Groundhog Day - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Groundhog Day"
Groundhog Day (1993)
Timing:
1:41 (101 min)
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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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