Friday Night Lights
Summary:
H.G. Bissinger's best-selling true-life account of a few months in the life of a high-school football team comes to the screen in this adaptation written and directed by Peter Berg. Odessa, TX, is an oil town in the western part of the state that's home to the Permian High School Panthers, the football team with the best winning record in the state. Odessa is a town with more than ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Billy Bob Thornton - (Coach Gary Gaines)
Derek Luke - (Boobie Miles)
Jay Hernandez - (Brian Chavez)
Lucas Black - (Mike Winchell)
Garrett Hedlund - (Don Billingsley)
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Review:
Friday Night Lights was billed as a "different kind of sports movie," but the film's greatest departure from brethren like Remember the Titans and Varsity Blues is stylistic, not substantive. Peter Berg's herky-jerky camera might bring in more indie-minded viewers than your typical football movie, but it adds little extra legitimacy ... Continue >>
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