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Box office. $62 million. 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...
- (7K)
- Peter Berg
- PG-13
- Billy Bob Thornton
Summaries. 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. 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.
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2 days ago · The film is based on the book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger. Written by David Aaron Cohen and Peter Berg, and directed by Berg, the movie also spawned a TV ...
The movie is based on real life, described the best seller Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream, by H.G. Bissinger. It depicts Odessa as a town consumed by high school football; its stadium is larger than those at many colleges.
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.