Groundhog Day

UPC: 043396226456

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Bill Murray plays Phil, a TV weatherman working for a local station in Pennsylvania but convinced that national news stardom is in his grasp. Phil displays a charm and wit on camera that evaporates the moment the red light goes off; he is bitter, appallingly self-centered, and treats his co-workers with contempt, especially his producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliot). On February 2, 1992, Phil, Rita, and Larry are sent on an assignment that Phil especially loathes: the annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, PA, where the citizens await the appearance of Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who will supposedly determine the length of winter by his ability to see his own shadow. Phil is eager to beat a hasty retreat, but when a freak snowstorm strands him in Punxsutawney, he wakes up the next morning with the strangest sense of d?j? vu: he seems to be living the same day over again. The next morning it happens again, and then again. Soon, no matter what he does, he's stuck in February 2, 1992; not imprisonment nor attempted suicide nor kidnapping the groundhog gets him out of the loop. But the more Phil relives the same day, the more he's forced to look at other people's lives, and something unusual happens: he begins to care about others. He starts to respect people, he tries to save the life of a homeless man, and he discovers that he's falling in love with Rita and therefore wants to be someone that she could love in return. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Audio commentary with director Harold Ramis
"A Different Day: an Interview With Harold Ramis"
"The Weight of Time" documentary
"The Study of Groundhogs: a Real Life Look at Marmots"
Deleted scenes

Groundhog Day

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/29/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Portuguese

Subtitles: English,French,Portuguese

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Groundhog Day
1. Weather Report [3:39]
2. The Groundhog Story [3:46]
3. Rise and Shine [2:43]
4. Needle Nose [4:02]
5. Shadow Report [4:04]
6. Yesterdays Tape [2:45]
7. Once a Year [3:26]
8. No Tomorrow [2:24]
9. Reliving the Same Day [3:48]
10. No Consequences [3:49]
11. It's Cold Every Day [4:13]
12. Classmate [2:14]
13. Bag of Money [4:53]
14. Van Won't Start [2:45]
15. French Poetry [3:58]
16. Fake Fire [2:55]
17. Love Kids [3:45]
18. Broken Alarm Clock [3:25]
19. Trapped [3:21]
20. Immortal [3:56]
21. Be the Hat [4:50]
22. Nice Guy [1:52]
23. Piano Lessons [3:11]
24. Homeless [4:10]
25. Sharper Teeth [4:02]
26. Same Old Day [3:59]
27. Best Day Ever [2:35]
28. A New Day [6:13]

Mark Deming

A charming and well-crafted comedy, Groundhog Day is that rare Bill Murray vehicle in which the material (and its execution) are every bit as good as the star's performance. Murray gives a top-shelf performance that covers a surprisingly broad emotional spectrum, and Andie MacDowell is luminous as Rita. Danny Rubin's screenplay and Harold Ramis's direction take a frankly unbelievable situation and treat it with enough realism to allow the audience to suspend disbelief; although the almost science-fiction premise resembles that of such serious experimental movies as Last Year at Marienbad (1961) and La jet?e (1962), Groundhog Day grounds its high concept in romantic comedy, in the classic journey of a grump reformed, and in the details of ordinary life. The result is one of the richest and most dimensional comedies of the 1990s. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Rod Sell  Actor 
Doc Erickson  Actor 
Richard Henzel  Actor 
Brenda Pickleman  Actor 
Peggy Roeder  Actor 
Rob Riley  Actor 
Timothy Hendrickson  Actor 
Lucina Paquet  Actor 
Dianne B. Shaw  Actor 
John M. Watson, Sr.  Actor 
Rom Milanovich  Actor 
Eric Saiet  Actor 
Willie Garson  Actor 
Terry Fryer  Actor 
Mike Shannon  Actor 
Trevor Albert  Producer 
C.O. Erickson  Executive Producer 
George Fenton  Composer (Music Score) 
Harold Ramis  Director 
Harold Ramis  Producer 
Harold Ramis  Screenwriter 
Danny Rubin  Screenwriter 
Bill Murray  Actor 
Andie MacDowell  Actor 
Chris Elliott  Actor 
Stephen Tobolowsky  Actor 
Brian Doyle-Murray  Actor 
Marita Geraghty  Actor 
Rick Ducommun  Actor 
Rick Overton  Actor 
Robin Duke  Actor 
Angela Paton  Actor 
Carol Bivins  Actor 
Les Podewell  Actor 
Harold Ramis  Actor 
David Pasquesi  Actor 

Country: USA