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Friday Night Lights

  • 20042004
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 58m
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7.2/10
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
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.
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
64K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,396
324
    • Peter Berg
    • Buzz Bissinger(book "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream")
    • David Aaron Cohen(screenplay)
    • Peter Berg(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Billy Bob Thornton
    • Jay Hernandez
    • Derek Luke
    • Peter Berg
    • Buzz Bissinger(book "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream")
    • David Aaron Cohen(screenplay)
    • Peter Berg(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Billy Bob Thornton
    • Jay Hernandez
    • Derek Luke
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 306User reviews
    • 118Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Peter Berg and Brian Grazer in Friday Night Lights (2004)
    Lucas Black, Jay Hernandez, Garrett Hedlund, and Lee Jackson in Friday Night Lights (2004)
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    Peter Berg and Buzz Bissinger in Friday Night Lights (2004)

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    Billy Bob Thornton
    Billy Bob Thornton
    • Coach Gary Gaines
    Jay Hernandez
    Jay Hernandez
    • Brian Chavez
    Derek Luke
    Derek Luke
    • Boobie Miles
    Lucas Black
    Lucas Black
    • Mike Winchell
    Garrett Hedlund
    Garrett Hedlund
    • Don Billingsley
    Lee Jackson
    Lee Jackson
    • Ivory Christian
    Lee Thompson Young
    Lee Thompson Young
    • Chris Comer
    Tim McGraw
    Tim McGraw
    • Charles Billingsley
    Grover Coulson
    Grover Coulson
    • L.V. Miles
    Connie Britton
    Connie Britton
    • Sharon Gaines
    Connie Cooper
    Connie Cooper
    • Mrs. Winchell
    Kasey Stevens
    • Flippy
    Ryanne Duzich
    Ryanne Duzich
    • Melissa
    Amber Heard
    Amber Heard
    • Maria
    Morgan Farris
    Morgan Farris
    • Jennifer Gaines
    Laine Kelly
    Laine Kelly
    • Comer's Girlfriend
    Gavin Grazer
    Gavin Grazer
    • Trapper
    Turk Pipkin
    • Skip Baldwin
      • Peter Berg
      • Buzz Bissinger(book "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream")
      • David Aaron Cohen(screenplay)
      • Peter Berg(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The real James "Boobie" Miles can be seen standing next to Derek Luke (playing "Boobie" Miles) several times throughout the film. He is wearing a black Permian jacket and hat.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Coach Gary Gaines: Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there. It's not about winning. It's about you and your relationship with yourself, your family and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didnt let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is you did everything you could. There wasnt one more thing you could've done. Can you live in that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, and love in your heart, with joy in your heart? If you can do that gentleman - you're perfect!

    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: Friday Night Lights (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
      Written by Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Terminator X (as Norman Rodgers),

      Flavor Flav (as William Drayton)

      Performed by Public Enemy

      Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews306

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    7/10
    Captures the West Texas Environment Remarkably Well
    This film centers around a high school football team in West Texas known as the Odessa-Permian Panthers who have set a standard of excellence that remains difficult for anybody else to surpass on the football field. However, with this success has come such a rabid devotion to this team by the local residents that an enormous amount of pressure is put upon everyone associated with the team in the process. So much so that the local residents and alumni not only expect a victory each and every time the team takes the field but they also demand it--or else! And this puts the new coach "Gary Gaines" (Billy Bob Thornton) in an especially difficult postion which only gets worse after he loses his star running back "Boobie Miles" (Derek Luke) to a season ending knee injury in the very first game. And things really get bad when he not only loses this game but another one not too long afterward. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, although there was some artistic license taken with the historical accuracy here and there, the film follows the basic plot of the book and makes for an enjoyable movie experience overall. I especially liked the manner in which the director (Peter Berg) managed to capture the West Texas environment as vividly as he did. Be that as it may, I enjoyed this movie and recommend it to all those who might be looking for a film of this type.
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    • Release date
      • October 8, 2004 (United States)
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Universal Pictures
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Odessa, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Friday Night Lights LLC
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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