My Dog Skip

My Dog Skip

2000
1h 35m
6.7

6.7/10

287 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Budget: $6,000,000

Revenue: $35,547,761

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Alcon Entertainment Mark Johnson Productions John Lee Hancock Productions MDS Productions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 12, 2000
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0156812
Website Visit Site

Cast

Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz

Willie Morris

Diane Lane
Diane Lane

Ellen Morris

Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon

Jack Morris

Caitlin Wachs
Caitlin Wachs

Rivers Applewhite

Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr.

Narrator

Luke Wilson
Luke Wilson

Dink Jenkins

Bradley Coryell
Bradley Coryell

Big Boy Wilkinson

Daylan Honeycutt
Daylan Honeycutt

Henjie Henick

Cody Linley
Cody Linley

Spit McGee

Peter Crombie
Peter Crombie

Junior Smalls

Clint Howard
Clint Howard

Millard

Elizabeth Rice
Elizabeth Rice

River's Friend

Key Crew

Jay Russell
Director
Gail Gilchriest
Screenplay
John Lee Hancock
Producer
Andrew A. Kosove
Producer
Broderick Johnson
Producer
Mark Johnson
Producer
Jay Russell
Executive Producer
Marty P. Ewing
Executive Producer