Friday Night Lights vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Friday Night Lights). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. Friday Night Lights is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Friday Night Lights
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Friday Night Lights | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Berg | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw, Connie Britton | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Friday Night Lights
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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