Friday Night Lights (film)

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Friday Night Lights
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Berg
Screenplay by	David Aaron Cohen Peter Berg
Based on	Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger
Produced by	Brian Grazer
Starring	Billy Bob Thornton Derek Luke Jay Hernandez Lucas Black Garrett Hedlund Tim McGraw
Cinematography	Tobias Schliessler
Edited by	Colby Parker Jr. David Rosenbloom Gabrielle Fasulo
Music by	Brian Reitzell Explosions in the Sky David Torn
Production company	Imagine Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 8, 2004 (2004-10-08) (United States)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$62 million

Friday Night Lights is a 2004 American sports drama film co-written and directed by Peter Berg. The film follows the coach and players of a high school football team in the Texas city of Odessa. The book on which it is based, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990) by H. G. Bissinger, followed the story of the 1988 Permian High School Panthers football team as they made a run towards the state championship. A television series of the same name premiered on October 3, 2006, on NBC. The film won the Best Sports Movie ESPY Award and was ranked number 37 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Best High School Movies.^[1][2]