Friday Night Lights Page #2

Synopsis: Odessa, Texas, is a small, town in Texas. Racially divided and economically dying, there is one night that gives the town something to live for: Friday Night. The Permian Panthers have a big winning tradition in Texas high school football, led by QB Mike Winchell and superstar tailback Boobie Miles, but all is not well, as Boobie suffers a career-ending injury in the first game of the season. Hope is lost among citizens in Odessa, and for the team, but Coach Gary Gaines, who believes that "Perfection is being able to look your friends in the eye and know you did everything you could not to let them down", is somehow able to help the team rise up from the ashes and make a huge season comeback. Now on their way to state, the Panthers must go out and be perfect, because they may never matter this much for the rest of their lives.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Director(s): Peter Berg
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
PG-13
Year:
2004
118 min
$60,600,000
Website
3,254 Views


Don't worry about it. Here we go.

Slot right. 38...

Billingsley, you ain't gotta worry

about holdin' on to the ball, man.

- Why's that?

- 'Cause you ain't gonna get the ball.

Your job is to be blockin' for Boobie.

I don't care if your daddy

is over there cryin'.

- You can...

- You never shut up, do you?

Our team's been playin' with each other

for a long time and, uh,

we got the brotherhood

part of it down pretty much.

People here at Permian are already

predicting a state championship.

Is there any pressure to that

for you guys?

Well, any time they start predictin'

the state championships,

there's always pressure, believe me.

You guys don't have a lot of size.

How can you make up for that?

We're gonna rely on our speed,

discipline.

Come on, Ivory. You're in the

game now. You're in the game.

Do football players

get special treatment here?

What do you have to do

to be a better football player this year?

Do you enjoy playing football?

You quit reading

your press clippings, all right?

Because you're smaller,

and you're gonna be smaller every week.

- Yo, Boobie Miles!

- It is hard to be humble.

Ain't gonna be no growth spurt

between now and the first game.

Where does all that anger

come from?

They're gonna underestimate

you every single week.

We teach you this technique for a reason.

We do not do this

to make our heads rattle.

You're gonna use your mind.

You're gonna play with your heart.

Come on.

That's what you're gonna use

to win the state championship.

Get up, Ivory. Get up.

Get up! Get up.

It's a good day, gentlemen. It's a

good day to think about responsibility.

It's a good day to ask yourself,

if on a personal level...

you're willing to accept that...

if you're willing to accept

the responsibility that you have...

to protect this team

and this school and this town.

And make no mistake

about it, gentlemen,

we are in the business

of protecting this town.

We're in the business

of winning.

The expectations

couldn't be any higher.

We will win state.

We will win state.

Can you be perfect?

Mojo.

- No, I'm all right.

- Come on, Mike. Live a little.

- He's not going out, either.

- Yeah, he is.

Mike, you're going out tonight.

If I have anything to say about it,

you're gonna get laid too.

Billingsley. Billingsley.

Party at Taylor's house now, Billingsley.

You better be there. Gonna get wasted.

Party at Taylor's house.

Billingsley!

Isn't that guy, like, 35?

Mike. Here's your mom's food.

How much?

No, no. Don't worry about it.

It's on us. It's on us.

- How's she doin', by the way?

- You never give me free food, David.

- I just gave you free food.

- Oh yeah. Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

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