My Dog Skip (2000)
- Starring:
- Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jay Russell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of My Dog Skip
The popular memoir by Pulitzer prize-winning author Willie Morris became this family comedy-drama about a boy and his dog. Young Willie Morris (Frankie Muniz) is a shy eight-year-old in 1942 Yazoo, MS, who is more comfortable reading than playing sports. A target for local bullies, Willie's only real pal is his older next-door neighbor Dink Jenkins (Luke Wilson), once the town's living sports legend and a big brother figure to Willie, an only child. When Dink is shipped overseas for service in World War II, Willie's mother Ellen (Diane Lane) finally forces his gruff father Jack (Kevin Bacon) to allow into the family a pet dog, a Jack Russell terrier named Skip. The smart and playful Skip gets his owner into a series of adventures on the baseball field and with a band of moonshiners, quickly turning Willie into a popular, accepted kid who even wins the affections of the school's prettiest girl, Rivers Applewhite (Caitlin Wachs). In the meantime, Dink returns from war branded a coward for an incident that occurred in combat but finds an unexpected ally in the normally taciturn Jack, a fellow veteran. Harry Connick Jr. narrated as the adult Willie; the role of Skip was played in later scenes by Moose, the pooch star of television's Frasier. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast of My Dog Skip
- Frankie Muniz - Willie Morris
- Luke Wilson - Dink Jenkins
- Caitlin Wachs - Rivers Applewhite
- Daylan Honeycutt - Henjie Henick
- Peter Crombie - Junior Smalls
- Harry Connick, Jr. - Narrator
- Moose the Dog - Skip (older)
- Hunter Hays - Accordion Boy
- Nathaniel Lee - Sammy
- Stacie Doublin - Woman on Street
- Elizabeth Rice - Rivers' Friend
- Polly Craig - Grandmother Mamie
- James Thweat - Older Big Boy
- Wayne Wimberly - Older Spit
- Graham Gordy - Pump Jockey
- Chaon Cross - Spectator
- Gordon Swaim - Umpire
- Stuart Greenwell - Hunter
- Brian Witt - Armpit Boy
- Bill Butler - Barney
- Mark Beech - Army Buddy
- Susan Carol Davis - Mrs. Jenkins
- Lucille Ewing - Aunt Maggie
- Diane Lane - Ellen Morris
- Kevin Bacon - Jack Morris
- Bradley Coryell - Big Boy Wilkinson
- Cody Linley - Spit McGee
- Clint Howard - Millard
- Enzo the Dog - Skip
- Courtney Brown - Snake Girl
- Joann Blankenship - Miss Abbott
- Katherine Shoulders - Mrs. Applewhite
- Nate Bynum - Man on Street
- John Stiritz - Grandfather Percy
- John M. Sullivan II - Hunter
- Josh Yates - Older Henjie
- Michael Berkshire - Older Willie
- Jim Fraiser - Veterinarian
- Owen Boutwell - Spectator
- Harry Hood - Baseball Coach
- Jerome Jerald - Waldo Grace
- Cannon Smith - Bible Boy
- Winston Groom - Mr. Goodloe
- David Pickens - Mr. Jenkins
- Jordan Williams - Lt. Hartman
- Director(s):
- Jay Russell
- Writer(s):
- Gail Gilchriest
- Producer(s):
- Marty P. Ewing, Broderick Johnson, Mark Johnson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Mild Violence, Watch With Your Kids, Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Family & Kids
- 2000 - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Live Action Family Film
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