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Office worker Barry Thomas is forced to relive the worst day of his life. [11] Groundhog Day: 1993: Self-centered television weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is forced to relive the same day over and over. [12] This movie is generally seen as the quintessential time-loop movie by many with its name being synonymous with the genre as a whole.
According to the calendar, Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day — that 24-period when the country gets inordinately interested in whether or not a certain rodent sees its shadow.
Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis from a screenplay by him and Danny Rubin.Starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott, it tells the story of a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly.
The film Groundhog Day, which has a similar time loop premise, was also released in 1993. The writers and producers of 12:01 believed their work was stolen by Groundhog Day. According to Richard Lupoff: A brilliant young filmmaker named Jonathan Heap made a superb 30-minute version of my short story "12:01 PM".
Harold Ramis’ 1993 movie “Groundhog Day” is so entertaining, you’ll want to see it again, and again, and again. Explore meanings and central themes in the movie.
Logan Marshall-Green stars as a man invited to a shindig by his ex-wife, the revelry goes awry and you're left with jaw on the floor by a whopper of a last scene. 41. 'Ready or Not' (2019)
[1] The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce, and bears great similarity to that of 1993's Groundhog Day . Lupoff and Jonathan Heap, director of the 1990 film, were "outraged" by the apparent theft of the idea, but after six months of lawyers' conferences, they decided to drop the case against Columbia Pictures.
Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in a scene from the 1993 film 'Groundhog Day,' directed by Harold Ramis. (Photo by Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) (Archive Photos via Getty Images)