Friday Night Lights [HD DVD] | ![Friday Night Lights [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HS1M2QGEL._SL500_.jpg)
| Directors: Josh Pate, Peter Berg, Mark Piznarski
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black (ii), Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez
Studio: Universal
Category: DVD
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Rating:  182 reviews
Sales Rank: 5537
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: HD DVD
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HD30020
UPC: 025193002020
EAN: 0025193002020
ASIN: B000FGG60C
Theatrical Release Date: October 8, 2004
Release Date: July 11, 2006
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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, and makes a perfect triple-feature with the equally exciting documentaries Go Tigers! and The Last Game. --Jeff Shannon
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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) 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)
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 Awsome Football Flick!!! June 2, 2009
S. Schwartz
It certainly started out as just another football film (though over-directed with a hyper-active camera)...the parties, the sexual shenanigans, the over-the-top characters. I was ready to pan the film.
But then it heated up. Once the season started, and the football action became the centerpiece, this film shined. The characters were compelling and you really felt for them and their individual situations.
I am not a Billy Bob Thorton fan, but I was pleasantly surprised by his controlled performance. Too often the coaches in football movies are completely over the top. Thorton had the strength to get on people - but he never over did it. It was a football coach. And the movie ended on a strong note. The half-time speech Thorton gives during the final game is something that gives a former football player goose bumps. It really encapsulates what its truly like to be a part of a football TEAM...and how powerful that experience can be.
I have seen movies like "All the Right Moves", "The Program", "Varsity Blues" and the laughable "Any Given Sunday". NONE of them can hold a candle to this movie. Any football player or fan needs to watch this film...the best football movie I have ever watched.
 Friday Night Lights - Blu-ray Info April 9, 2009
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
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Version: U.S.A / Universal / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:57:39
Movie size: 38,83 GB
Disc size: 45,15 GB
Total bit rate: 44.01 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 35.86 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3986 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3986 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
DTS Audio Spanish 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Number of chapters: 32
#Audio Commentary
#Deleted Scenes (SD - 22 minutes)
#Featurettes
--Peter Berg Discusses a Scene in the Movie (SD - 1 minute)
--Player Cam (SD - 4 minutes)
--Tim McGraw: Off the Stage (SD - 6 minutes)
--The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (SD - 23 minutes)
--Behind the Lights (SD - 26 minutes)
--Gridiron Grads (SD - 14 minutes)
#BD-Live enabled
Well Made Movie January 30, 2009
G. Young (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Friday Night Lights has a more refined development of the key characters than what you usually see in HS sports movies. It does a great job of exposing how they deal with challenges and setbacks, with some memorable scenes.
great film based on an amazing book of a truley good story January 3, 2009
Christopher Valentino (Huntingdon valley ,PA)
I loved this movie and It portrays The football team from Permian H.S. in west Texas well. Totally recomend this film but you should read the book of the same name 1st so you get all the characters back stories.
Friday Night Lights December 9, 2008
Darlene Lilla (PA, USA)
Is there a such thing as "I" in TEAM? Critics may argue this question, but when it comes to the film Friday Night Lights (2004), based on a true story about one high school football team in West Texas, there is no "I" in TEAM. The film follows the true events of the Odessa-Permian Panthers, an elite high school football team in West Texas, in 1988. The game of football isn't just something to do in this die-hard football town, but more like life or death where expectations of an undefeated season and winning the state championship is not only an achievement, but a requirement!
Critics could argue that there is an "I" in TEAM in the beginning of the movie where the Panther's star player, James `Boobie' Miles (Derek Luke from NJ), makes the thought of losing unimaginable. That stands true, until Boobie suffers a severe season-ending knee injury in the first game of the season which automatically results more in teamwork than in the performance of one `key' player. The film does a great job with its handling of the needed injured athlete facing an unknown future by adding suspense . Since revealing the character would spoil the film, the audience can see the actor (Derek Luke) give an amazing performance of great burning frustration, drawing sympathy from them in a way that the character's previous arrogance did not. The film portrays this character's conflict very well by showing this frustration as he awaits his unknown future.
With a few losses later in the season, the coach, Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), goes from hero to zero in the eyes of the supporters. Friday Night Lights portrays what a real football season is like with the pressures of life and supporters. Although they didn't have the undefeated season as expected, the Panthers still manage to succeed in making it to the state championship with teamwork and individuals who step-up into the fame. With screenwriter, Peter Berg's shaky camera shots, the viewers see that this isn't your typical football movie, instead, more like a reality show that adds a little extra legitimacy to the standard components: the constant parental pressures, the die-hard obsessive town, the hot-headed coach, the odds push toward the big game. Despite the many components in action, this emotionally fulfilling journey ends with an unexpected twist unlike most films.
Despite the many conflicts and pressures of high school, supporters, as well as family, Friday Night Lights isn't about the performances of each player, but more about what happens in the hearts of each of them. The film is about both the sport and the problems that each individual player faces during their bumpy season. Without a doubt, Friday Night Lights is by far the best sports movie ever made, and a personal favorite, that everyone must see!
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