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.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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“Is My Dog Skip too gentle for its own good?”
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Cast
- Frankie MunizWillie Morris
- Diane LaneEllen Morris
- Kevin BaconJack Morris
- Caitlin WachsRivers Applewhite
- Harry Connick Jr.Narrator
- Luke WilsonDink Jenkins
- Bradley CoryellBig Boy Wilkinson
- Daylan HoneycuttHenjie Henick
- Cody LinleySpit McGee
- Peter CrombieJunior Smalls
Crew
- Jay RussellDirector
- Gail GilchriestScreenplay
- Willie MorrisNovel
- James L. CarterDirector of Photography
- William RossOriginal Music Composer
- Broderick JohnsonProducer
- Andrew A. KosoveProducer
- John Lee HancockProducer
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