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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.

"Every family needs an optimist."

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Frankie Muniz

Willie Morris


Diane Lane

Ellen Morris


Kevin Bacon

Jack Morris


Caitlin Wachs

Rivers Applewhite


Luke Wilson

Dink Jenkins


Bradley Coryell

Big Boy Wilkinson


Daylan Honeycutt

Henjie Henick


Cody Linley

Spit McGee

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