Friday Night Lights (film)

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American film film sports drama film

Friday Night Lights is a 2004 American sports drama film that chronicles the pressures and passions surrounding a high school football team in small-town Texas.

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Label	Occurrences
Friday Night Lights	58
Friday Night Lights (TV series)	18
Friday Night Lights (film) canonical	10
Friday Night Lights (2004 film)	8
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream	3
Friday Night Lights universe	2
"Friday Night Lights" (2004 film)	1
Friday Night Lights (television series)	1
Friday Night Lights Season 1	1
film "Friday Night Lights"	1
film "Friday Night Lights" (2004)	1
film “Friday Night Lights”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T691548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Friday Night Lights (film)
Context triple: [Imagine Entertainment, notableWork, Friday Night Lights (film)]

A. L.A. Story
L.A. Story is a whimsical 1991 romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, known for its surreal humor and satirical take on the city's culture, written by and starring Steve Martin.
B. Mystic River
Mystic River is a tidal estuary in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, historically significant for shipbuilding and industrial activity along its banks.
C. The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a 1999 cult vigilante action film about two Irish-American brothers who embark on a violent mission to rid Boston of organized crime.
D. Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain is a critically acclaimed 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee that portrays a decades-long, secret relationship between two cowboys in the American West.
E. American Beauty
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes that explores suburban disillusionment, midlife crisis, and the search for meaning beneath a facade of domestic perfection.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Friday Night Lights (film)
Target entity description: Friday Night Lights is a 2004 American sports drama film that chronicles the pressures and passions surrounding a high school football team in small-town Texas.

A. L.A. Story
L.A. Story is a whimsical 1991 romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, known for its surreal humor and satirical take on the city's culture, written by and starring Steve Martin.
B. Mystic River
Mystic River is a tidal estuary in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, historically significant for shipbuilding and industrial activity along its banks.
C. The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints is a 1999 cult vigilante action film about two Irish-American brothers who embark on a violent mission to rid Boston of organized crime.
D. Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain is a critically acclaimed 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee that portrays a decades-long, secret relationship between two cowboys in the American West.
E. American Beauty
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes that explores suburban disillusionment, midlife crisis, and the search for meaning beneath a facade of domestic perfection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ
basedOn	Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream ⓘ linked to: Friday Night Lights (film)
basedOnAuthor	H. G. Bissinger ⓘ linked to: Buzz Bissinger
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide	approximately $61 million ⓘ
budget	approximately $30 million ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Tobias A. Schliessler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticalReception	generally positive reviews ⓘ
director	Peter Berg ⓘ
distributor	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	David Rosenbloom ⓘ
filmingLocation	Texas ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ sports drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Friday Night Lights (TV series) ⓘ linked to: Friday Night Lights (film)
language	English ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy	Cliff Eidelman ⓘ Explosions in the Sky ⓘ
narrativeFocus	high school football team ⓘ
narrativeTheme	pressure on young athletes ⓘ small-town Texas life ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portraysTeam	Permian Panthers ⓘ
producer	Brian Grazer ⓘ
productionCompany	Imagine Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate	2004-10-08 ⓘ
releaseYear	2004 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	118 ⓘ
screenwriter	David Aaron Cohen ⓘ Peter Berg ⓘ
settingLocation	Odessa, Texas ⓘ Permian High School ⓘ
sportDepicted	American football ⓘ
starring	Amber Heard ⓘ Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ Connie Britton ⓘ Derek Luke ⓘ Garrett Hedlund ⓘ Jay Hernandez ⓘ Lucas Black ⓘ Tim McGraw ⓘ
subject	community expectations ⓘ high school sports ⓘ youth and ambition ⓘ
timePeriodSetIn	1988 football season ⓘ
title	Friday Night Lights ⓘ linked to: Friday Night Lights (film)

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