My Dog Skip (2000)
- Starring:
- Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jay Russell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Family & Kids
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast:
- 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)
- David Pickens - Mr. Jenkins
- Nate Bynum - Man on Street
- Michael Berkshire - Older Willie
- Jim Fraiser - Veterinarian
- Owen Boutwell - Spectator
- Harry Hood - Baseball Coach
- Courtney Brown - Snake Girl
- James Thweat - Older Big Boy
- Jerome Jerald - Waldo Grace
- Cannon Smith - Bible Boy
- Joann Blankenship - Miss Abbott
- Katherine Shoulders - Mrs. Applewhite
- Elizabeth Rice - Rivers' Friend
- Susan Carol Davis - Mrs. Jenkins
- Winston Groom - Mr. Goodloe
- Jordan Williams - Lt. Hartman
- Diane Lane - Ellen Morris
- Kevin Bacon - Jack Morris
- Bradley Coryell - Big Boy Wilkinson
- Cody Linley - Spit McGee
- Clint Howard - Millard
- Enzo the Dog - Skip
- Lucille Ewing - Aunt Maggie
- John Stiritz - Grandfather Percy
- Wayne Wimberly - Older Spit
- Graham Gordy - Pump Jockey
- Chaon Cross - Spectator
- Gordon Swaim - Umpire
- Stuart Greenwell - Hunter
- John M. Sullivan II - Hunter
- Josh Yates - Older Henjie
- Brian Witt - Armpit Boy
- Hunter Hays - Accordion Boy
- Nathaniel Lee - Sammy
- Stacie Doublin - Woman on Street
- Polly Craig - Grandmother Mamie
- Bill Butler - Barney
- Mark Beech - Army Buddy
- Director(s):
- Jay Russell
- Writer(s):
- Gail Gilchriest
- Producer(s):
- John Lee Hancock, Jay Russell, Andrew Kosove
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Watch With Your Kids, Adult Language, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Family & Kids
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- 2000 - My Dog Skip - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Live Action Family Film
