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	Tagline: Get ready for Clifford's Biggest, Reddest, Most Amazing Movie! Clifford hits the road with Cleo and T-Bone in a thrilling big screen adventure! They become stars in a traveling carnival show and meet amazing new friends on their journey. Will Clifford find his way back to Emily Elizabeth and Birdwell Island? All is well on Birdwell Island, where Clifford happily spends his days with his best girl, Emily Elizabeth, and his best friends T-Bone, and Cleo. Games of tag, romps through town, and special time with his beloved Emily Elizabeth -- could life get any better? The island inhabitants are all abuzz about the annual visit of the traveling carnival. Clifford, Cleo and T-Bone are particularly excited for the animal act. Larry Gable Gobble, agent to the animal stars, and his troupe are preparing for their big show. Larry is bit of a sad sack, but he’s an eternal optimist and a genuinely good guy (think Broadway Danny Rose). His band of animal stars consist of: Shackleford the High-Flying Ferret, the leader of the troupe and Larry’s right hand man (er, ferret); Roderigo, Chihuahua of Steel, a strappingly strong mini-mutt; Dorothy, the First Cow of the Stage, an innocent (aging!) ingenue type; and, Dirk, the Extreme Dachsund, an thrill-seeking skateboarder with a totally laid back attitude. When Clifford, Cleo, and T-Bone see them perform, they are wowed. It’s clear, however, that no one else is! Truth is that the act is less than dazzling and the troupe’s fortunes have fizzled. When we meet them, they are threatened by the fact that the carnival owner, PT, may not be able to keep floating this losing act. Larry insists he only needs three weeks. He plans for them to enter and win the Tummy Yummies Pet Food national talent contest. Shackelford overhears Larry pitching his plan to PT and determines that the animals are going to figure out how to pull this off. See, while they may not be stars, the ragtag troupe really is a family and would do anything to stay together and, of course, anything for Larry who has done his best to take care of his beloved strays. They just need a break. A big one. Did someone say big? When Shackelford meets Clifford he knows that the big guy is their ticket to the big time, and the answer to their prayers. He asks the trio to join their act. At first, the dogs get all excited, and see nothing but stars, but when they realize how much they’ll miss their humans, they have to decline. The next morning, Clifford’s bliss goes bust, however, when he overhears a conversation between Mr. Bleakman and the Howards. Well, Clifford actually only overhears part of the conversation, but what he hears makes him think he’s a burden. Although nothing could be further from the truth, Clifford is like…well, like a dog with a bone with this total misinterpretation. Determined to help the Howards by earning his keep, Clifford decides he must set off to the real world to seek his fortune in food. But where? How? He remembers the conversation he had with Shackelford. “A life-sized supply of Tummy Yummies.” That’s it! He decides to join the animal act. He tells Cleo and T-Bone his plans, and spends a last night with Emily Elizabeth. At daybreak, he takes off for the mainland. Cleo and T-Bone meet him at the ocean, and tell him they’re going too! He’s glad to have his friends with him. Once on the mainland, the trio searches for the carnival. After a slight detour in the city, they find the act. Shackelford is overjoyed to see them, until he realizes they have owners. Realizing this could be a deal breaker; Cleo convinces Shackelford that their tags are just to fool the dogcatcher. Shackelford assumes Clifford and the others are just strays who are in it for the lifetime supply of food, which is kind of true. Since Clifford is in it for the food -- but to help his family, not because he’s famished! -- and since he constantly queries “Do we get the Tummy Yummies now?” Shackelford assumes he’s got the big guy’s number. He doesn’t understand Clifford’s true motive and so he never sees the real Clifford. Which, of course, leads to tension…. But as they prepare to set off, it all seems like a win-win scenario. Cleo and T-Bone, determined to help their friend and, frankly, excited about an adventure, surprise Clifford by joining him as he leaves Birdwell Island. Convinced they are strays (he’d never take someone’s pet), Larry welcomes the trio into his family and the troupe heads out on the road... It’s not exactly success at first try, but the animals are re-energized by their new companions and the promise of the contest. Despite the new additions to the act, however, things go pretty much as usual -- except that Clifford is able to minimize