Every family needs an optimist.
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.
Made in US
6.7/10
2000
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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
Luke Wilson
As Dink Jenkins
Bradley Coryell
As Big Boy Wilkinson
Daylan Honeycutt
As Henjie Henick
Cody Linley
As Spit McGee
Peter Crombie
As Junior Smalls
Clint Howard
As Millard
Elizabeth Rice
As River's Friend
Chaon Cross
As Spectator
Hunter Hayes
As Accordian Boy
Susan Carol Davis
As Mrs. Jenkins
Nathaniel Lee Jr.
As Sammy
John Stiritz
As Grandpa Percy
David Pickens
As Mr. Jenkins
Lucile Doan Ewing
As Aunt Maggie
Moose
As Skip
Enzo
As Skip
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