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DVD
Universal
Publisher: Universal Studios
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, Dolby
Actors: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford
TV's hottest new drama, Friday Night Lights, touches down on DVD with all 22 Season One episodes in a 5-disc collection! In the small town of Dillon, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game; and the charismatic players, new coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field in the compelling day-to-day dramas of their tight-knit community. From producers Brian Grazer (The Da Vinci Code) and Peter Berg (The Kingdom) comes the critically acclaimed TV series based on the best-selling novel and hit theatrical movie. Discover why The Associated Press calls it "breathtaking in how it captures ordinary life set against extraordinary passions."
The first season of Friday Night Lights accomplishes something that few television dramas are able to do: It betters the 2004 film (starring Billy Bob Thornton) on which the series is based. Set in Dillon, Texas, where football--even on the high school level--is everything, Friday Night Lights is a compelling drama with a football subplot. Poignantly and effectively touching on racism, rape, steroids, jealousy, infidelity, and life-changing injuries, the series presents the inhabitants of Dillon as real people who are flawed, but remarkable in their ordinariness. Though the series struggled to find an audience during its inaugural year, it was a critical favorite thanks to some fine acting by leads Kyle Chandler (as Coach Eric Taylor) and Connie Britton (who portrays his wife, Tami). Coach Taylor's career depends on his ability to get the Dillon Panthers to the state championship. If the team suffers a losing streak, he knows his family, which includes daughter Julie (Aimee Teegarden), will no longer be welcome in Dillon. Britton, who also played the coach's wife in the film version, is a phenomenal actress who shares simmering chemistry with Chandler. Not content at just being the coach's wife, she lands a job as a counselor at the local high school. That position plays a pivotal role in the season finale, which leaves viewers wondering whether Eric will leave Dillon to accept a coveted coaching job with a university. Though the majority of the twentysomething actors appear too mature to portray high school students, they have the mannerisms of teens down pat. Gaius Charles is perfect as cocky running back Brian "Smash" Williams, who'll risk his health to make sure he gets a football scholarship to college. Local sweethearts Jason Street (Scott Porter) and Lyla Garrity (Minka Kelly) are the high school's golden couple. When a football injury leaves him paralyzed, he finds strength in what the future holds for him, but Lyla finds herself in a short-lived affair with Jason's best friend Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch). Once the relationship comes out in the open, their classmates' reactions to the "traitors" show that sexual inequality is rampant even in the teen set. Tim's teammates briefly ostracize him, but just as quickly forgive him, especially since he's so valuable on the football field. But Lyla becomes persona non grata to the girls at school who take too much glee in calling the head cheerleader a slut. The hits she takes verbally are no less lethal than the ones the boys take on the gridiron. And the tentative relationship between Julie Taylor and Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) is the best depiction of teenage love since Angela Chase fell for Jordan Catalano on My So-Called Life. The actors do a wonderful job conveying the sweetness, pain, and hurt of falling in love without really understanding all of its implications. Peter Berg, who co-wrote and co-directed the film, has a strong presence as a writer on the series and evenly distributes the storylines between the kids and the adults. Friday Night Lights is a drama with teenage characters at its core. But the stories are universal. --Jae-Ha Kim
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| Olvidaron los subs en español |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Everything its ok. But some people forget to include the spanish subs. Thanks!! I can make the effort but in the process whats the problem? Even the can download it frome some web of subs..some check and voila!
And for sure, this is a wonderful show!
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| WAS I UNDER A ROCK?! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I am kicking myself for missing out on this show when it first started airing on NBC. What was I thinking?! THIS SHOW IS WONDERFUL. Ever actor is amazing, and the show is very well written.
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| Friday Night Lights - Christmas Gift |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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This is a Christmas gift for my husband. We live in NZ and have just started watching the first season, he loves it and this is his favourite programme. He is going to love owning this series and has already hinted how great it would be to own it.
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| Good stuff |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Great charactors and great football action. About 17 times beter than that dumb movie with Billy Bob.
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| I trusted the reviews |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I bought this box set cos the reviews hold the show in high regard. And Kyle Chandler is great in other things ive seen him in. This is a great show. The characters are intreguing and interesting.
Also. i know nothing about gridiron. Thats what we Aussies call it. Not knowing about the sport doesn't affect how you perceive the show. A great surprise, i couldn't stop watching.
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