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'Friday Night' to Sunday afternoon

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Friday, October 8, 2004

About six weeks ago, I was invited to a rough cut screening of "Friday Night Lights," held at Universal City. Here's what happens at a rough cut: When the director is about 90 percent done with his movie, he screens a "cut" for some of his real friends and some of his Hollywood friends (big difference), as well as some other industry people who bring trophy girlfriends and don't talk to anybody. Your job is to show up, then blow smoke up his butt after it's over. If it's terrible, you tell him ...

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