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Friday Night Lights (2004)
DVD (1 discs
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Blu-ray (1 discs
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Digital ✓
Genre: Drama
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Synopsis
Based on the perennial nonfiction bestseller by H.G. Bissinger, Friday Night Lights looks at high school football in the harsh light of reality, finding heart and hardness while stirring our emotions. Actor-director Peter Berg (Very Bad Things, The Rundown) is Bissinger's cousin; he knows the material well, and understands how an obsession with winning turns high school kids into somber, over-pressured gladiators--expendable soldiers in a community war against shame and obscurity. The fact-based story focuses on the 1988 football season of Odessa-Permian high school in West Texas, and as a fast-paced sports movie, Berg delivers the goods with a rousing, frenetically styled crowd-pleaser. But there's darkness in this tale of weary underdogs, including an abusive father (well-played by country music star Tim McGraw), threatening townsfolk, an injured star running back (Derek Luke), a tormented quarterback (Lucas Black), and the melancholy coach (Billy Bob Thornton) who takes his team to the finals. Berg's film could use less flashy cutting and more drama to support its gridiron intensity, but Friday Night Lights offers a refreshing alternative to the conventional sports movie.
Cast
Lucas Black
Billy Bob Thornton
Tim McGraw
Garrett Hedlund
Derek Luke
Director
Peter Berg
Awards & Nominations
- None
Keywords
Drama
Football
Sports
Technical Specifications
Audio Languages
English, French, Spanish
Subtitle Languages
English, French, Spanish
Special Features
- Audio commentary
- Deleted/extended scenes
- Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
- Action Packed Deleted Scenes
- Tim McGraw: Off the Stage (The country music star's transition to the silver screen)
- Player Cam (Experience first hand all the action that ensues when 40 actors/athletes live and work together for six wild weeks)
- The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (Witness the real Friday Night Lights' players and fans through the eyes of the cast and crew)
- Gridiron Grads
- Behind The Lights
- Feature Commentary
- Blu-ray Live Enabled