2000-01-12 6.7/10
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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
Writer : Gail Gilchriest
Cast
Frankie Muniz
Diane Lane
Kevin Bacon
Caitlin Wachs
Harry Connick Jr.
Luke Wilson