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Friday Night Lights (HD)
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Friday Night Lights (HD)
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| | | From the Producer of 8 Mile.
Features: HD DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Plus; Dobly Surround Sound, English, Spanish, French Subtitled
A genuine stand-up-and-cheer movie about a courageous high school football team's fight to fulfill their destiny and live their dream, Friday Night Lights is "unforgettable and real!" (Larry King, CNN). Billy Bob Thornton stars in a true American story of how one legendary Texas town made hope come alive under the exhilarating glare of Friday Night Lights! "One of the greatest sports stories ever told" (Sports Illustrated) is now "one of the greatest sports movies ever made!" (Larry King, CNN).
"There isn't a bad performance here, but besides Thornton, Luke stands out." Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
"Few films have shown so powerfully the slashing double edge of sports fever." David Ansen, NewsWeek
"Two thumbs way up!" Ebert & Roeper
"The best sports movie for years...an un-American all-American tale that deserves attention." Ian Nathan, Empire
"One of the best football movies ever, Nights in the end celebrates the game." Mike Clark, USA Today
Editor's Note
Based on the best-selling book by H.G. Bissinger, Peter Berg's gritty, powerful drama tells the true story of a small Texas town in which high school football is the only thing that matters. Set in 1988, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS opens on the first day of practice for the Odessa Permian Panthers. Under intense pressure and scrutiny from the town's residents, head coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) nonetheless maintains a calm faade. His star player, Boobie Miles (Derek Luke), is a running back with unlimited potential, but the rest of the team is undersized and lacking killer instinct--especially quarterback Mike Winchell (Lucas Black), who's shy and short of confidence, and Don Billingsley (Garrett Hedlund), who is tormented by his father (Tim McGraw) for being too soft. When Boobie goes down on opening day with a career threatening knee injury, the season appears to be over. But Gaines won't give up, and neither will the rest of his feisty players.Billy Bob Thornton delivers another outstanding performance in Berg's impassioned drama, as do the film's young actors (most notably Luke, Black, and Hedlund). Tobias Schliessler's fuel-injected photography and Explosion in the Sky's electrifying score make FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS an even more spectacular movie-going experience.
| Features | Widescreen Presentation | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1) Plus; Dolby Surround Sound | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/8/2006 |
| Running Time: 118 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 30020 | | UPC: 00025193002020 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Amber Heard | | Billy Bob Thornton | | Connie Britton | | Derek Luke | | Garrett Hedlund | | Jay Hernandez | | Lucas Black | | Tim McGraw | | Brian Grazer - Producer | | Brian Reitzell, et. al. - Original Music By | | Buzz Bissinger - Based On Book By | | David Aaron Cohen - Screenplay | | Gabrielle Fasulo, et. al. - Editor | | John Cameron - Executive Producer | | Peter Berg - Screenplay | | Peter Berg, et. al. - Director | | Peter Borck - Art Director | | Tobias A. Schliessler - Cinematographer |
| Awards |
Nominee (2005) | | | MTV Award, Tim McGraw, Breakthrough Male |
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