Groundhog Day

Little Bit of History: Written and directed by Harold Ramis, relased in 1993. In 2006, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. In June 2008, AFI acknowledged Groundhog Day as the eighth best film in the fantasy genre.

Little Bit of Plot/Story: Phil Connors, a self centred and arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. However, he finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over, again and again.

Little Bit of Character: Murray plays Phil Connors with Andie MacDowell as love interest Rita Hanson. With Chris Elliott as Larry the camera man, Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson. Even Bill’s brother, Brian Doyle-Murray appears as Buster Green.

Little Bit of Influence: In 2004, Italian film director Giulio Manfredonia shot a remake of Groundhog Day under the title of È già ieri (It’s Yesterday Already). The Tom Cruise starring film, Edge of Tomorrow is often cited as a Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day. Plus a stage musical version of the film is scheduled to premiere in 2016.

Little Bit of Memories: I recall going to see this with my old pal, Paul with our friend Dean (at the Odeon cinema on New Street, Birmingham). If I remember correctly we were actually going to the cinema to watch something else, but that film had already started, so we decided to go watch Groundhog Day instead…and glad we did too. It was and still is an amazing film.

Little Bit of Watchability: Is this film still watchable? Oh yes, very much so. I actually find it a far better film now than I did back in the 90s. It’s brilliantly written and directed by Harold Ramis with Bill Murray on top form playing the awkward Phil Connors. If you have never seen Groundhog Day, you NEED to see this film right now.

Phil Connors: “What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.”

Please, also have a read of my Harold Ramis “In Memorandum”.

Little Bit of History: Written & directed by Harold Ramis, relased in 1993. In 2006, Groundhog Day was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and in June 2008, AFI acknowledged the film as the eighth best film in the fantasy genre.

Little Bit of Plot/Story: Phil Connors (Bill Murray), a self centred and arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. However, he finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over, again and again.

Little Bit of Character: Murray plays Phil Connors with Andie MacDowell as love interest Rita Hanson. With Chris Elliott as Larry the camera man, Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson. Even Bill’s brother, Brian Doyle-Murray appears as Buster Green.

Little Bit of Influence: In 2004, Italian film director Giulio Manfredonia shot a remake of Groundhog Day under the title of È già ieri (It’s Yesterday Already). The Tom Cruise starring film, Edge of Tomorrow is often cited as a Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day. Plus a stage musical version of the film is scheduled to premiere in 2016.

Little Bit of Memories: I recall going to see this with my old pal, Paul with our friend Dean (at the Odeon cinema on New Street, Birmingham). If I remember correctly we were actually going to the cinema to watch another film entirely, but that film had already begun and we missed the start, so we decided to go watch Groundhog Day instead…and glad we did too. It was and still is an amazing film.

Little Bit of Watchability: Is this film still watchable? I would say very much so indeed. I actually find it a far better film now than I did back in the 90s. It’s a brilliantly written and directed picture Harold Ramis with Bill Murray on top form playing the cantankerous Phil Connors. If you have never seen Groundhog Day, you NEED to see this film right now.

Phil Connors: “This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.”

Please, also have a read of my Harold Ramis “In Memorandum”.

Little Bit of History: Written & directed by Harold Ramis, relased in 1993. In 2006, Groundhog Day was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and in June 2008, AFI acknowledged the film as the eighth best film in the fantasy genre.

Little Bit of Plot/Story: Phil Connors (Bill Murray), a self centred and arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. However, he finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over, again and again.

Little Bit of Character: Bill Murray plays Phil Connors with Andie MacDowell as love interest and assistant Rita Hanson. With Chris Elliott as Larry the camera man, Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson. Even Bill’s brother, Brian Doyle-Murray appears as Buster Green.

Little Bit of Influence: Italian film director Giulio Manfredonia shot a remake of Groundhog Day under the title of È già ieri (It’s Yesterday Already) in 2004. The Tom Cruise starring film, Edge of Tomorrow is often cited as a Sci-Fi version of Groundhog Day. Plus a stage musical version of the film is scheduled to premiere in sometime 2016.

Little Bit of Memories: I recall going to see this with my old pal, Paul with our friend Dean (at the Odeon cinema on New Street, Birmingham). If I remember correctly we were actually going to the cinema to watch something else, but that film had already started, so we decided to go watch Groundhog Day instead…and glad we did too. It was and still is an amazing film.

Little Bit of Watchability: Is this film still watchable? Oh yes, very much so. I actually find it a far better film now than I did back in the 90s. It’s a brilliantly written and directed picture Harold Ramis with Bill Murray on top form playing the cantankerous Phil Connors. If you have never seen Groundhog Day, you NEED to see this film right now.

Phil Connors: “You want a prediction about the weather, you’re asking the wrong Phil. I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life.”

Please, also have a read of my Harold Ramis “In Memorandum”.