Murphy is a mega-famous canine TV star who is fed up with being treated like a 'cash-machine' by Hollywood executives. He escapes and a group of loving kids save him.
In the backwoods of Ontario lies a town called Kinmount. This little hamlet of only a few hundred residents no longer has a gas station or a school; however, thanks to the singular vision of local septuagenarian Keith Stata, what it does boast is a five-screen cinema palace and memorabilia museum—one that welcomes upwards of 50,000 visitors every summer.