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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 1/12/2000
Runtime: 95 min
Director: Jay Russell
Top Cast
Frankie Muniz
Willie Morris
Diane Lane
Ellen Morris
Kevin Bacon
Jack Morris
Caitlin Wachs
Rivers Applewhite
Harry Connick Jr.
Narrator
Luke Wilson
Dink Jenkins
Cody Linley
Spit McGee
Peter Crombie
Junior Smalls
Clint Howard
Millard
Elizabeth Rice
River's Friend
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