004 Rose Parade - you can make out the date and city on the bottom of the drum. more
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Mike Winchell: My mind's not right. more
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Spoofed in Friday Night Lights Lost Scene (2005) (TV) more
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Rock and Roll Part 2 more
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Who created the background music for the movie?more
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I just don't see how anyone who didn't read the book could follow the story at all. The book was so watered down, and the story is almost unrecognizable. We saw precious little of Booby Miles' complexity or the pressures around him over which he had no control. We saw almost nothing of Chavez, one of the very few players who actually made something of himself, or what effect the high school football experience had on his success in life. And the other players ... their personal lives were so affected by what happened that single season, and it was pretty much ignored. There was so much background about the frenzy that Mojo generated (and still generates) in Odessa that just wasn't shown.
That being said, I can see why the people in Odessa so disapproved of the book and loved the movie. The movie doesn't show the rather affectionate, yet unflattering picture that Buzz Bissinger painted of the town. Instead, it only showed the stereotypical hype of small town football. After seeing the movie, PLEASE do yourself a favor and read the book.