Friday Night Lights
- Release Date
- October 8, 2004
- Director
- Peter Berg , Josh Pate
- Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton , Lucas Black , Garrett Hedlund , Derek Luke , Jay Hernandez , Lee Jackson
- Runtime
- 117
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Buzz Bissinger , David Aaron Cohen , Peter Berg
- Tagline
- Hope comes alive on Friday nights
Summary
As darkness descends over the flatlands of West Texas every Friday from September through December, a dazzling, disorienting glow, visible on the stark horizon for miles around, ignites the blackened sky. Looming over the landscape, Ratliff Stadium, the country’s biggest high school football field, overflows with 20,000 spectators, their voices raised in the trademark chant: “MO-JO! MO-JO! MO-JO!” The crowd’s jubilation rises to fever pitch as the Permian Panthers, Odessa’s “boys in black,” take to the field like warriors in an ancient coliseum. Once a week during the fall, this town and its dreams are carried on the padded shoulders of these young gridiron heroes, illuminated beneath the autumnal glare of those Friday night lights that serve as a beacon of hope to the townsfolk of this dusty West Texas town. Since their first season in 1959, the Panthers established themselves as the most successful football program not only in Texas, but in the entire country. Now, in the last days of summer of 1988, the Permian High School Panthers of Odessa, Texas begin the season with one thing on their minds -- winning their fifth state championship in their 30 year history. For their coach, Gary Gaines (Oscar winner BILLY BOB THORNTON), it all comes down to his definition of perfection: “Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn’t let them down. I want you to put each other in your hearts forever -- because forever is about to happen. Can you live in that moment as best you can, with clear eyes, with love and joy in your heart? If you can do that, then you’re perfect.” Friday Night Lights is the true American story of a group of young athletes, their town and their dreams.
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