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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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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)
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. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the ...
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- Kyle Chandler. As Coach Eric Taylor, Kyle Chandler won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Leading the Dillon Panthers, the East Dillon Lions, and being the patriarch of his family, Coach Taylor was the principled and admirable main character of Friday Night Lights for all five seasons.
- Connie Britton. As Tami, Coach Taylor's patient wife who also became the guidance counselor and then principal of Dillion High School and later, the guidance counselor at East Dillon High, Connie Britton was essential to Friday Night Lights.
- Taylor Kitsch. Before going on to star in the much-maligned True Detective season 2, Taylor Kitsch stole many hearts as Tim Riggins, the brooding running back of the Dillon Panthers and the love interest of Lyla Garrity (Minka Kelly).
- Minka Kelly. Minka Kelly played Lyla Garrity, the captain of the Dillon High cheerleaders who left her boyfriend Jason Street (Scott Porter) for Tim Riggins.
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Feb 23, 2023 · Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard) The celebrated actor played Vince Howard in FNL' s fourth and fifth season. After facing trouble with the law, Vince joins the East Dillon team, playing football ...
Noannie Williams (Nieko Mann) – Younger Sister to Smash Williams. Waverly Grady ( Aasha Davis) — The preacher's daughter and former girlfriend to “Smash” Williams. Her bipolar disorder eventually leads to the end of their relationship. Reverend Grady (Sid Johnson) – A preacher in town, Waverly's father.
