Year			2004
Genre			Action
Rating			PG
Parents			Not recommended for young children, offensive language
Length			1:57
Director			Peter Berg
Writer			Peter Berg Buzz Bissinger
Company			Universal Pictures
Starring			Billy Bob Thornton Derek Luke Garrett Hedlund Jay Hernandez Lucas Black Lee Thompson Young Show more... Billy Bob Thornton Derek Luke Garrett Hedlund Jay Hernandez Lucas Black Lee Thompson Young Connie Britton Tim McGraw Morgan Farris Lee Jackson Paul Wright

A town for sale, Odessa, Texas has seen better days—the financial bust evident in its boarded-up shops and broken lives. Yet one hope sustains the community where, once a week during the fall, the town and its dreams come alive beneath the dazzling and disorienting Friday night lights... when the Permian High Panthers take to the field. In a city where economic uncertainty has eroded the spirit of its inhabitants, nearly everyone seeks comfort in the religion of the Friday night ritual, where the unfulfilled dreams of an entire community are shifted onto the shoulder pads of a team of high school athletes.