
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.
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
Bradley Coryell
Big Boy Wilkinson
Daylan Honeycutt
Henjie Henick

Cody Linley
Spit McGee

Peter Crombie
Junior Smalls

Clint Howard
Millard

Elizabeth Rice
River's Friend

Chaon Cross
Spectator

Hunter Hayes
Accordian Boy
Susan Carol Davis
Mrs. Jenkins
Nathaniel Lee Jr.
Sammy
John Stiritz
Grandpa Percy
David Pickens
Mr. Jenkins
Lucile Doan Ewing
Aunt Maggie
Crew

Jay Russell
Director, Executive Producer
Gail Gilchriest
Screenplay
Willie Morris
Novel
James L. Carter
Director of Photography
Chris Stoia
First Assistant Director
Pamela Cederquist
Second Assistant Director
Marty P. Ewing
Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
Sheridan Thayer
Production Supervisor

Mark Johnson
Producer

John Lee Hancock
Producer

Andrew A. Kosove
Producer

Broderick Johnson
Producer
Ryan Lucas
Production Assistant
David J. Bomba
Production Design
Bill Brummond
Steadicam Operator
Mindy Marin
Casting
Edi Giguere
Costume Design
KG Ramsey
Hair Department Head
Pamela Roth
Makeup Department Head

Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound Designer
William Jacobs
Sound Effects Editor
Charles Maynes
Supervising Sound Editor
Steve C. Aaron
Production Sound Mixer

William Ross
Original Music Composer
Deva Anderson
Music Supervisor
Delphine Robertson
Music Coordinator
Jim Harrison
Supervising Music Editor
Sherry Whitfield
Music Editor
Alexandra Gonzales
Dialogue Editor
Tim Rakoczy
Dialogue Editor
David Bach
Dialogue Editor

Tracey A. Doyle
Set Decoration
Jeanne-Louise Bulliard
Still Photographer
Judi Townsend
Script Supervisor

Jeff Habberstad
Stunt Coordinator
John Bankson
Property Master
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