Friday night lights
(DVD) 

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Based on the book "Friday night lights: a town, a team, and a dream" by H.G. Bissinger.

Special features: action-packed deleted scenes; Tim McGraw: off the stage; player cam; the story of the 1988 Permian Panthers.

Director of photography, Tobias A. Schliessler ; art director, Peter Borck ; editors, Gabrielle Fasulo, Colby Parker, Jr., David Rosenbloom ; music, Brian Reitzell, Explosions in the Sky, David Torn ; costume designer, Susan Matheson ; production designer, Sharon Seymour ; visual effects producer, Lisa Goldberg.

Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lee Jackson, Lee Thompson Young, Tim McGraw, Grover Coulson.

Odessa is an oil town in the western part of Texas that is home to the Permian High School Panthers, the football team with the best winning record. The city's economy is in a tailspin, but football is the one thing that brings all the people of Odessa together, and on Friday nights, as many as 20,000 people fill Permian's football stadium to watch Coach Gary Gaines lead the team to victory. And in Odessa, a football victory is prized above all else. The players ponder the fact that a championship season can be as much a burden as a triumph.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic issues, sexual content, language, some teen drinking, and rough sports action.

DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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