Clifford (film)

Clifford is a 1994 comedy film starring Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, and Dabney Coleman.

At a Catholic school in 2050, a troublesome boy named Roger Ben Savage is running away after blowing up the gym due to not being allowed to play on the basketball teamhe was accepted onto the team but his parents have forbidden contact sports. He is stopped by Father Clifford Martin Short, an old priest, who tries to persuade him to change his ways by telling him a story of his own youth.In a flashback, 10yearold Clifford is a deceptive, weirdlooking boy who never lets go of a toy dinosaur named Steffen. He talks to and blames him for his own actions. He loves dinosaurs and his dream is to visit Dinosaur World, a theme park in California. ........

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