My Dog Skip

My Dog Skip

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Jan. 12, 2000

A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.

My Dog Skip

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family | Jan. 12, 2000

My Dog Skip
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Alcon Entertainment
Original title My Dog Skip
Directors Chris Stoia, Pamela Cederquist, Judi Townsend, Jay Russell
Writers Willie Morris, Gail Gilchriest

Cast

Frankie Muniz

as Willie Morris

Diane Lane

as Ellen Morris

Caitlin Wachs

as Rivers Applewhite

Kevin Bacon

as Jack Morris

Luke Wilson

as Dink Jenkins

Elizabeth Rice

as River's Friend

Chaon Cross

as Spectator

Harry Connick Jr.

as Narrator

Hunter Hayes

as Accordian Boy

Susan Carol Davis

as Mrs. Jenkins

Clint Howard

as Millard / Aunt Maggie

Bradley Coryell

as Big Boy Wilkinson

Daylan Honeycutt

as Henjie Henick

Cody Linley

as Spit McGee

Peter Crombie

as Junior Smalls

John Stiritz

as Grandpa Percy

David Pickens

as Mr. Jenkins