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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.
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Oct 8, 2004 · Friday Night Lights | Rotten Tomatoes. PG-13. 2004, Drama, 1h 57m. 82% Tomatometer 174 Reviews. 85% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. An acute survey of the...
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- Peter Berg
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- Billy Bob Thornton
Friday Night Lights: Created by Peter Berg. With Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Brad Leland. A drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.
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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.
Oct 8, 2004 · 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. Local talk radio keeps up a steady drumbeat of criticism against Gaines.
Overview. A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up.
