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My Dog Skip (2000)

PG  95 min  -  Drama | Family | Sport   -  3 March 2000 (USA)
6.9
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Ratings: 6.9/10 from 10,538 users   Metascore: 61/100 
Reviews: 139 user | 78 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com

A shy boy grows up in 1940s Mississippi with the help of his beloved dog, Skip.

Director:

Jay Russell

Writers:

Willie Morris (book), Gail Gilchriest (screenplay)

Stars:

Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon and Diane Lane
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frankie Muniz ...
Diane Lane ...
Luke Wilson ...
Kevin Bacon ...
Bradley Coryell Bradley Coryell ...
Daylan Honeycutt Daylan Honeycutt ...
Cody Linley ...
Caitlin Wachs ...
Peter Crombie Peter Crombie ...
Clint Howard ...
Mark Beech Mark Beech ...
Susan Carol Davis ...
David Pickens David Pickens ...
Lucile Doan Ewing Lucile Doan Ewing ...
Nathaniel Lee Jr. ...
Sammy (as Nathaniel Lee)
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Storyline

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. Written by Stephen Hughes  

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Plot Keywords:

Mississippi | Dog | Puppy | 1940s | Childhood Memory  | See more »

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Every family needs an optimist.

Genres:

Drama | Family | Sport

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | German (only a few words)

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Also Known As:

Mi perro Skip See more »

Filming Locations:

Canton, Mississippi, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$56,941 (USA) (16 January 2000) (5 Screens)

Gross:

$34,099,640 (USA) (4 July 2000)
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Company Credits

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Alcon Entertainment, MDS Productions LLC See more »
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Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

One of Willie's friends in the movie is named Spit McGee. This was also the name of one of Willie's cats as an adult, and his life is featured in the book "My Cat Spit McGee". See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: The black sports star is shown shooting a basketball jump shot, which had not been invented in 1942. See more »

Quotes

Willie Morris: Where are we going?
Big Boy Wilkinson: You know who's buried here, don't you?
Henjie Henick: My uncle's buried here.
Big Boy Wilkinson: [pushes Henjie] No, stupid. The witch. The witch of Yazoo.
Willie Morris: That's just an old wives' tale.
Spit McGee: That's what you think, buster. She was a genuine witch. Everybody knows she used to lure men to her house just to kill them. Why she even let her cats lick their bones after she got done with them.
[spits]
Big Boy Wilkinson: That's until she got killed herself.
[Willie blinks]
Big Boy Wilkinson: You sure you wanna be one of us?
[...]
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Connections

Referenced in "Hollywood's Top Ten: Dog Movies (#1.35)" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
Written by Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James
Performed by Harry James See more »