The astrodome is a playable field on mvp baseball 2005 as it was in 1999. Odessa is depicted as a small, onehorse town, and never mentions odessa high school odessa is seen as being a primarily anglo town, with a mix of african americans and few hispanics. I think the last use of the dome was filming friday night. Any film that makes mention of the astrodome in houstonthe first multipurpose, domeshaped sports. Friday night lights 2004 a small, turbulent town in texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. In 2004, the astrodome was the setting of the 1988 5a football state championship in the movie friday night lights, between the permian panthers and the carter high cowboys. Jan 07, 2014 the state championship in the 2004 film friday night lights was filmed at the dome even though the game in real life was played in austin. Ask a room of culture vultures to cite the most texas film ever made. Hi, im planning a trip to austin next year as ive always been enthralled by texas for some reason. Friday night lights film wikimili, the best wikipedia. The football action itself is excellent gritty, hardhitting, exciting and realistic, if perhaps a tad too polished for a high school team even a good one. Book odessa is a town of nearly 100,000 in the metropolitan area of 250,000.
Berg also created the tv series in 2006 and, while it is set in the fictional small town of dillon, texas, it was filmed in and around austin. Bissingers book starred billy bob thornton and derek luke and was shot, in part, in the astrodome. The oilers and astros signs are replicas that were placed that location for the filming of the movie friday night lights. After the screening, which climaxes with a gripping state championship game between permian and dallas carter filmed in. The film follows the coach and players of a high school football team in the texas city of odessa, which supported the team and was obsessed with them. Today, the astrodome remains in its football configuration. Astrodome 8400 kirby drive, houston, texas, usa football game. Friday night lights, a film about texas high school football, was filmed in the astrodome with students from. Bissinger, follows the story of the 1988 permian high school panthers football team as. The kind of football represented in friday night lights is the kind that may be authentic for the large and rabid texas town in which it is set, but a brand which seems to me closer to college football than the high school football that i and probably most others remember playing.
If you have any tips on locations that i missed, please contact me on the grahms guide facebook page. Friday night lights, the movie, was released in 2004. Boobie is the tailback and is number 45, brian chavez is number 4 and is strong safety, ivory christian is number 90 and is defensive end, and chris comer wears. As the georgia dome falls, the astrodome remains a decaying. Astrodome harris county domed stadium baseball fever. Friday night lights is a 2004 sports drama film, directed by peter berg, which documents the coach and players of a high school football team and the texas city of odessa that supports and is obsessed with them. And friday night lights, which came out in 2004 and stars billy bob thornton, jay hernandez, and derek luke, was a startlingly good movie at that. Friday night lights effectively keeps its attention focused on football, and, in fact, a whole quarter of the movie is given over to the teams final championship game in houstons astrodome.
Texas state, san marcos play role tonight on friday night. Scenes from the 2004 film friday night lights were filmed in the astrodome, with. Friday night lights is a 2004 american sports drama film directed by peter berg. Tv series friday night lights championship games were accurately played in texas stadium, unlike in the movie where the game is played in the astrodome, not texas stadium, which soured a bunch of people close to the sotry. Jul 26, 2007 friday night lights the movie, not the television series, was filmed at pflugerville high school in pflugerville texas, which is just outside of austin. Astrodome 8400 kirby drive, houston, texas, usa football game 3 of 3 found this interesting interesting.
Friday night lights 2004 in the book and real life events, the final game of the permian high school team is played at the university of texas at austin in austin not the astrodome of houston. While the critically acclaimed cult television series friday night lights went dark a few years ago, the passion for high school football in texas. Scenes from the 2004 film friday night lights were filmed in the astrodome, with advertisements covered up and replaced with those for 1980sera companies like pan am and gulf oil to reflect the era depicted in the movie. Filming locations of friday night lights tv show in austin. Oct 27, 2015 today, the astrodome remains in its football configuration. The descriptions below include plot points of the film. Lets just say tim riggins has remained hot this entire time. Friday night lights, a film about texas high school football, was filmed in the astrodome with students from alief and stephen f. Coach eric taylor, his equally incredible wife tami taylor and the various football players of dillon stole my heart back in the day. As the georgia dome falls, the astrodome remains a decaying time machine. They filmed many scenes for friday night lights in 2004 at the dome and it hosted smaller events. The astrodome continued to host monster truck shows, motocross, wrestlemania, high school football playoffs and the houston livestock show and rodeo after the astros moved out. Nov 09, 2006 friday night lights, the movie, was released in 2004. Westlake figures prominently in friday night lights, which opens in.
These events shifted to reliant stadium in 2002 and 2003. Filming locations 9 filming dates 1 filming locations. Op, fnl was filmed at an actual high school stadium in pflugerville, tx which is just outside of austin. Oct 08, 2004 friday night lights effectively keeps its attention focused on football, and, in fact, a whole quarter of the movie is given over to the teams final championship game in houstons astrodome. The state championship in the 2004 film friday night lights was filmed at the dome even though the game in real life was played in austin. In the spirit of the season, we mapped some of the most recognized locations from the beloved series. Friday night lights is a very entertaining sports drama that captures the real life energy of football. The friday night lights series was set in a fictional dillon, texas, but the show filmed primarily in and around austin, texas.
