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My Dog Skip
My Dog Skip

My Dog Skip

Every family needs an optimist.

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ComedyDramaFamily

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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.

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Budget

$6000000

Revenue

$35547761

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

6.713/10

Release Date

12 January 2000

Country

United States of America

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

Chaon Cross

Chaon Cross

Spectator

Hunter Hayes

Hunter Hayes

Accordian Boy

Susan Carol Davis

Susan Carol Davis

Mrs. Jenkins

Nathaniel Lee Jr.

Nathaniel Lee Jr.

Sammy

John Stiritz

John Stiritz

Grandpa Percy

David Pickens

David Pickens

Mr. Jenkins

Lucile Doan Ewing

Lucile Doan Ewing

Aunt Maggie

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