Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose. (Yes we know they actually don't say this in the movie). We close out our football season binge with 2004's Friday Night Lights. We cover the full production story — how H.G. Bissinger's book bounced around Universal for 14 years, why Peter Berg got the job (he and Bissinger also happen to be second cousins), why he shot football like a combat sport, and the deal Berg made with Odessa to film on location. Plus: the Astrodome final game, how the film softened the book's racial themes to get access, and the question the film keeps asking — is the town the hero or the villain?
