My Dog Skip

Jay Russell
2000-01-12

Every family needs an optimist.
6.7
95 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Frankie Muniz Willie Morris Unowned
Diane Lane Ellen Morris Goutbreak
Kevin Bacon Jack Morris Calvin and Nobbs
Caitlin Wachs Rivers Applewhite Unowned
Harry Connick Jr. Narrator Unowned
Luke Wilson Dink Jenkins Unowned
Bradley Coryell Big Boy Wilkinson Unowned
Daylan Honeycutt Henjie Henick Unowned
Cody Linley Spit McGee Unowned
Peter Crombie Junior Smalls Unowned
Clint Howard Millard Unowned
Elizabeth Rice River's Friend Unowned
Chaon Cross Spectator Unowned
Hunter Hayes Accordian Boy Unowned
Susan Carol Davis Mrs. Jenkins Unowned
Nathaniel Lee Jr. Sammy Unowned
John Stiritz Grandpa Percy Unowned
David Pickens Mr. Jenkins Unowned
Lucile Doan Ewing Aunt Maggie Unowned