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Synopsis
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 its share of problems; the decline of the oil business in Texas has set the city's economy into a tailspin, and racial tensions still erupt into violence on occasion. But football is the one thing that brings all the people of Odessa together, and on Friday nights every fall, as many as 20,000 people fill Permian's football stadium to watch Coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) and his boys try to lead the team to victory. As Gaines works to build a winning team in a town where victory is prized above all else, however, his players struggle through the emotional trials common to any teenager and ponder the fact that there is little future in their hometown...and that a championship season can be as much a burden as a triumph. Friday Night Lights also stars Lucas Black, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, and country singer-turned-actor Tim McGraw. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton Coach Gaines
Billy Bob Thornton Coach Gary Gaines
Connie Britton Sharon Gaines
Lucas Black Mike Winchell
Tim McGraw Charles Billingsley
Lee Thompson Young Chris Corner
Jay Hernandez Brian Chavez
Derek Luke Boobie Miles
Garrett Hedlund Don Billingsley
Grover Coulson L.V. Miles
Lee Jackson Ivory Christian

Production Crew

Dino Parks Additional Cinematography
Peter Amundson Additional Editing
David Torn Additional Music
Explosions in the Sky Additional Music
Robert Grieve ADR Editor
Greg Steele ADR Mixer
Christopher Fitzgerald ADR Recordist
Joel Shryack ADR Supervisor
Caitlin McKenna ADR Voice Casting
Kurt E. Soderling Aerial Photography
Jorge Paris Art Department Assistant
Peter Borck Art Director
Dorothy Menton Assistant Location Manager
Joey Hudgins Assistant Location Manager
Logan Cooper Assistant Location Manager
Mateo Barnstone Assistant Location Manager
Pete Sharp Assistant Location Manager
Peter Sharp Assistant Location Manager
Dwayne Grady Assistant Properties
Erick Garibay Assistant Properties
Marvin Schroeder Assistant Properties
Michael P. Sweeney Assistant Properties
Gabriella Villarreal Assistant Set Decorator
Meg Taylor Assistant Sound Editor
Gregory Plotkin Associate Editor
David Bernardi Associate Producer
Christopher Prampin Best Boy Electric
Jim Shelton Best Boy Electric
Mark Hadland Best Boy Electric
Troy Sneed Best Boy Electric
Chris McNellis Best Boy Grip
Steven Lynn Walker Best Boy Grip
H.G. Bissinger Book Author
Chris Frazee Boom Operator
Larry Commans Boom Operator
Scott Solan Boom Operator
Terri L. Wright Buyer
Thadd Day Cable Person
Tom Sturgis Cable Person
Don Howe Jr. Camera Loader
Jesse Roth Camera Loader
Bob M. Scott Camera Operator
Chris Moseley Camera Operator
David Luckenbach Camera Operator
Orly Stires Camera Operator
Jane Jenkins Casting
Janet Hirshenson Casting
Jo Edna Boldin Casting
Kit Gwin Casting Associate
Melissa Mercer Casting Associate
Michelle Lewitt Casting Associate
Tobias Schliessler Cinematographer
Robert Graf Co-producer
Sarah Aubrey Co-producer
Explosions in the Sky Composer (Music Score)
Alan Precourt Compositor
Bill Georgiou Compositor
Brigitte Bourque Compositor
Chirag Nagpal Compositor
Cybele Sierra Compositor
Daniel Dalton Akers Compositor
David Sweeney Compositor
Ean Carr Compositor
Elam Parithi Compositor
Frank Mauer Compositor
Jai Dadlani Compositor
Jateen Thakkar Compositor
Jeff Wells Compositor
Jeffrey Castel De Oro Compositor
Jennifer Ann Howard Compositor
Joe Salazar Compositor
Joshua Saeta Compositor
Kamalakanna Vairakanna Compositor
Marcus M. Rubone Compositor
Matt Kelly Compositor
Matthew T. Wilson Compositor
Michael Pecchia Compositor
Mike Frevert Compositor
Mukesh Kumar Compositor
