Groundhog is a great movie ... Except its not quite an original story as Star Trek The Next Generation had a story in Season 5 One year BEFORE Groundhog Day, which the Enterprise is caught in a time loop. One of my fave eps too!
I lived in Woodstock Illinois where the movie was made. I would go and watch them film before and after work. Met Bill Murray. Got a picture of me in the car they ran down the rail road tracks.
That would have been AWESOME! That was a great movie, couldnt imagine watching them make it, let alone meet B.M. ... Other than inside scenes. Did they have their own back ground ppl, for like in like the street scenes, etc...or Did the ppl That lived there get to be in the background any too, like yourself? Ive NEVER even met anyone famous like, actor/singers...(I live in southern WV) wich says it all why! 😆
@@JBowman-ps2ri they hired local for the background people. Murray was actually kind of a dick but rumor has it he wasn't happy at that moment I was in the alley one night when they were filming the cop chase seen. They would wet the streets down several times a day with a truck. One day they rolled snow out into everyone's lawn on the street where the hotel was blew my mind. I seen Harold, Andi, and Chris from a sorry distance. Got a bunch of pictures if my then 4 year old daughter in the main set in town. For the life of me I couldn't understand why they took bricks out of the road in sick an odd place. The road construction light and yellow tape blocking it off may be in one of the pics I took. I currently live two miles from the gravel pit where Phil drives the truck off the cliff with little Phil
I took my daughter to premiere night at the Woodstock downtown theater. A couple of teenagers sat down in front of us and were being obnoxious. I wanted it to be a fun night for me and my daughter and didn't want it ruined at the cost of unsupervised children so I did something very Bill Murray. I leaned forward and said very quietly to them in the manliest voice I could "if you run this for me and my daughter I WILL kill you...". Hahahahahaha it worked. They moved
When I saw this in the theater, I thought it was so repetitive I would never be able to sit through it again. Over twenty-five years later, I look forward to watching this movie every year to celebrate a particular holiday. I still find it worth watching.
Kiki: That’s unfortunate. Of course, I was the same way with my ex-husband and “White Christmas”, one of his favorite movies. (I had a good reason for not wanting to have it on in the house.) I don’t think it’s why he left me, but I’m sure he’s happy he’s now free to watch it every year like he did before I banned it.
@@AnotherJenn42 WHITE CHRISTMAS here in Germany the song is and always was very populare but not the movie itself. It was banned from German TV up untill the days the private stations came up due to a TO MILITARISTIC CONTENT - refering to the Battle of the Bulge and the General´s birthday party.
I always wondered if the "I am a god" line in Groundhog Day was a callback to the Ghostbusters "are you a god" question. Like Murray finally got the chance to be a god.
I've been to Woodstock, IL. It is such a cool little town. They have plaques all over the place pointing out where scenes were filmed. I highly recommend visiting!
Can confirm that it was filmed in Woodstock Illinois. When I was a kid in high school 13+ years ago, one of my best friends family was from Woodstock Illinois. They moved close by to the town we lived in when he was young. His mother told me how Bill Murray bought the entire town of Woodstock donuts and asked them if they wanted to be extras in the movie. Each year the town of Woodstock holds a groundhog day festival to commemorate the Groundhog Day movie. P.S. it’s pronounced il-uh-noi, not il-uh-noise.
Mad respect to Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson. Imagine how big you have to go when you're acting across Bill Murray in a comedy and you steal the scene every time.
I think I read somewhere Bill Murray was going through a divorce or break up or something at the time. So he wasn’t in a good place, and that’s what caused a lot of problems.
They technically worked together on the Ghostbusters videogame that used one of the scripts Dan and Harold wrote for the third movie. I also heard that during all that Bill and Harold did end up making things right before Harold's death.
GOLD ??? pure DIAMANTS I say because Diamants are forever as the saying goes :::::::) Also the movie is KULT not ony because it was so well done made but also because it is so often quoted as in AKTE X and FRINGE for example.
Murray actually visited Ramis at his home and the two finally reconciled their friendship shortly before Ramis passed away. So, while they never worked together again, the ending was at least an finale of kindness between them
Murray later presented an oscar for best cinematography and after the nominees were announced, he said "We forgot one. Harold Ramis for Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day", Cue applause. Class Act
@@jeffreyrigged Yes, they're both in it, but doubtful they'd been in the room together (very few games are recorded with all performers in the room together; on some animated shows, they'll sometimes do that, but not often)
@@van8ryan game script was written by dan and harold so im sure there was some kind of reconcile of the two. possibly the visit you are mentioning game isnt very old.
Minty did get me with the double take in the intro. Murray and Ramis' feud was resolved before Ramis' death. He even paid homage to his old friend at the Oscar's the year after Ramis' death
I was gonna say, when he heard Ramis was incredibly ill, he went to the local police of the area he knew he lived in and asked them to find him for him, as told by his daughter in the Movies Tha Made Us on Netflix.
