''Possums'' is a 1998

sports comedy A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme (arts), theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport ...

film directed by

Max Burnett Max Burnett (born July 24, 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer who has been active in film and television since 1991. He directed the football sleeper hit ''Possums'' in 1998 In 2008 he created and executive produced the ...

Plot

When a small town votes to disband the local football team, the Possums, a radio announcer begins announcing imaginary radio games which the Possums win causing the real state champs to challenge the Possums to a game.

Cast

Mac Davis Morris Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley, ...

- Wilbur "Will" Clark *

Greg Coolidge Gregory Coolidge (born Gregory Kullich; December 28, 1972) is an American writer and filmmaker. He grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and later graduated from the University of Oklahoma. He is best known for writing and directing ''Employee of the Mont ...

- Jake Malloy *

Cynthia Sikes Cynthia Sikes Yorkin (born January 2, 1954) is an American actress known for her work on ''St. Elsewhere'' and ''Blade Runner 2049.'' Life and career Cynthia Sikes was born Cynthia Lee Sikes in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1954. Early in her career ...

- Elizabeth Clark *

Andrew Prine Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022) was an American film, stage, and television actor. Early life and career Prine was born in Jennings, Florida. After graduation from Miami Jackson High School in Miami, Prine attended ...

- Mayor Charlie Lawton *

Dennis Burkley Dennis Henry Burkley (September 10, 1945 – July 14, 2013) was an American actor. In a career spanning four decades, he appeared in numerous films and television series. He was best known for his role as Theo in Son in Law. Early life Burkley ...

- Orville Moss * Monica Creel - Sarah Jacobs *

Jay Underwood Jay Underwood (born October 1, 1968) is an American actor and pastor. Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, he is perhaps best known for his starring feature film roles; portraying Eric Gibb in ''The Boy Who Could Fly'', ...

- John Clark *

Barry Switzer Barry Layne Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is a former American football coach and player. He served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football Le ...

- Prattville Pirates Coach

References

External links

* American football films 1998 films Films scored by Justin Burnett 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{sport-film-stub