Friday Night Lights (2004)

6.9	Rating (231 ratings)
7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Peter Berg

Starring (View all)

Billy Bob Thornton
Coach Gary Gaines

Lucas Black
Mike Winchell

Garrett Hedlund
Don Billingsley

Derek Luke
Boobie Miles

Jay Hernandez
Brian Chavez

Lee Jackson
Ivory Christian

Lee Thompson Young
Chris Comer

Tim McGraw
Charles Billingsley

Written by

Buzz Bissinger

Peter Berg
(screenplay)

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16 years, 4 months ago at Dec 18 4:26

Claudia

1 vote

Football movies. You either love them or hate them. Me - I don't mind watching them, I don't find them particularly interesting but I can survive watching one. This is one of the better ones that I have seen, probably because of the cast including Billy Bob Thornton. And it was enjoyable to watch.

I can imagine that there's not too many possibilities of what to include in a sports m... read more

An average movie

13 years, 1 month ago at Mar 11 13:16

johanlefourbe

1 vote

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since it has a solid reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, sure, the directing was decent and so is the acting but, honestly, there was nothing really original here. It all depends if you're a sport movie fan or not, especially (American) football. In this case, it was even dealing with high school football which is something ... read more

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Description: Based on the best-selling book by H.G. Bissinger, Peter Berg's gritty, powerful drama tells the true story of a small Texas town in which high school football is the only thing that matters. Set in 1988, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS opens on the first day of practice for the Odessa Permian Panthers. Under intense pressure and scrutiny from the town's residents, head coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) nonetheless maintains a calm façade. His star player, Boobie Miles (Derek Luke), is a running back with unlimited potential, but the rest of the team is undersized and lacking killer instinct--especially quarterback Mike Winchell (Lucas ... (more)

Release date: 8 October 2004
UPC: 025192547720

Tags: Drama (13), Sports (11), Football (11), Sport (10), Action (9), 2004 (8), Texas (7), Marriage (6), 2000s (6), Teen (5), Based On True Story (5), Spiritual Cinema (5), Crutches (5), Coin Toss (5), Day In Title (5), Amazing (4), 1980s (4), African American (4), Based On Book (4), SnP (4)

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" Cast : Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Amber Heard What was it about? 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. My two cents: Sure, the directing was decent and so was the acting but, honestly, there was nothing really original here. It all depends if you're a sport movie fan or not, especially (American) football. In this"

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