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Friday Night Lights is a 2004 American sports drama film co-written and directed by Peter Berg. The film follows the coach and players of a high school football team in the Texas city of Odessa. The book on which it is based, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990) by H. G. Bissinger, followed the story of the 1988 Permian High ...
- October 8, 2004 (United States)
Oct 8, 2004 · Friday Night Lights: Directed by Peter Berg. With Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke. 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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Oct 8, 2004 · A scene from the film "Friday Night Lights." (L-R) Billy Bob Thornton as Coach Gary Gaines and Garrett Hedlund as Don Billingsley in "Friday Night Lights." On the set of "Friday Night Lights."
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- Peter Berg
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- Billy Bob Thornton
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In a small Texas town where high school football looms large, coach Eric Taylor leads through wins and losses both on and off the field. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Friday Night Lights. Based on the true story of Permian, Texas, a town that lives and dies with its high school football team - and how players, coaches and families cope with the pressures of winning at all costs. 1,059 IMDb 7.2 1 h 57 min 2004. X-Ray PG-13.
The coach, Gary Gaines, is constantly on the hot seat. After a loss, he comes back to see "For Sale" signs on his lawn. Tied into the successes and failure of the coach and the team in general are the conflicts the players struggle with on and off the gridiron. The coach overuses his star player, running back James "Boobie" Miles, who gets ...
