Backfield in Motion

• Director: Richard Michaels
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Slapstick
• Themes: Football Players
• Main Cast: Tom Arnold, Johnny Galecki, Roseanne
• Release Year: 1991
• Country: US
• Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

Roseanne Arnold, her then-husband Tom Arnold and Shelley Duvall teamed up to produce the made-for-TV Backfield in Motion. Roseanne plays a widowed real-estate agent who lives with her teenaged son Johnny Galecki. Mother and son have moved to an upstate California town where high school football-and male chauvinism--reigns supreme. When Galecki joins the junior-varsity team, Roseanne, appalled by the subservient behavior of the town wives, organizes a "mothers vs. sons" football game. Tom Arnold costars as the school's vice-principal, who puts his standing in town on the line when he falls in love with Roseanne. Backfield in Motion was originally telecast November 13, 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tom Arnold - Howard Peterman; Roseanne - Nancy Seavers; Olivia Burnette - Betsy Dooley; Colleen Camp - Laurie; Dorothy Davis - Lady #2; Conchata Ferrell - Ann Bedowski; Scott Ferguson - Boz; Alexander Folk - Mr. Brooks; Johnny Galecki - Tim Seavers; Kevin Galecki; Teresa Ganzel - Joanne; Jessie Jones - Ms. Marsh; Jayne Modean - Faith; Robert Noble - Harry; Michael Pniewski; Loyda Ramos - Sally; Kevin Scannell; Sean Murray - Joe Jr.; Carolyn Migini; Christopher Burton - Boy #1; Patrick LaBrecque - Freddie; Jeannette Kerner - Lady #1

Credit

Robert Shapiro - Co-producer, Richard Michaels - Director, Andrew Cohen - Editor, Shelley Duvall - Executive Producer, Jon Avnet - Executive Producer, Jordan Kerner - Executive Producer, Cliff Eidelman - Composer (Music Score), Mark Irwin - Cinematographer, Bill Borden - Producer, Gene O'Neill - Screenwriter, Noreen Tobin - Screenwriter