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“Every family needs an optimist.”
★ 6.7 Rating•95 min•2000
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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.
Cast
Frankie Muniz
Willie Morris
Diane Lane
Ellen Morris
Kevin Bacon
Jack Morris
Caitlin Wachs
Rivers Applewhite
Harry Connick Jr.
Narrator
Luke Wilson
Dink Jenkins
N/A
Bradley Coryell
Big Boy Wilkinson
N/A
Daylan Honeycutt
Henjie Henick
Cody Linley
Spit McGee
Peter Crombie
Junior Smalls
Clint Howard
Millard
Elizabeth Rice
River's Friend
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Details
StatusReleased
Release DateJanuary 12, 2000
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$35,547,761
GenresComedy, Drama, Family
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