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. Friday Night Lights was released by Universal Pictures on October 8, 2004. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $62 million against a $30million budget. 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 list of the Best High School Movies.

Plot

As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988, the football-crazed town of Odessa, Texas, has high expectations for the players and their coach Gary Gaines to win a state championship with their heavily college-recruited star running back James "Boobie" Miles. The quarterback, Mike Winchell, runs under the expectation of handing off the ball to Miles on most plays. Fullback Don Billingsley struggles with his ball handling and is abused by his alcoholic father, Charles, who won a state championship with Permian in his youth. The players frequently party as a way of coping with the pressures of Odessa's high expectations.