I just saw this a couple of days ago and I had forgotten about how great it was! Bill Murray is one of my favorite comic actors and he absolutely shines in this movie! RIP Harold Ramis.
We liked the film in 93, but it wasn't until rewatching it on DVD and cable years later that everybody seemed to realize how special the film is. I could rewatch it right now! Thanks for the show.
Ramis and Murray DID make amends on Ramis death bed. Netflix show “movies that we love” the Ghostbusters episode the last 2 mins Ramis daughter talks about Murray finding Ramis through the police dept and being driven to Ramis. Saying I love this movie is an understatement. I think it’s absolute perfection 👊🏻
Based on commentary I’ve heard before, (likely on my DVD), in regards to the filming, there were apparently some record-setting, bitter cold days, as well. So some parts were, in fact, filmed in very cold weather.
One of my top five favorite movies. It is very philosophical, and has a great message. Everyone has the same amount of time in their life. What you do with that time is what's important.
Unfortunately we don’t all have the same amount of time. But it almost doesn’t matter. Some of the worst people have had miserable & long lives & Some of the best people have done an enormous amount of good with very short lives
I'd love to see a 10 things about "What About Bob?" someday. I always liked that one better and I think it's because I prefer seeing Bill Murray as an instigator and not the put-upon character.
Yes that would be great. Dressed up like Bob for Halloween one year. Made a boat out of a kids wagon had the life vest on screaming IM SAILING neighbor's loved it. Ah great memories
1 thing -- Bill Murray drove Richard Dryfuss crazy during filming. And the more Dryfuss got angry the more annoying Bill got. In real life Dryfuss can't stand Bill Murray anymore and haven't spoken since.😄
@@jonathanpasch6604 If true, this means casting these 2 actors in these roles was nothing but a strike of genius jobs. Although Lucy Liu may then have filled in the role as well.
I spent a new-year’s eve in Woodstock - friends of my wife lived there. My great grandmother also lived there years before I was born. Cute little town. Oddly enough, I now live in Hollywood and one of my best friends was in this movie - and some others. He loved making this movie and had nothing but love for Bill Murray.
My take from this film, it shows how that we are all in our own repetitive groundhog day no matter if you have an exciting job, hobbies, friends, family, etc. Eventually we all get into a rut and everyday is truly the same and 30-40 years pass by just like that. The lesson is what Bill did in this which was to realize this and learn new things with those days and build your life skills. Or you can be like the sad sacks in the bars, etc., in this film that don't realize that and never change and they're just stuck while Bill Murray becomes a bitchin' blues piano player.
The very concept of "Groundhog Day," in of itself, auto-compels a viewer to watch this movie over and over again, and the viewer will never grow exhausted of watching the movie, regardless of how many times the viewer has already viewed the movie. The reality is, you've never actually viewed the end.
Doozy is right, GD is one of the great movies I saw with my kids when they were young. We still will watch it together over the holidays. Thanks for the video.
There was a TV movie that had the same concept of the same day repeating because a scientist kept running the same experiment with a reactor of some type. The movie was called 12:01. Every night at 12:01, the reactor would run and the day would restart. It came out the same year, 1993... The full movie is on youtube . It stars Jonathan Silverman.
My wife is originally from Woodstock so we got a kick out of the scenes around her home town. We were working near Rockford, Illinois at the time and followed the filming. The gravel pit was north of Rockford because it was the only place at the time that actually had snow.
Lets hope it repeats at least one more time in 2020 election..then i believe(or hope Trump swuashes this Covid-19 hoax once and for all..and we can get on with life and get the. Economy going and MAGA..MAGA2020 now more than ever..
We just went to Woodstock, IL on a road trip. If you're a fan of the movie, it's worth going there. Go to the Inn. The owner will give you a personal tour. Great fun.
One of my favorite films. You mention how hot it was; and clearly there are set pictures that show Harold Ramis and crew behind the camera in summer attire, with Bill in the overcoat. But I’ve heard commentary that mention the opposite, as well, (perhaps in the early part of the filming?). The scene where Larry stops the van at Rita’s hotel and Phil is complaining that it’s a dump, before finding out he’s staying elsewhere, was one that was filmed in bitter cold weather. It’s been documented that Andie MacDowell’s face was so cold from the freezing wind and temperatures that she had trouble delivering her lines. And there were similar scenes that were obviously filmed in cold weather. So the filming clearly took place from the tail end of Winter and extreme cold, through Spring, and into the heat of Summer. It is a great movie. I saw it more than once in the theater in 1993, and I watch it every year on Groundhog Day, as well as once or twice more throughout the year. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s heartwarming; and I never tire of watching it. I’m glad you covered this one!
