Spontaneous Musings

Just watched, courtesy of netflix, the original film version of Friday Night Lights released in 2004 and based on the non-fiction best-seller by H.G. Bissinger , that chronicles the efforts of Gary Gaines, portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton, to propel a small town Texas high school football team to the state championships. Peter Berg, who directed,created, and produced the television series as well as the film is the cousin of H.G. Bissinger - who reportedly spent a year in the town of Odessa, Texas getting to know the kids and the environment, just talking to people and researching what turns out to be a serious depiction of American high school football - which is a phenomenon in certain portions of the country, specifically Texas.

( Review of Friday Night Lights - the film version, which does not include spoilers or only vague spoilers, cut to save you real estate )