Friday Night Lights (2004)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Peter Berg
Josh Pate

Writers (WGA):

Buzz Bissinger (book)
David Aaron Cohen (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Hope comes alive

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Day In Title | American Football | Oil | Racism | Coach

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

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
Grover Coulson	...	L.V. Miles
Connie Britton	...	Sharon Gaines
Connie Cooper	...	Mrs. Winchell
Kasey Stevens	...	Flippy
Ryanne Duzich	...	Melissa
Amber Heard	...	Maria
Morgan Farris	...	Jennifer Gaines

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and rough sports action.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:LH | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M (tv rating) | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (2005) | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Abilene, Texas, USA

Company:

Friday Night Lights LLC

Trivia:

Derek Luke, who played high school player James 'Boobie' Miles, was actually 30 years old during filming. In the movie, he is portrayed as a teenager.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Numerous players in the movie were seen wearing Under Armour accessories. Under Armour did not appear until 1997.

Quotes:

Brian: After this it's just babies and memories.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 'Friday Night Lights': The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Welcome to the Terrordome

distorted the facts

i am disappointed that they twisted one of the most important facts of the movie, that in 1988 Marshall beat Permian in Marshall. We did not get beat by them. also they did not get the playoff teams right. they should have stuck to the real events, that is why i rate it no better than varsity blues or all the right moves. the book was more to the facts. the movie was a typical whitewash of a true story. Hollywood never will learn to make a movie true to the facts. what i don't understand is the author let them change things around. it was a highlight of marshall to beat the panthers, because we were so much smaller than them. we deserved our little bit of history in the movie.