My Dog Skip (2000)
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.
Director:
Jay Russell
Writer:
Gail Gilchriest
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Frankie Muniz as Willie Morris |
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Diane Lane as Ellen Morris |
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Kevin Bacon as Jack Morris |
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Caitlin Wachs as Rivers Applewhite |
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Harry Connick Jr. as Narrator |
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Luke Wilson as Dink Jenkins |
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Bradley Coryell as Big Boy Wilkinson |
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Daylan Honeycutt as Henjie Henick |
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Cody Linley as Spit McGee |
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Peter Crombie as Junior Smalls |
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Clint Howard as Millard |
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Elizabeth Rice as River's Friend |
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Chaon Cross as Spectator |
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Hunter Hayes as Accordian Boy |
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Susan Carol Davis as Mrs. Jenkins |
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Nathaniel Lee Jr. as Sammy |
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John Stiritz as Grandpa Percy |
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David Pickens as Mr. Jenkins |
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Lucile Doan Ewing as Aunt Maggie |
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Moose the Dog as Skip |
| Directing | Jay Russell | Director |
| Writing | Willie Morris | Novel |
| Writing | Gail Gilchriest | Screenplay |
| Crew | Jeff Habberstad | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Sheridan Thayer | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | William Ross | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Alexandra Gonzales | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | William Jacobs | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Jeanne-Louise Bulliard | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | KG Ramsey | Hair Department Head |
| Art | John Bankson | Property Master |
| Production | Mark Johnson | Producer |
| Art | David J. Bomba | Production Design |
| Directing | Judi Townsend | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Charles Maynes | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | John Lee Hancock | Producer |
| Production | Andrew A. Kosove | Producer |
| Production | Broderick Johnson | Producer |
| Production | Jay Russell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marty P. Ewing | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edi Giguere | Costume Design |
| Sound | Deva Anderson | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve C. Aaron | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Marty P. Ewing | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jim Harrison | Supervising Music Editor |
| Sound | Tim Rakoczy | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | David Bach | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | James L. Carter | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tracey A. Doyle | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Sherry Whitfield | Music Editor |
| Sound | Stephen Hunter Flick | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela Roth | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Delphine Robertson | Music Coordinator |
| Camera | Bill Brummond | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | Chris Stoia | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pamela Cederquist | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Ryan Lucas | Production Assistant |