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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family Actors: Bradley Coryell, Caitlin Wachs, Chaon Cross, Clint Howard, Cody Linley, David Pickens, Daylan Honeycutt, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Rice, Frankie Muniz, Harry Connick Jr., Hunter Hayes, John Stiritz, Kevin Bacon, Luke Wilson, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Peter Crombie, Susan Carol Davis Directors: Jay Russell Production: Alcon Entertainment, John Lee Hancock Productions, Mark Johnson Productions, MDS Productions
