Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Drama / Sport /  more » Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.2 (19,392 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.  more »

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Filmmakers: Peter Berg - Director / Writer (screenplay), Josh Pate - Director, H.G. Bissinger¹ - Writer (book "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream"), David Aaron Cohen - Writer (screenplay), Brian Grazer - Producer, Tobias Schliessler¹ - Cinematographer, Brian Reitzell - Composer, Explosions in the Sky - Composer, David Torn - Composer, Sharon Seymour - Production Designer, Gabrielle Fasulo - Editor, Colby Parker Jr. - Editor, David Rosenbloom - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Billy Bob Thornton ... Coach Gary Gaines	1,164
	Lucas Black ... Mike Winchell	1,147
	Garrett Hedlund ... Don Billingsley	1,660
	Derek Luke ... Boobie Miles	2,572
	Jay Hernandez ... Brian Chavez	2,192