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Friday Night Lights (2004) 7.1
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7.1/10 from 31,784 users
Metascore: 70/100
Reviews: 285 user | 119 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Peter Berg |
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Cast
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| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | ||
| Lucas Black | ... | ||
| Garrett Hedlund | ... | ||
| Derek Luke | ... | ||
| Jay Hernandez | ... | ||
| Lee Jackson | ... | ||
| Lee Thompson Young | ... | ||
| Tim McGraw | ... | ||
| Grover Coulson | ... |
L.V. Miles
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| Connie Britton | ... | ||
| Connie Cooper | ... |
Mrs. Winchell
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| Kasey Stevens | ... |
Flippy
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| Ryanne Duzich | ... |
Melissa
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| Amber Heard | ... | ||
| Morgan Farris | ... |
Jennifer Gaines
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Odessa, Texas, is a small, town in Texas. Racially divided and economically dying, there is one night that gives the town something to live for: Friday Night. The Permian Panthers have a big winning tradition in Texas high school football, led by QB Mike Winchell and superstar tailback Boobie Miles, but all is not well, as Boobie suffers a career-ending injury in the first game of the season. Hope is lost among citizens in Odessa, and for the team, but Coach Gary Gaines, who believes that "Perfection is being able to look your friends in the eye and know you did everything you could not to let them down", is somehow able to help the team rise up from the ashes and make a huge season comeback. Now on their way to state, the Panthers must go out and be perfect, because they may never matter this much for the rest of their lives. Written by Zac Abrams
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Hope comes alive on Friday nights See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and rough sports action | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
8 October 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Friday Night Lights - Touchdown am Freitag See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,269,025 (USA) (8 October 2004)Gross:
$61,188,085 (USA) (24 December 2004)Company Credits
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[pause while Boobie throws ball]
L.V. Miles: OOHH! And he can pass!
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At the end of the movie where Permian is trying to score right before the last play, director Peter Berg can be seen jumping up and down in the stands. See more »Goofs
When departing Odessa for the game in the Houston Astrodome, the coach tells a player that "we have a six hour ride" when in reality it would take at least eight to nine hours to drive the 500 miles from Odessa to Houston. See more »Quotes
L.V. Miles: [to people from colleges] How ya'll doin' up there? Ya'll doin' all right? 45, Boobie, that's my nephew out there. That boy can play some football. He can play left, he can play right, don't make no difference. He can block, tackle, score the touch down, snap the ball, and kick the extra point. Hell, the boy will fill up the Gatorade cooler, walk the dog, and paint your back porch. I'm telling ya, the boy can plain outplay football.[pause while Boobie throws ball]
L.V. Miles: OOHH! And he can pass!
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This movie was phenomenal in every way. It had incredible performances under a great director with a fantastic story to back it up.
It tells the story of a high school football team in Texas through the course of their 1988 season. Billy Bob Thorton played the coach of the team and give the best performance I've ever seen him give. The film was directed by Peter Berg who gave it a unique film style. He managed to tell this story in a very beautiful way.
Tim McGraw gives a great debut performance of an ex-high school football player who has become the drunken abusive father of one of the players currently on the team. He was almost unrecodnizable in this role and he portrayed it well. He, and the rest of the cast for that matter deserve a lot of credit.
This is the only football film I have ever seen that has done justice to what it feels like to play football in high school. I played under Friday night lights myself, that time of my life ended just a year ago and it still holds fresh in my memory. And because of that I can tell you how accurately this film portray's the sense of brotherhood and friendship that is felt by every team, at least every good football team.
Whether you ever played under Friday night lights yourself or not anyone should be able to appreciate this film.