After the screening, which climaxes with a gripping state championship game between permian and dallas carter filmed in the astrodome, several members. I remember we had about 2000 spectators for one game. The robert altman cult film, brewster mccloud, was the first movie filmed in the astrodome back in 1970. Friday night lights the movie, not the television series, was filmed at pflugerville high school in pflugerville texas, which is just outside of austin. In the movie, the championship game was filmed and played in houstons massive astrodome, although in real life it was played at the university of texas at austins memorial stadium. When im there im planning on seeing a few of the sites from the tv show, ive got the address and locations but unfortunately i wont be able to rent a car when there. Nov 21, 2017 as the georgia dome falls, the astrodome remains a decaying time machine.
Bissinger, who, in 1988, moved from the suburbs of philadelphia to odessa, texas, to follow the permian panthers. A notsomodest proposal for the astrodome prime property. Permian played carter in the astrodome for the state championship in front of 55,000 people, with carter winning the game 3428. The thief who came to dinner 1973 set and filmed in houston. Feb 01, 2020 while the critically acclaimed cult television series friday night lights went dark a few years ago, the passion for high school football in texas continues to burn brightly. Scenes for the 2001 u2 video for the song stuck in a moment you cant get out of were filmed at the dome, which amounts to nearly every scene in the video not featuring a member of the band. Aug 30, 2018 friday night lights is a 2004 american sports drama film, directed by peter berg. In 2001, u2 filmed the music video for stuck in a moment you cant get out of inside the astrodome. Friday night lights is a 2004 american sports drama film, directed by peter berg. The film follows the coach and players of a high school football team in the texas city of odessa, which supported and was obsessed with them.
Bissingers book of the same title, which chronicles the journey of the odessa permian high panthers, the heroic high school football team. A little footage i shot at the astrodome during the last day of filming of friday night lights, nothing of real entertainment. That means college station lost its shot at glory part of revenge of the nerds was filmed at old kyle field, as did plainview a few scenes in there will be blood, amarillo a closing shot or. Bissinger, followed the story of the 1988 permian high school panthers. Friday night lights 2004 the venerable astrodome is the beneficiary of artistic license here, since odessa permian played dallas carter in what was actually a. As friday night lights his theaters this friday and the espn book club debuts on page 2, takes an indepth look at the story of odessa texas permian high school football. Many of the scenes from this evenings episode, best laid plans, were shot at texas state and in san marcos.
Take a glimpse at the eerie interior of houstons astrodome. Do your children view themselves as successes or failures. Friday night sights friday night lights was filmed on location in austin, texas. Any film that makes mention of the astrodome in houstonthe first multipurpose, domeshaped sports stadium in the worldmust show up on this list. Famous quotes containing the words list of, houston, set, films andor list.
Stadium locations in movies and tv stadiums and sport arenas. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Are they being encouraged to be inquisitive or passive. Part of this is down to the tv show friday night lights. When the star tailback, boobie miles derek luke, is seriously. The book on which it was based, friday night lights. Aug 18, 2008 the robert altman cult film, brewster mccloud, was the first movie filmed in the astrodome back in 1970. Apr 26, 2017 the astrodome was used in filming football game scenes in the 2004 movie friday night lights, starring billy bob thornton and lucas black. Friday night lights centers on life in dillon, texas, where high school football brings the community together and the drama of small town life threatens to tear. Apr 04, 2007 texas state university and the city of san marcos will play important roles in this evenings episode of the nbc series friday night lights. Friday night lights film pour les articles homonymes, voir friday night lights. List of films set in houston list films set houston. Sep 27, 2016 heres what the cast of friday night lights looked like then versus now.
Friday night lights shot in a variety of locales around austin including interiors at william b. The astrodome was used in filming football game scenes in the 2004 movie friday night lights, starring billy bob thornton and lucas black. Oct 08, 2004 westlake high and friday night lights. As friday night lights his theaters this friday and the espn book club debuts on page 2, takes an in depth look at the story of odessa texas permian high school football. Part or all of these moviesshows either take place, or are set, in houston, texas or the surrounding area hellfighters 1968 with john wayne. Another visit inside the abandoned astrodome, and still no one.
The show grew out of the book of the same name by h. Are they afraid to challenge authority and to question assumptions. Bissinger best seller was released, stars of the 1988 permian panthers football team reunite to relive the friday night lights. Friday night lights 2004 movies, tv, celebs, and more. But the lights that i see are far above me and flicker momentarily as darkness turns to light. What the friday night lights cast looks like now fnl cast. Permian and carter make it to the state championship game, which is held at the astrodome due to the schools different demographics. As the georgia dome falls, the astrodome remains a. Travis high school, doubling for the halls of permian high, and burger stadium, briefly standing in for ratliff during the first five weeks of production before heading out to the windswept landscape of the permian basin. What is the name of the song in the movie friday night lights.
While neither the film nor the subsequent, equally rewarding television series, provided as much of the racial and economic backdrop as the book, friday night lights the film succeeds on its. What is the name of the song in the movie friday night. Filming locations of friday night lights if you didnt know this before, now you know i love friday night lights the tv show, not so much the movie. Technically, there is a ghost town that used to be dillon, texas, but it has nothing to do with any of this. What stadium was the movie friday night lights filmed in. Friday night lights film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Brewster mccloud 1970 first film to be filmed inside the astrodome. Take a glimpse at the eerie interior of houstons astrodome the. Scenes from the 2004 film friday night lights were filmed in the astrodome, with advertisements covered up and replaced with those for 1980sera companies like pan am and gulf oil to. This was the turf used for the filming of friday night lights, complete with the last official astrodome logo attached.