Every family needs an optimist.
Director: Jay Russell
Producer: Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, John Lee Hancock, Mark Johnson
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.
95 min
Rating: 6.7/10
Released
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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
Movie Info
Director: Jay Russell
Producer: Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, John Lee Hancock, Mark Johnson
Production Companies: Alcon Entertainment, Mark Johnson Productions, John Lee Hancock Productions, MDS Productions
Countries: United States of America
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