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Groundhog Day

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Directed by Harold Ramis
Produced by Trevor Albert
Harold Ramis
Written by Danny Rubin (story)
Danny Rubin and
Harold Ramis (screenplay)
Starring Bill Murray,
Andie MacDowell,
Chris Elliott,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Brian Doyle-Murray
Music by George Fenton
Cinematography John Bailey
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) February 12, 1993
Running time 101 min. Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy Danny Rubin (b 1957 is an American Screenwriter, Actor, Lecturer, and celebrity Blogger. Danny Rubin (b 1957 is an American Screenwriter, Actor, Lecturer, and celebrity Blogger. Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell (born April 21 1958 is an American model and actress Christopher Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American Comedian. Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is a Tony Award -nominated American Actor. Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American Comedian, Screenwriter and Character actor. George Fenton (born 19 October John Bailey, ASC (born August 10, 1942) is American Cinematographer and Film director. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $14,600,000
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Groundhog Day is a 1993 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Rosalie Anderson "Andie" MacDowell (born April 21 1958 is an American model and actress It was written by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis and based on a story by Rubin. Danny Rubin (b 1957 is an American Screenwriter, Actor, Lecturer, and celebrity Blogger. Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy

In the film, Murray plays Phil Connors, an egocentric Pittsburgh TV weatherman who, during a hated assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event (February 2) in Punxsutawney, finds himself repeating the same day over and over again. Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada on February 2. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Punxsutawney is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 84 miles (129 km northeast of Pittsburgh. A time loop or temporal loop is a common Plot device in Science fiction (especially in universes where Time travel is commonplace in which After indulging in all manner of hedonistic pursuits, he begins to reexamine his life and priorities. Hedonism is the Philosophy that Pleasure is of ultimate importance, the most important pursuit

In 2006, Groundhog Day was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of " It is listed as the 181st most popular movie at the Internet Movie Database as of Groundhog Day, 2008. Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada on February 2. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Contents

Plot

TV meteorologist Phil Connors, his producer Rita, and cameraman Larry from the fictional Pittsburgh television station WPBH-TV9 travel to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (which, in real life, as in the movie, holds a major celebration for Groundhog Day) to cover the annual festivities with Punxsutawney Phil. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary Punxsutawney is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 84 miles (129 km northeast of Pittsburgh. Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated in United States and Canada on February 2. Punxsutawney Phil, the "seer of seers and prognosticator of prognosticators" is a Groundhog resident of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania, USA

After the celebration concludes, a blizzard develops that Connors had predicted would miss them, closing the roads and shutting down long-distance phone service, forcing the team to return to Punxsutawney. A blizzard is a severe Winter storm condition characterized by low Temperatures strong Winds and heavy blowing Snow Blizzards are formed when Connors awakens the next morning, however, to find it is again February 2, and his day unfolds in exactly the same way. The word morning originally referred to the Sunrise. Morning precedes midday, Afternoon, and Night in the sequence of a day Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor He is aware of the repetition, but everyone else seems to be living February 2 exactly the same way and for the first time. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor This recursion repeats the following morning as well, over and over again. For Connors, Groundhog Day begins each morning at 6:00 A.M., with his waking up to the same song, Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe", on his alarm clock radio, but with his memories of the "previous" day(s) intact, trapped in a seemingly endless "time loop" to repeat the same day in the same small town. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Sonny & Cher were an American Pop music duo made up of husband and wife team Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s " I Got You Babe " is a 1965 number-one hit single by American Rock music duo Sonny & Cher. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A time loop or temporal loop is a common Plot device in Science fiction (especially in universes where Time travel is commonplace in which A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan

