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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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I played West Texas Football, NCAA, and NFL
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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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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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Texan experimental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky scored the movie. The producer used small pieces of older songs by Explosions in the Sky as placeholders, but eventually grew so fond of the pieces that he licensed them along with the original score produced by the band.
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Continuity: When Boobie gets hurt, we see a close up of his knee and hear a crack. The knee we see is his right knee. In later shots, it is his left knee that is hurt.
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Quotes:
Ivory Christian:
What's wrong with y'all? Y'all are playin' like some little girls! Y'all act like you never played football before! These guys are nothin'! They bleed just like we do, and sweat just like we do. They went through two-a-days. We went through two-a-days in 110 degree heat. I want you to hit everything that move! If the ref gets in your way, you hit him! They're cheatin' us too! They're against us too. This is our team. This is us! Let's go right now! Let's get it off now and let's go!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Friday Night Lights Lost Scene (2005) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
The Only Moment We Were Alone
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I am not a professional movie reviewer. And I did not play for Permian.
I have seen many great high school football movies including Remember the Titans, All The Right Moves, Radio, Varsity Blues and others and there is nothing better than non-fiction. My high school coach made us read this book during summer ball and I can honestly state that this is what West Texas High School Football is all about. No matter what the "Movie Review Nerds" say, this is great story. Watch it, watch it again and buy the DVD for your kids. Teach these values to your kids. Forget about preconceived notions about the actors.
THIS IS WHAT FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT!!