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Friday Night Lights (2004) 7.3
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Metascore: 70/100
Reviews: 295 user | 120 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Peter BergWriters:Buzz Bissinger (book) (as H.G. Bissinger) , David Aaron Cohen (screenplay), 1 more credit » |
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L.V. Miles
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Flippy
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Melissa
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Maria
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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. The Permian Panthers have a big winning tradition in Texas high school football, led by QB Mike Winchell and superstar tailback Boobie Miles, but all is not well, as Boobie suffers a career-ending injury in the first game of the season. Hope is lost among citizens in Odessa, and for the team, but Coach Gary Gaines, who believes that "Perfection is being able to look your friends in the eye and know you did everything you could not to let them down", is somehow able to help the team rise up from the ashes and make a huge season comeback. Now on their way to state, the Panthers must go out and be perfect, because they may never matter this much for the rest of their lives. Written by Zac Abrams
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Rated PG-13 for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and rough sports action | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 October 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Friday Night Lights - Touchdown am Freitag See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,269,025 (USA) (8 October 2004)Gross:
$61,188,085 (USA) (24 December 2004)Company Credits
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Written by Preston Foster
Performed by Jimmy Smith
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
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In exterior shots of the Astrodome, digital editing was used to remove the four exterior pedestrian-ramp columns, which were added in 1989 to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. See more »Goofs
When Boobie is hurt, one of the fans standing behind L.V. in the stands is wearing a cap and jacket with a Texas Christian University logo that wasn't in use in 1988. See more »Quotes
Coach Gary Gaines: I've seen you fight. I've seen you not quit. Can you give me a great effort and just a little bit more. Can you be perfect?See more »
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Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Up in the Air/Everybody's Fine/Brothers (2009) See more »Soundtracks
Got My Mo Jo WorkingWritten by Preston Foster
Performed by Jimmy Smith
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
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An excellent movie that goes beyond football. The dynamics of high school players, the expectation of their parents and towns people, how some are treated as a "god", and so on. They did a good job of depicting this.
For many that have experienced playing in a "football community" this movie will hit home. It happens way too much and most never even make it to college to play.
It also got into the racial issues that are faced. Dallas Carter vs Odessa-Permian puts this into perspective. Many today will argue that the game was stolen from Odessa-Permian. The movie depicts Dallas Carter in a negative light - cheap shots, dirty players, etc. Dallas Carter has some good players on that team and Odessa-Permian was over matched in talent and ability. But they played with a lot of heart and per the movie came close to potentially winning.