After briefly trying to rationalize his situation, and then thinking he is insane, Connors takes advantage of learning the day's events and the information he is able to gather about the town's inhabitants, and that his actions have no long-term consequences. He revels in this situation for a time: seducing beautiful women, stealing money, even driving drunk and experiencing a police chase. Driving under the influence of alcohol ( driving while intoxicated, drunk driving, drinking and driving, drink-driving) or other drugs However, his attempts to seduce his producer, Rita, are met with repeated failure. In Sociology, seduction (also called inveigling or wheedling) is the process of deliberately enticing a person to engage in some sort of behavior frequently The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking He begins to tire of, and then dread, his existence, starting the day by smashing the alarm clock and professing the inanity of Groundhog Day as a holiday in his newscast. In a vain attempt to break the cycle, he kidnaps Phil the Groundhog. After a police pursuit, Connors drives a stolen truck into a quarry, causing both man and rodent to die in a fiery explosion; but the loop does not stop. He commits suicide several more times — he electrocutes himself, lets a truck hit him on the road, and jumps from a tall building (other attempts are alluded to) — but mere death cannot stop the day from repeating. After he dies, he simply wakes up listening to Sonny & Cher in the same bed again.

He initially tries to seduce Rita by learning as much as he can on a daily basis. This fails consistently. However, he is able to befriend her in a more sincere fashion. He tells her of his circumstances - how he is reliving the day over and over again - and manages to convince her with his extensive knowledge of events to come, the lives of the Punxsutawney townspeople, and Rita herself.

He opens his heart to Rita, and her advice helps him to gradually find a goal for his trapped life: as a benefactor to others. He cannot, in a single day, bring others to fulfill his needs but he can achieve self-improvement by educating himself on a daily basis. After seeing an elderly homeless man die, Phil vows that no one will die on "his" day and performs many heroic services each and every day, including performing the Heimlich Maneuver on a choking man and saving a little boy who falls from a tree. Choking is the mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs He however becomes despondent for being unable to save the homeless man, despite trying to get him medical care. A hospital nurse tries to console him when he wishes to learn the cause of the man's death, saying "it was just his time. "

Though the film does not specify the number of repetitions, there is enough time for Connors to learn many complex skills, such as how to play jazz piano, speak French, sculpt ice, and memorize the life story of almost everyone in town. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Ice sculpture is a form of Sculpture that uses Ice as the Raw material. He also masters the art of flipping playing cards into an upturned hat, which he offhandedly suggests takes six months. A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper thin card or thin plastic figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing Card games According to author Rubin, his intent in the original script was for the time-frame to be ambiguous, but longer than a single lifetime. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created The studio objected to this, asking that it be reduced to two weeks. In mathematics Two has many properties in Mathematics. An Integer is called Even if it is divisible by 2 Director Ramis tried to leave the time-frame ambiguous, but intended it to be about ten years. [1]

Eventually, Connors enhances his own human understanding which, in return, makes him an appreciated and beloved man in the town. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Finally, after professing a true love to Rita, one which she is able to accept, he wakes up on February 3 — again to "I Got You Babe", though alert viewers will note at a different point in the song. Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states It is a new day, with Rita beside him on the bed. Phil suggests to Rita that they live in Punxsutawney, though he suggests (in an improvised line) "We'll rent to start. Lease Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary " The closing song is "Almost Like Being in Love" from Brigadoon, a musical which also dealt with a village trapped in time. "Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular Song published in 1947. Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City.

Cast

Development of the movie

"Ned's Corner" commemorative plaque, Woodstock Illinois
"Ned's Corner" commemorative plaque, Woodstock Illinois
Tip Top Cafe - now Tip Top Bistro, Woodstock, Illinois
Tip Top Cafe - now Tip Top Bistro, Woodstock, Illinois

According to the director's commentaries from the DVD, there are several differences between the original script for Groundhog Day, as written by Danny Rubin, and the film as it was actually released, because of changes made by the film's director, Harold Ramis. David Pasquesi is a Comedian and Actor living in Chicago. Some of his screen credits include Groundhog Day, Strangers with Candy Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy In the original script the film began in the middle of the narrative, without explaining how or why Phil was repeating Groundhog Day. However, the filmmakers became concerned that the audience would feel cheated without seeing Phil's growing realization of the nature of the time loop. Rubin had also originally envisioned Andie MacDowell's Rita reliving Groundhog Day with Phil and wished to portray the pair as being stuck in the time loop for far longer than in the final film, possibly for thousands of years (Phil tracked time by reading a page of a book each day and had managed to read through the entire public library). A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such Consequently, the love story was less developed in the original script than in the final movie.

