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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.
- 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.
- Peter Berg
- 308
- 2 min
Oct 8, 2004 · An acute survey of the football-obsessed heartland that succeeds as both a stirring drama and a rousing sports movie. A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football...
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- Peter Berg
- PG-13
- Billy Bob Thornton
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. 1,062 IMDb 7.2 1 h 57 min 2004. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · Sports · Inspiring · Touching.
- 117 min
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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A straight arrow coach leads his team to the 1988 Texas state semifinals in the west Texas city of Odessa, where high school football is king. Expectations of classmates, coaches, family, and community members exact a toll on the athletes central to the story.
