My Dog Skip
“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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Cast
43 people
Frankie Muniz
Willie Morris
Known for
Malcolm in the Middle
Agent Cody Banks
Diane Lane
Ellen Morris
Known for
Man of Steel
Inside Out
Luke Wilson
Dink
Known for
Idiocracy
Legally Blonde
Caitlin Wachs
Rivers Applewhite
Known for
Profiler
Inspector Gadget 2
Peter Crombie
Junior Smalls
Known for
Se7en
Rising Sun
Clint Howard
Millard
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Jungle Book
Kevin Bacon
Jack Morris
Known for
Sleepers
Tremors
Harry Connick Jr.
Narrator (voice)
Known for
The Iron Giant
P.S. I Love You
Mark Beech
Army Buddy
Susan Carol Davis
Mrs. Jenkins
Also in
Daddy and Them
The Forgotten
David Pickens
Mr. Jenkins
Also in
Resurrection County
Wayward Son
Bradley Coryell
Big Boy Wilkinson
Known for
Tuck Everlasting
Now and Then
Jay Russell Director · Gail Gilchriest Screenplay Willie Morris Author
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $6M · United States release January 12, 2000
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$35,547,761
Gross vs. budget
5.9×
Production
Alcon Entertainment
Production
Mark Johnson Productions
Production
John Lee Hancock Productions
Production
MDS Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · January 8, 2000
Premiere
United States · January 12, 2000
Limited theatrical
United States
March 3, 2000 · Theatrical
France
August 16, 2000 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 11, 2000 · Digital
Japan
November 3, 2000 · Digital
Netherlands
January 12, 2000 · Premiere
Russia
March 13, 2000 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 11, 2000 · Theatrical
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