Pauline Duvall Compositor
Payal Dani Compositor
Perry Kass Compositor
Prabhakar Putta Compositor
Pragti Wadhwa Compositor
Satish Ratakonda Compositor
Sean Lee Compositor
Serkan Zelzele Compositor
Shweta Hirani Compositor
Tony Barraza Compositor
Tom Ward Construction Coordinator
Susan Matheson Costume Designer
Helen R. Monaghan Costume/Wardrobe
John H. Smith III Costume/Wardrobe
LeAnn Radeka Costume/Wardrobe
Marcia Evers Costume/Wardrobe
Marienne O'Brian Costume/Wardrobe
Dana Hart Costumes Supervisor
Darren King Dialogue Editor
Peter Berg Director
Cesar Quintanilla Dolly Grip
Dennis Clay Dolly Grip
Dwight LaVers Dolly Grip
Joe Vasquez Dolly Grip
Patrick Blackard Dolly Grip
Sean Devine Dolly Grip
Sean Maxwell Dolly Grip
Colby Parker, Jr. Editor
David Rosenbloom Editor
Barry Strickland Electrician
Cheryl Clarson Electrician
Eddie Stevens Electrician
Jeff Howison Electrician
Josh Taylor Electrician
Raul "Bull" Mello Electrician
Robert B. Reynolds Electrician
S. Mark Mims Electrician
Stephen F. Beasley Electrician
Travis Travis Electrician
Troy Anderson Electrician
Walton Rowell Electrician
Kathy Nelson Executive Music Producer
James Whitaker Executive Producer
John Cameron Executive Producer
Lee Berger Executive Producer
Joe Grisaffi Extra Casting
Sally Allen Extra Casting
Sally Coryn Allen Extra Casting
Toni Cobb Brock Extra Casting
David Torn Featured Music
Explosions in the Sky Featured Music
Fred L. Mclane First Assistant Camera
John Sheeren First Assistant Camera
Mark Santoni First Assistant Camera
Theda Streetman First Assistant Camera
Tony Nagy First Assistant Camera
William C. McConnell Jr. First Assistant Camera
Eric Heffron First Assistant Director
John G. Scotti First Assistant Director
Jim Flynn First Assistant Editor
Kenny Marsten First Assistant Editor
Richard H. Riedel First Assistant Editor
Andy Malcolm Foley Artist
Goro Koyama Foley Artist
Hari Ryatt Foley Editor
Don White Foley Mixer
Ron Mellegers Foley Mixer
Dan Yale Foley Supervisor
Murray K. Cambell Gaffer
Peter Clarson Gaffer
Robert Bruce McLeery Gaffer
Angelo L. Suasnovar Grip
Bradley V. Williams Grip
Chris Hamala Grip
David McDonald Grip
Eric R. Damazio Grip
Ezra Venetos Grip
Joe Vasquez Grip
John L. Shank Grip
Layne Chaney Grip
Leif E. Ulvog Grip
Luis Lopez De Victoria Grip
Marti Wells Jr. Grip
Orlando Mora Grip
Phillip Renke Grip
Rob Hicks Grip
Sanford Gilzow Grip
Stephen Drake Grip
Stephen Ritchey Grip
Steve Drake Grip
Steve Urban Grip
Steven Guerrero Grip
Timothy E. Cole Grip
Charles E. Yusko Hair Styles
Charmaine Richards Hair Styles
Chelsey M. Carpenter Hair Styles
Joani Yarbrough Hair Styles
Melizah Schmidt Hair Styles
Kathy Kiatta Key Costumer
David McSwain Key Grip
John Knight Key Grip
Kurt Grossi Key Grip
Peter Kolb Key Grip
Melissa D. Forney Key Hairstylist
Becki Drake Key Make-up
Gary Wimmer Lead Scenic Artist
Steve Sawhill Leadman
Robbie Friedmann Location Manager
Lynne Eagan Makeup
Troy Breeding Makeup
Adam Milo Smalley Music Editor
Bryan Lawson Music Editor
Brian Reitzell Music Producer
Gary Burritt Negative Cutter
Audrey Chon Personal Assistant
Francis Keao Personal Assistant
Kristen Scott Personal Assistant
Maia Medve Personal Assistant
Miguel Raya Personal Assistant
Lisa Rodgers Post Production Supervisor
Brian Brazer Producer
Brian Grazer Producer
Barbara Noren Production Assistant
Bill Lanier Production Assistant
Claudia Picos Production Assistant
David Hampton Production Assistant
Derrick Espino Production Assistant
Jaimey Sloan Production Assistant
John Claude Fedrick Production Assistant
Kathy Kaplan Production Assistant
Kyle Alexander Production Assistant
Laurence Leonard Production Assistant
Lynn James Production Assistant
Maggie O'Brian Production Assistant
Shepard Hall Production Assistant
