Groundhog Day - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Groundhog Day"
Groundhog Day (1993)
Timing:
1:41 (101 min)
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Actors and characters
Carol Bivins
Character La présentatrice
Les Podewell
Character Le vieil homme
Rod Sell
Character Groundhog Official
Tom Milanovich
Character State Trooper
Peggy Roeder
Character Le professeur de piano
Lee Sellars
Character Un policier
Chet Dubowski
Character Félix, un gardien de la banque
Sandy Maschmeyer
Character La compagne de Phil au cinéma
Leighanne O'Neil
Character Une admiratrice dans la rue
Evangeline Binkley
Character Une spectatrice de Jeopardy!
Samuel Mages
Character Un spectateur de Jeopardy!
Ben Zwick
Character Un spectateur de Jeopardy!
Timothy Hendrickson
Character Bill le serveur
Martha Webster
Character Alice la serveuse
Angela Gollan
Character L'élève de piano
Shaun Chaiyabhat
Character Le garçon qui tombe de l'arbre
Dianne B. Shaw
Character L'infirmière des urgences
Barbara Ann Grimes
Character Une dame au pneu crevé
Ann Heekin
Character Une dame au pneu crevé
Lucina Paquet
Character Une dame au pneu crevé
Brenda Pickleman
Character L'épouse de Buster
Amy Murdoch
Character La fille de Buster
Eric Saiet
Character Le fils de Buster
Lindsay Albert
Character La femme à la cigarette
Roger Adler
Character Le guitariste
Ben A. Fish
Character Bass Player
Don Riozz McNichols
Character Le batteur
Brian Willig
Character Le saxophoniste
Richard Henzel
Character D.J. (voice)
Rob Riley
Character D.J. (voice)
Tony DeGuide
Character Reporter (uncredited)
Scooter
Character The Groundhog
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on a story by Danny Rubin.
- During filming, Bill Murray sustained a work-related injury. He was bitten twice by a groundhog.
- Director Harold Ramis planned to cast Tom Hanks in the lead role, but later admitted that Tom was "too good" for the part.
- Groundhog Day is most widely celebrated in the small town of Punxsutawney (Pennsylvania), with a population of only 6,700 people. The arrival of spring is judged by a groundhog named Phil, who emerges from his burrow for the first time after hibernation on this day. If his shadow is visible, winter will last six more weeks, but if it isn't, the arrival of spring is near.
- The film wasn't shot in Punxsutawney, but in the town of Woodstock (Illinois). Meanwhile, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis attended the actual ceremony in person a year before the film's release, in 1992.
- The film's release, which grossed $70.9 million at the North American box office, significantly increased public interest in Groundhog Day and the associated ceremony. In particular, 35,000 people attended the celebration in 1997 (five times the population of the town itself).
- The initial version of the script implied that Phil Connors was stuck in Groundhog Day from the very beginning of the film. Later, Harold Ramis decided to rewrite the script to make it easier for the audience to get involved in the plot twists.
- Originally, Phil Connors' misadventures were supposed to begin because he was cursed by a former girlfriend whom he had heartlessly abandoned. But as the script was refined, this plot twist was removed.
- Remis claimed that almost every time he tried to explain the meaning of the scene to Murray, the latter would interrupt him and ask: "Just tell me—is Phil good or Phil bad?"
- In the process of learning to play the piano, Phil plays Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." This romantic theme is also used in another fantasy film, "Somewhere in Time" (1980). Bill Murray plays the first hesitant notes himself during his very first lesson. Unable to read music, he picked out the melody by ear.
- The rousing song "Weatherman," which frames the film, was co-written by Harold Ramis and George Fenton.
- The filming of the scene in which the irritated Phil smashes the alarm clock to pieces did not go as expected: the clock barely cracked from Murray's blow, so the crew had to deliver the final blow with a hammer. Despite this (and it made it into the film), they never stopped singing.
- The song Phil wakes up to every morning on February 2nd is "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher, a popular hit from August 1965.
- At the same time, the film "Twelve:01" was released, which used the same plot device that, according to the recollections of its screenwriter Richard Lupoff, led to six months of legal proceedings.
- Phil Connors relives February 2nd thirty-four times. In fact, the plot implies that there are many more of these days, but the course of the film shows exactly 34 days. As Harold Ramis later admitted, the original script featured a figure of 10,000 years, but ultimately the duration of the Groundhog Day amounted to about 10 years.
- At the 7th minute of the film, the protagonist is not wearing a scarf at all, and in the next scene the scarf is already visible sticking out from under his coat.
- In one of the scenes where Phil watches as armored cars pull up to the bank to ultimately steal a bag of money, Phil's coat is open, but in the next scene it is neatly buttoned.
- During the filming of the movie, Bill Murray sustained a production injury. He was bitten by a groundhog twice.
- Director Harold Ramis initially planned to cast Tom Hanks in the lead role, but later admitted that Tom was “too good” for the part.
- The movie was not filmed in Punxsutawney, but in the town of Woodstock, Illinois. Meanwhile, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis visited the actual ceremony a year before the film's release, in 1992.
- The first draft of the script implied that Phil Connors was stuck in Groundhog Day from the very beginning of the film. Later, Harold Ramis decided to rewrite the script to make it easier for the audience to get involved in the plot twists.
- Ramis claimed that almost every time he tried to explain the meaning of a scene to Murray, he would interrupt him and ask: “Just tell me—is Phil good or Phil bad?”
- While learning to play the piano, Phil plays Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." This romantic theme is also used in another fantastic film, "Somewhere in Time" (1980). Bill Murray performs the initial, tentative strikes on the keys himself during his very first lesson. Having no knowledge of musical notation, he picked up the melody by ear.
- The catchy song "Weatherman," which frames the film, was co-written by Harold Ramis and George Fenton.
- At the same time, the film "12:01 PM" was released, using the same plot device, which, according to the recollections of its screenwriter Richard Lupoff, resulted in 6 months of legal proceedings.
- Phil Connors lives February 2nd 34 times. In reality, the plot implies that there are many more of these days, but the film itself shows exactly 34 days. As Harold Ramis later admitted, the original script featured a figure of 10,000 years, but ultimately the duration of Groundhog Day amounted to about 10 years.
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