My Dog Skip (2000)

01/12/2000 (US) • 1h 35m

Comedy, Drama, Family

Every family needs an optimist.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Frankie Muniz

Willie Morris

Diane Lane

Ellen Morris

Kevin Bacon

Jack Morris

Caitlin Wachs

Rivers Applewhite

Luke Wilson

Dink Jenkins

Bradley Coryell

Big Boy Wilkinson

Daylan Honeycutt

Henjie Henick

Cody Linley

Spit McGee


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$35,547,761.00

Keywords

mississippi river

dog

pets

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