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Friday Night Lights 2004

Feature · 2004 · 113 min · Drama, Action · Directed by Peter Berg

Friday Night Lights (2004) was filmed in Abilene, Austin, Elgin and Houston, Texas, with locations including Shotwell Stadium, NRG Astrodome and Ratliff Stadium, from Feb to Apr 2004. Production also shot in Kansas.

Locations

8 locations
SetLocationTownSource
1Abilene Cooper home stadiumShotwell StadiumSet: Abilene Cooper home stadiumAbileneTexas Film Commission
2AustinTravis CountyTexas Film Commission
3ElginBastrop CountyTexas Film Commission
4NRG AstrodomeHoustonTexas Film Commission
5NotreesEctor CountyTexas Film Commission
6Permian practice fieldRatliff StadiumSet: Permian practice fieldOdessaTexas Film Commission
7TaylorWilliamson CountyTexas Film Commission
8Hays High SchoolJack C. Hays High SchoolSet: Hays High SchoolBudaWikipedia

Location map

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Location stills

Numbered as on the location sheet
Shotwell Stadium, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
1Shotwell StadiumAbilene
Austin, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
2Austin
Elgin, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
3Elgin
NRG Astrodome, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
4NRG AstrodomeHouston
Notrees, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
5Notrees
Ratliff Stadium, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
6Ratliff StadiumOdessa
Taylor, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
7Taylor
Jack C. Hays High School, a filming location for Friday Night Lights
8Jack C. Hays High SchoolBuda

Shooting in Abilene, Austin and Elgin around 2004

YearProductionShot in
2004The AlamoAustin, Bastrop, Dripping Springs
2004Jack & Bobby TV seriesAustin
2004America BrownAlpine, Elgin, Hutto
2004Ball & ChainAustin, Lockhart, San Antonio
2004Hillbilly DoomsdayAustin
2004Angora RanchAustin, Lockhart
2004ChalkAustin
2004Dear Pillow!Austin
2004Everything or NothingAustin
2004Fall to GraceAustin

Also by Imagine Entertainment

4 titles
YearProductionShot in
2004The AlamoAustin, Bastrop, Dripping Springs
1999Beyond the MatTexas
1995Apollo 13Houston
1990Problem ChildDallas, Fort Worth, Farmers Branch

More filmed in Abilene

All 10
YearProductionShot in
1995The Stars Fell on HenriettaAbilene, Anson, Austin
2023Accidental TexanAustin, Bartlett, Abilene
2021Under the Stadium LightsAbilene
2011Rattlesnake Republic TV seriesFloresville, Abilene, Rising Star
1985Red Desert PenitentiaryAbilene, Sweetwater
2016Lone Star Law TV seriesBaytown, Beaumont, Beckville
2023Keeping Good Co. TV seriesAbilene, Andrews, Dallas
2009Gator 911 TV seriesAbilene, Anahuac, Beach City
Image credits (17)

Friday Night Lights poster: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; 1 Shotwell Stadium: Keithimus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 2 Austin: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; 3 Elgin: JMWalling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 4 NRG Astrodome: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 5 Notrees: Leaflet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 6 Ratliff Stadium: Zorin09, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 7 Taylor: Billy Hathorn, CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons; 8 Jack C. Hays High School: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Billy Bob Thornton: Emmanuelle CHOUSSY, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Derek Luke: Monique Wingard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Jay Hernandez: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Lucas Black: Paul Sherwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Garrett Hedlund: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Tim McGraw: Steve Kwak, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Connie Britton: Black Tie Dinner, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; Amber Heard: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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