some of the typical calamities with some clever saves and quick moves. Larry is incredibly appreciative of Clifford, which miffs Shackelford. Like a young child with a new sibling, Shackelford doesn’t realize that Larry won’t love him any less for loving someone new. Shackelford will only become more insecure as he sees how Clifford, in his totally Clifford way, effects each of the animals and helps turn their fortunes around. See, the act is a disaster for some pretty obvious reasons. Dorothy, the tightrope walking cow is afraid of heights. Roderigo is strong, he can get distracted by things – generally, thoughts of snacks! – and when he’s not focused, well… weights get dropped and things get broken. Dirk, has a bit too much “ex” (as in “extra”) in his extreme and generally overshoots every target. With Clifford’s help in his own innocent way, he helps each of them overcome his or her challenges and improve the act. Success seems to be within reach, but Birdwell is so far away… Back on Birdwell, Emily Elizabeth puts up posters as she keeps up the search for her beloved buddy. While everyone is affected by the trio’s absence, Emily Elizabeth never loses hope, working to find them and absolutely knowing that her Clifford will come back to her. Meanwhile, the act has steadily improved and is really plussed by the addition of Cleo, T-Bone and Clifford to the line-up. The much hoped-for invitation to the televised Tummy Yummies contest in Shangri-Large arrives. Everyone is elated! Well, almost everyone. Feeling displaced and misinterpreting certain things just as Clifford did to precipitate this story, Shackelford’s unhappiness grows. When Clifford tries to tell the ferret the good news about the contest, Shackelford blows up at him. He yells at Clifford for being so concerned about the Tummy Yummys, to the exclusion of everything (and everyone) else. Clifford tries to apologize, but Shackelford won’t hear it. Clifford wanders off. When Cleo and T-Bone find him, he tells them that he’s going home. They decide to go with him. The next morning, the other animals realize the dog’s have disappeared. Shackelford doesn’t admit his part in why Clifford decided to leave, but Dorothy (who had overheard the argument knows). Shackelford decides this is just Clifford being selfish. Meanwhile the dogs have been discussing the situation, and realize it’s not fair to leave the animal act in a lurch. They turn back, and catch up to the caravan, just in time to save it from rolling down a mountain. But, they made it!! The night of the contest comes, the animals are nervous, but they put on a show that, well, stops the show. And everything stops on Birdwell where a surprised Emily Elizabeth, Mrs. Diller, Sheriff Lewis et al. are surprised to see their missing pets performing on national television! Larry’s Amazing Animals truly are amazing and they win the contest! At last, Clifford’s lifetime supply of food is within reach. Or so it seems. However, the charismatic and eccentric Tummy Yummies CEO George Wolfsbottom has other plans. Oh, it’s not that Wolfsbottom’s not going to make good on the promise, he’s going to do better. He puts the animals up in a fancy hotel, but Clifford, he carts off to his compound! Only the best for his big new star. And, of course, only the best for his spoiled daughter, Madison, who simply has to have this one-of-a-kind canine… Back at the suite, Shackelford is enjoying the perks of their new situation, but the others are bereft. When Shackelford tries to rally them and says they are well to be rid of that gluttonous do-gooder, Cleo snaps. She reveals all about Birdwell Island, Emily Elizabeth and the quest for the food to help the Howards. Shackelford realizes that he has been too true to his rat-like nature. In high-flying ferret form, though, he realizes the error of his ways and rallies the others: they are going to rescue Clifford. When the group, including Larry, arrives at the Wolfsbottom compound, they are stonewalled. In a dazzling display of their greatly improved talents, the troupe works together to get past the guards, release Clifford and escape. Just when it looks as if they are home free, Wolfsbottom stops them at the gate. But just when it seems like Wolfsbottom has won, Emily Elizabeth shows up to save the day. And, just when it seems as if it is all going to end happily ever after, it does. Pets and owners are elatedly reunited. Wolfsbottom releases Clifford from his contract, but, of course, wants to make good on the lifetime supply of food (who can resist a sweet girl and her huge dog?). Larry and his Amazing Animals will stay together. In the proud tradition of Clifford, a wonderful family film about, well, family.  Production notes provided by Scholastic Entertainment.