Talk:Friday Night Lights (film)

Plot Section

The plot summary/section in this entry really expands into areas that the actual film does not. There isn't any screen time devoted to Miles and his academic standing, and there is just ONE instance of his replacement running out of bounds because of no blocking. There's nothing else to indicate he was scared of getting hurt. There's a lot of inferences there and meanwhile other things that are in the film aren't meantioned.

--chadhart —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.226.196.104 (talk) 07:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Does anybody have film footage from the actual game against Carter? I would be interested in comparing to the movie. Thanks, Dave

Well I know on the DVD they show it in the features. Its home video, and the game is defintely not as big as they tried to make it(of course it was in the semis not the finals).

The epilogue in the movie has Wilkins under Winchell's name, not Case. Case was the real-life backup to Mike Winchell, but the movie does not depict this accurately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.130.234.250 (talk) 02:24, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Did Permian really lose by about a foot ?

Just wondering if anyone knows because it's a burning question I have.

Read the differences section!--Levineps 05:03, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

No. In reality the game was played in a rainstorm at Austin. It was the semifinals, and the game was not that close. Carter went on to win the State title, but had to forfeit the title after a grade scandal. Permian did actually go on to win State the next year though. Rmt2m 20:05, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

The game was actually close, but it was not high-scoring and did not come down to a foot. --Nightengale989 17:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I believe the grade scandale occured prior the the Permian/Carter game. It dealt with the controversy over Carter player Gary Edwards' Algebra II grade. The game was very close, however the final play was not a run by Winchel, rather it was an incomplete pass. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.39.226.140 (talk) 06:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

Thematic Issues

What are the thematic issues involved in this movie? I'm writing a paper and could use some help.

small town underdogs loose their arrogant black star player, and the white star quarterback and white running back overcome brutal physical punishment to almost win a state championship against an evil inner city all black team, who win the with the help of a cheating black umpire. The movie follows the popular racist formula of the Rocky movies or Hoosiers. It is presented as a true story, but the real life "historical" events upon which the movie is purported to be based, are warped to fit established conventions acceptable for white audiences and profitable for Hollywood, at the expense of black Americans and factual veracity. This is called "artistic license" in Hollywood, elsewhere known as lying, or propaganda. The whites are shown to be the true victims of racism, they are smaller and humanly vulnerable, but noble hearted, while their black opponents are displayed as brutal, animalistic cheaters. (68.60.68.203 00:30, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

"against an evil inner city all black team"...which cheated to allow its star player on the field (leading to their forfeiting the championship) and many of whose stars went on to thriving careers in state prison after committing armed robbery, despite having received full scholarships to Division I schools. Those poor maligned victims!64.132.218.4 (talk) 17:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

What a retarded moron you are. The star running back was black (Comer you dumb ass), the full back was white. And let's not forget the Mexican star Chavez who is not white. In spite of your racist garbage there were many themes. Watch the movie.

Analysis of major movie characters

This entire section seems to be OR. Dagnabit 22:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC) THE MOVIE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS WAS A TRUE STORY BASED IN A SMALL TOWN IN TEXAS NAMED PERMIAN IT TEACHES LESSONS OF HARD WORK WORK AND DESIRE TO WORK AND WIN AS ONE RUNNING BACK BOOBIE MILES WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AN ERAGONT YET SKILLFULL ATHLETE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HE SOON WAS INJURED AND UNABLE TO PLAY FOR THE REST OF HIS SENIOR YEAR BOOBOIE RELIZES THAT HE NEEDS THE TEAM SO HE RETURNS AND MOTIVATES THEM DURING THERE STATE CHAMPIONCHIP THIS GAME OF FOOTBALL WAS MORE THAN A SPORT TO THESE KIDS IN TEXAS IT WAS THERE LIFE THIS IS WHAT THEY LIVED TO DO THEY HAD A TOUGH GAME AT STATE AND LOST BY A TOCH DOWN THE OPPOSING PLAYERS WHERE STRONGER FASTER AND JUST PLAIN DIRTY BUT MANAGED TO PULL AWAY WITH THE VICTORY AND COMING FROM A BLACK AMERICAN ID GIVE THE MOVIE AND BOOK A A FIVE STAR RATING —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.135.223.170 (talk) 04:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

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Cast

Some of the hyperlinks for characters in the film are wrong. I checked that Maria gives a link to the general wikipedia entry for Maria and that Chris Comers leads to a woman named Christine Comers. These links are unnecessary and not helpful for people looking for information about the story and people therein. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.130.234.250 (talk) 02:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Goof

In the State championship they said Permian was home in white and Carter away in red isn't that a goof because colors are home and white is away. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.122.231 (talk) 17:38, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Typically

Typically, the home team has the choice of color they will wear in the upcoming game... either light or dark jersey. Permian chose the light (white) jersey, giving Carter the darker color - being their red jerseys. Unless they are playing in Ratliff Stadium, Permian coaches over the years have chosen the white home jersey in other stadiums during the playoffs. Similar to the Dallas Cowboys wearing white at home and dark on the road. Now during the regular season, Permian wears black for home games and white as visitors. —Comment added by Terryalan 27 July 2009 (UTC)

And where's Ryanne Duzich, as Melissa!?

"Hi, Mike. I'm Melissa. Are U gay? Is he gay? Can U prove it"? 115.70.100.169 (talk) 21:00, 24 November 2023 (UTC)