Football film catches feel for the game
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Yes, there are cliched figures. Yes, if Billy Bob Thornton says &quot;Let&#39;s go&quot; one more time, you may want to scream. Yet, &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; may be the best football film ever made.
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The dad of the coach was a coach. More than most, he can appreciate what he's been watching almost every Sunday of the NFL season for the last few years.
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Just a few seconds after Richard Seymour raced 68 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown with a Drew Bledsoe fumble in Sunday's 31-17 Patriots victory over the Buffalo Bills, the camera panned the sideline at Ralph Wilson Stadium to capture a telling scene.
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Peter Berg directs this Texas high school football extravaganza in a tough, gritty style that gives it an unusually fine and vivid sense of place.
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The NFL may not be all about television, but a lot of it is. Start with the NFL Network's presence, which is impossible not to notice here.
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Everyone could feel his presence on the field. Defensive tackle Jason Ferguson did. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma did. The entire offense did.
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It's not clear that the NFL would approve, but a company in Taipei has software designed to examine a recorded full-length football game and compress it into a highlights-only "reel" lasting just 20 minutes.
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In football, just as in many other aspects of life, it is the bottom line that counts. In that respect, this game was a huge success.
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But it&#39;s on the high school level where passion for football turns into obsession. No wonder. It&#39;s the most populist version of the sport, where men can live the dream and make memories that last far beyond their ability to play.
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BOURNE -- In baseball, the perfect game is an instantly recognizable accomplishment. In football, it's a little trickier.
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SAN DIEGO -- Football is a big deal everywhere, but no where is it taken more seriously than in West Texas. That&#39;s the premise of a new sports movie, &quot;Friday Night Lights.
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For most of us these days, football is nothing more than a TV show, a snappy montage of familiar uniforms, highlight plays and stat lines.
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Football referees and linesmen are probably used to having their eyesight questioned, particularly when they make a controversial decision.
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com. After every game, win or lose, the Tennessee Titans carefully watch the film to better analyze what happened on the field. When the Titans watch the reel
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We've seen films about cricket. And footballÂ.In fact Vivek Agnihotri is currently scripting a football film.
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A team fighting for its life -- in more ways than one -- plays on.
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Friday Night Lights doesn&#39;t capture the essence of HG Bissinger&#39;s bestselling book, but it does embody the spirit of Texas high school football.