My Dog Skip (2000)
Every family needs an optimist.
Starring Diane Lane, Elizabeth Rice, Caitlin Wachs
Directed by Jay Russell
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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Rating: 6.6
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Comedy,Drama,Family
Keywords: mississippi river,dog
Cast
Ellen Morris
River's Friend
Rivers Applewhite
Willie Morris
Jack Morris
Dink Jenkins
Spectator
Narrator
Accordian Boy
Mrs. Jenkins
Millard