Friday Night Lights - Touchdown am Freitag

Actionfilm - USA 2004 - 118

Niveau

Spass

Spannung

Action

Texas, 1988. In der texanischen Kleinstadt Odessa dreht sich alles um Football. Der Traum der Einwohner, die Meisterschaft zu gewinnen, soll sich endlich erfüllen. Zum Saisonstart fällt jedoch der beste Spieler aus. Trainer Gary (Billy Bob Thornton) steht unter großem Druck Regisseur Peter Berg erzählt eine wahre Geschichte, die er realistisch inszeniert.

Originaltitel

Friday Night Lights

Sprachen

Deutsch

Schauspieler

Billy Bob Thornton (Coach Gary Gaines), Lucas Black (Mike Winchell), Garrett Hedlund (Don Billingsley), Derek Luke (Boobie Miles), Jay Hernandez (Brian Chavez), Lee Jackson (Ivory Christian), Lee Thompson Young (Chris Comer), Tim McGraw (Charles Billingsley), Grover Coulson (L.V. Miles), Connie Britton (Sharon Gaines), Connie Cooper (Mrs. Winchell), Kasey Stevens (Flippy), Ryanne Duzich (Melissa), Amber Heard (Maria), Morgan Farris (Jennifer Gaines), Laine Kelly (Comer's Girlfriend), Gavin Grazer (Trapper), Turk Pipkin (Skip Baldwin), Carey Windler (Dr. Rogers), Tommy G. Kendrick (Odessa Doctor), Brad Leland (John Aubrey), Lillian Langford (Nancy Aubrey), Christian Kane (Brian), Buddy Hale (Booster), Ken Farmer (Booster), Marco Perella (Booster), Eloise DeJoria (Booster), Robert Weaver (Booster), Katherine Willis (Booster Wife), Angie Bolling (Booster Wife), Charles Sanders (Buddy's Burger Manager), Barry Sykes (Permian Play-by-Play Announcer), Clay Kennedy (Permian Color Announcer), Lewis B. Johnson (Carter Play-By-Play Announcer), J.D. Hawkins (Carter Play-By-Play Announcer), Bob Thomas (Slammin' Sammy), Wade L. Johnston (Coach Miller), Rick Herod (Coach McCutcheon), Paul Wright (Coach Belew), Julius Tennon (Coach James), Dennis Hill (Coach Harper), Timothy Walter (Coach Vonner), Robert Scott Smith (Coach Smith), Kenneth Plunk (Coach Plunk), Josh Berry (Coach Campbell), Branson Washburn (Coach Washburn), David Johnson (Coach Johnson), John Hayden (Permian Booth Coach), Chris Palmer (Permian Booth Coach), Kyle Scott Jackson (Carter Booth Coach), C. Anthony Jackson (Carter Booth Coach), Kippy Brown (Carter Booth Coach), Cleveland 'Chick' Harris (Carter Booth Coach), Billy Melvin Thomas (Carter Assistant Coach), Kam Hunt (Carter Assistant Coach), Roy Williams (Midland Lee Assistant Coach), Gary Mack Griffin (Midland High School Coach), Randy Brinlee (Marshall Game Referee), Dan Rankin (Cooper Game End Zone Official), Timothy F. Crowley (Carter Game Referee), Harvey L. Jeffries (Carter Game Official)

Regie

Peter Berg

Drehbuch

Buzz Bissinger, David Aaron Cohen, Peter Berg

Kamera

Tobias A. Schliessler

Musik

Explosions in the Sky, Brian Reitzell, David Torn