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Overview
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Release Date:
8 October 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
Hope comes alive more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Texas
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Coach
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Odessa Texas
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Small Town
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Championship
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Awards:
1 win
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4 nominations
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(47 articles)
What Allison is thankful for
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Review: Friday Night Lights - A Sort of a Homecoming
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(From AOL - TVSquad. 22 November 2009, 1:03 PM, PST)
Review: Friday Night Lights - A Sort of a Homecoming
(From AOL - TVSquad. 19 November 2009, 6:29 AM, PST)
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Nice football drama
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and rough sports action.
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118 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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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
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At the end of the movie where Permian is trying to score right before the last play you can see director 'Peter Berg' jumping up and down in the stands.
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Anachronisms: Post-1988 vehicles in overhead shot of campers at the beginning of the state playoffs montage.
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Quotes:
Don Billingsley:
If I have anything to say about it tonight you're going to get drunk and you're going to get laid.
Mike Winchell: I'm not going out drunk and foolin'.
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Mike Winchell: I'm not going out drunk and foolin'.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Friday Night Lights Lost Scene (2005) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
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I don't think I've ever enjoyed Billy Bob Thornton's character in any movie as much as I did here. For once I didn't find him totally obnoxious. FNL was a great drama which used that same gritty style in 8 Mile and actually featured characters with emotional depth. I'm not a football fan at all really but this one kept me on the edge of my seat. It's also great in that it shows all of the outcomes and possibilities of high schoolers playing football, which becomes crucial in character development. You also feel the heat coming from the townfolk who live by and practically worship football and how it affects the boys. Great story, great acting, great direction, and very entertaining, every last bit. 8/10.