There was also a second draft script, which gave an explicit reason for the time loop — a voodoo spell cast by a woman who worked at the television station and was involved with Phil before he rejected her — that did not appear in the final film.

The location for most of the shooting of the film was not actually Punxsutawney but rather Woodstock, Illinois (only a short drive from Murray's hometown of Wilmette). Woodstock is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The inhabitants of Woodstock helped in the film's production by bringing out heaters to warm the cast and crew in cold weather. In Punxsutawney, the actual Gobbler's Knob is located in a rural area about 2 miles (3 km) east of town. Punxsutawney Phil, the "seer of seers and prognosticator of prognosticators" is a Groundhog resident of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania, USA However, the location used in Woodstock gives the impression that the Knob is inside the town. The Tip Top Cafe in Woodstock, where much of the film takes place, was originally a set created for the film, but local demand led to its opening as a real cafe. It eventually closed down, but a "Tip Top Bistro" has taken its place. [2]

Some of the film was also shot in nearby Indiana, Pennsylvania, with aerial shots also being filmed in Pittsburgh. Indiana is a Borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States, part of the Pittsburgh DMA. An aerial view of the WPBH van shows the buildings for the Pittsburgh Press and Post-Gazette newspapers, as well as Gateway Center, the home of KDKA TV and Radio. The Pittsburgh Press, now defunct was a major daily Newspaper in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh,

Reception

Groundhog Day was a solid performer in its initial release, grossing $70. 9M in North America and ranking 13th among films released in 1993,[3] but did not achieve blockbuster status. It found a second life on home video and cable, entrenching itself as one of the great American films of the late twentieth century. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The film is number thirty-four on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies, and Roger Ebert has revisited it in his "Great Movies" series. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 Part of the AFI 100 Years series, AFI's 100 Years 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 comedy movies in American cinema Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. After giving it a three-star rating in his original review, Ebert acknowledged in his "Great Movies" essay that, like many viewers, he had initially underestimated the film's many virtues and only came to truly appreciate it through repeated viewings.

This film is number 32 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama In Total Film's 1990s special issue, Groundhog Day was deemed the best film of 1993 (the year that saw the release of Schindler's List, The Piano and The Fugitive). Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdom 's second best-selling Film Magazine. Schindler's List is a Biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. The Piano is a 1993 Film about a mute pianist and her daughter set during the mid-19th century in a rainy muddy frontier New Zealand backwater In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted it the seventh greatest comedy film of all time. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdom 's second best-selling Film Magazine. The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #27 on their list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television [4] National Review magazine featured the movie on its cover on February 14, 2005, saying that it "will almost undoubtedly join It's a Wonderful Life in the pantheon of America's most uplifting, morally serious, enjoyable, and timeless movies. National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "[5] It maintains a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies.

Influence

Awards

Details from the film

See also

References

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  12. ^ Hoge, Warren. The New York Times, August 14, 2006. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "U.S. policy shift spurred UN drive for truce.". Retrieved on 2006-09-01. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
  13. ^ Nick Assinder (2004-02-04). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Politics: Prime Minister's Questions. BBC News. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
  14. ^ "Austrian Economics in Action: The economics of Groundhog Day. " D W MacKenzie. Review - Institute of Public Affairs. Melbourne: Mar 2007. Vol. 59, Iss. 1; pg. 20
  15. ^ "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Broadway". Institute for Studies In American Music (2003). Retrieved on October 10, 2006.
  16. ^ "Sondheim plans changes to Bounce". The Stephen Sondheim Society (2003). Retrieved on October 10, 2006.
  17. ^ Bowden, [[Black Hawk Down (book)|]], Corgi edition, 2000 p. 534.

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External links

Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain
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