My Dog Skip (2000)
Every family needs an optimist.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Frankie Muniz
as Willie Morris
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Diane Lane
as Ellen Morris
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Kevin Bacon
as Jack Morris
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Caitlin Wachs
as Rivers Applewhite
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Harry Connick Jr.
as Narrator
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Luke Wilson
as Dink Jenkins
- Bradley Coryell as Big Boy Wilkinson
- Daylan Honeycutt as Henjie Henick
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Cody Linley
as Spit McGee
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Peter Crombie
as Junior Smalls
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Clint Howard
as Millard
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Elizabeth Rice
as River's Friend
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Chaon Cross
as Spectator
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Hunter Hayes
as Accordian Boy
- Susan Carol Davis as Mrs. Jenkins
- Nathaniel Lee Jr. as Sammy
- John Stiritz as Grandpa Percy
- David Pickens as Mr. Jenkins
Crew
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Jay Russell
Director
- James L. Carter Director of Photography
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William Ross
Original Music Composer
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Mark Johnson
Producer
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John Lee Hancock
Producer
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Andrew A. Kosove
Producer
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Broderick Johnson
Producer
- Gail Gilchriest Screenplay
