My Dog Skip (film)

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My Dog Skip is a 2000 movie, directed by Jay Russell. It is based on the book My Dog Skip by Willie Morris.

The movie recounts a few anecdotes about 10-year-old Willie growing up in Yazoo City, Mississippi. The son of a wimpy, hen-pecked veteran of the Spanish-American War and a headstrong, domineering housewife, Willie is the daily victim of the three school bullies. Then one day a dog (bought by his mother over his dad's objections) comes into his life, and everything changes. The dog is Willie's entree into a world of new friendships.

Tagline: Every family needs an optimist.

[edit] Cast

• Frankie Muniz – Willie Morris
• Diane Lane – Ellen Morris
• Luke Wilson – Dink Jenkins
• Kevin Bacon – Jack Morris
• Bradley Coryell – Big Boy Wilkinson
• Daylan Honeycutt – Henjie Henick
• Cody Linley – Spit McGee
• Caitlin Wachs – Rivers Applewhite
• Harry Connick, Jr. – Narrator
• Peter Crombie – Junior Smalls
• Clint Howard – Millard
• Mark Beech – Army Buddy
• Susan Carol Davis – Mrs. Jenkins
• David Pickens – Mr. Jenkins
• Lucile Doan Ewing – Aunt Maggie
• Nathaniel Lee Jr. – Sammy
• Enzo--young Skip
• Moose--old Skip
• Sweetie--puppy Skip
• Sherman--body double for Enzo

[edit] External links

• Official site
• My Dog Skip at the Internet Movie Database
• plot synopsis and 6 images from Random House web site