Taylor Rierden Production Assistant
Torry Tukuafu Production Assistant
Karen Wacker Production Coordinator
Leigh Ann Wilbourn Production Coordinator
Shanti Delsarte Production Coordinator
Sharon Seymour Production Designer
L. Patrick McCormack Production Manager
Nell Kennedy Production Secretary
Karen Ruth Getchell Production Supervisor
Douglas Fox Properties Master
Virle Reid Properties Master
Gregory King Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Kline Re-Recording Mixer
David Aaron Cohen Screenwriter
Peter Berg Screenwriter
Brooke Satrazemis Script Supervisor
Gina Grande Script Supervisor
Ann Somogye Second Assistant Camera
Cara Singleton Second Assistant Camera
Jeff Pelton Second Assistant Camera
Matthew King Second Assistant Camera
Scott Ronnow Second Assistant Camera
Serge Nofield Second Assistant Camera
William C. McConnell Jr. Second Assistant Camera
Amy Schmidt Second Assistant Director
Michael J. Moore Second Assistant Director
David Riebel Second Second Assistant Director
Roberta Riordan Second Second Assistant Director
Allan Graf Second Unit Director
Thom Owens Second Unit Director Of Photography
Carla Curry Set Decorator
Rob Simons Set Designer
Ronn Basquette Set Designer
April Crump Set Dresser
Jack Colmenero Set Dresser
Jeffrey B. Hartman Set Dresser
John Bush Set Dresser
John Parker Jr. Set Dresser
Lance Cheatham Set Dresser
Michael E. Wilks Set Dresser
Patricia Dillon Set Dresser
Roy Huth Set Dresser
Scott Perez Set Dresser
Shane Patrick Set Dresser
Carmen Thomson Set Medic/First Aid
John Arszyla Set Medic/First Aid
Raigen Thornton Set Medic/First Aid
Richard Paul Set Medic/First Aid
Sabrina Williams Set Medic/First Aid
Brandon Schiffman Set Production Assistant
Douglas Carter Set Production Assistant
Ginna Faulkner Set Production Assistant
Greg Pisarski Set Production Assistant
Jennifer Martinson Set Production Assistant
Jeremy W. Reisig Set Production Assistant
Kayse Goodell Set Production Assistant
Melissa Morgan Set Production Assistant
Michele Cusick Set Production Assistant
Neil Parker Set Production Assistant
Paul Mankin Set Production Assistant
Taylor Phillips Set Production Assistant
Tiffany Lynn Drucker Set Production Assistant
Tim Crowley Set Production Assistant
David O. Daniel Sound Mixer
Mark Weingarten Sound Mixer
Whit Norris Sound Mixer
Emmet Kane Special Effects Coordinator
Beverly McCord Special Effects Technician
James W. McCormick Special Effects Technician
Marc McCord Special Effects Technician
David Luckenbach Steadicam Operator
Ralph Nelson Still Photographer
Marc Baird Storyboard Artist
Richard Buoen Storyboard Artist
Barrett Elkins Stunts
Bonnie Morgan Stunts
Christie Sanders Stunts
Christopher Poling Stunts
Courtnee Garcia Stunts
Derek Graf Stunts
Erick Smart Stunts
James Lavitola Stunts
Jason Hunt Stunts
Jayson Merrill Stunts
Justin Reimer Stunts
Kevin Reid Stunts
Miguel McKay Stunts
Scott Stickane Stunts
Webster Whinery Stunts
Allan Graf Stunts Coordinator
Craig Henighan Supervising Sound Editor
Gregory King Supervising Sound Editor
John Cameron Unit Production Manager
John G. Scotti Unit Production Manager
Ernie Malik Unit Publicist
Eric Pickett Video Assist
Roger Basquette Video Assist
John Johns Video Playback
Rhythm & Hues Studios Visual Effects
James Bluma Visual Effects Editor
Yann Delpuech Visual Effects Editor
Lisa Goldberg Visual Effects Producer
Year: 2004
Runtime: 117
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking and rough sports action
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Brian Grazer
Imagine Entertainment
Peter Berg
Universal Pictures

Release
October 08, 2004 (USA)
by Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures

Awards
2004 - Best Film - American Film Institute