Released:
2000-01-12

Overview:
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.

Director:
Jay Russell

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Frankie Muniz
  as
  Willie Morris
• 
  Diane Lane
  as
  Ellen Morris
• 
  Kevin Bacon
  as
  Jack Morris
• 
  Caitlin Wachs
  as
  Rivers Applewhite
• 
  Harry Connick Jr.
  as
  Narrator