Full on addicted to your channel. Love learning random facts about movies from my childhood. Thanks for all your hard work! Now I’m off to learn all the things I don’t know about “Scrooged”!
@@arikwolf3777 some of us can even pronounce ovver fings correctly. I guess we are all different. I watched a doco recently that suggests mispronounced language is formed while still in our baby brain
@@godsinbox: I know, but mispronouncing Illinois is a special pet peeve of mine. My father was born and raised in Chicago. Let's just say I learned to pronounce Illinois properly early on in my life. There are a lot of words Minty says differently than me, but that's just the differences in British and American English. I can ignore those. Illinois is not one of them.
@@arikwolf3777 we (as Australians) have anglicised most native placenames and so dont profess to understand each tribes special pronunciation of 'their' space. Most first inhabitants language has been lost sadly
It’s amazing how a down to earth midwestern guy from Illinois can dominate comedic movies for over 40 yrs. Amazing dramatic performances in Rushmore and Lost in Translation seal his place as one of our greatest actors.
The dead Phil scene suggests he is experiencing a form of quantum immortality wherein a version of his always moves past the time loop or dies and one remains. It's also possible the ending is just another Phil leaving the time loop while the other Phil is possibly trapped there infinitely which is terrifying to think about
The alarm was always set to 6 am. If he just turned it off and went back sleep, his co-workers would come knocking before noon. There were no cell phones back then so he couldn't just call or text em, unless he rang the station but that may be a lot of work.
I really enjoy your reviews and deeper looks at movies... your production value, your humor are much appreciated in these challenging times. thank you .
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Phil!!!!! Phil Conners!!!!! Don’t say you don’t remember me, cause I sure as Heckfire remember YOU!!!!!
Groundhog Day corresponds with Imbolc, the Pagan Celtic first day of spring. In fact, the Celts began all the seasons roughly six weeks earlier than modern convention, which is perhaps why, paradoxically, some calendars call the winter solstice, conventionally the first day of winter, ‘midwinter’s day’ and ditto the summer solstice as ‘midsummer’s day’. The Welsh for July is Gorffenhaf, which means ‘end of summer’ evidence that for the Welsh autumn begins in August. Similarly, Halloween, the day before November the fist is called Calngaeaf, which means winter’s eve. And THAT is why Mayday is a festival - it is the first day of Celtic summer!
My favorite 2020 Super Bowl commercial was Bill Murray re-creating his role as Phil once again stuck in Punxsutawney, except this time he has a great time every day doing something new in a Jeep Gladiator with the groundhog. Even better was the behind-the-scenes making of the commercial in which you can see Bill enjoyed doing the re-creation.
Love that movie. Stephen Tobolowsky pays Ned Ryerson and he does a wonderful podcast. He's an incredible storyteller and has lived something of a life. GHD is an absolute classic and often garners interest religious people whom either interpret it as purgatory or samsara. It's of course influenced series like Russian Doll.
You'd be correct. Murray found out Ramis was extremely ill, went and visited Harold and even brought donuts. True, it's too bad the duo never worked again professionally, but at least they made peace with one another.
If I remember correctly, the original script had Murray's ex put a hex on him creating the timeloop. Fortunately they dropped that as the mystery of it is much more compelling.
Not me. I'd be convinced that the first time I did that would turn out to be the last time everything reset and I'd end up getting hit with a paternity suit. 😂
Some internet geek calculated how long Phil was stuck in the time Loop. He calculated how long it would take him to become a master of each of the things that he did, like learning the piano and some of the other skills. It equaled up to about 80 years or something like that
The musical was awesome & it was showing more recently. We just saw it between Christmas & New Years at the San Francisco Playhouse (less than a block from Union Square). I'd say the musical was darker than the movie, but still a ton of fun - the printed programs had a note about the seriousness of depression and included a depression / suicide hotline #. The guy who played Phil was excellent and the music was great. My family and I still sing "Nobody Cares" to each other if someone is complaining!
Groundhog day is so much fun to watch. Me and my friends always tried to count how many days he repeated. Later me and my wife tried to do it as well. Great job Minty!
Just stop. Just enjoy the videos. Minty goes into a lot of time and effort to make these out of his love for movies and to entertain us, he does NOT need a dialect coach in the comments section telling him how to pronounce words, hes a grown man, not some schoolboy. Its pathetic that out of this entire video all you can bitch about is him saying Illinois different than you say it. Its also petty and very immature how people like yourself tend to go on every single one of his videos correcting how he talks. If you dont like how he pronounces words, then dont bloody watch his channel.
I am from Punxsutawney, PA. We SO wished it would have been filmed in our Town. But the groundhog actually comes out of his stump outside of town in the woods. I guess they wanted it IN town. Well done, Minty!!!!!
The true answer to how long Phil was stuck there is .... 1 day Yes he repeated the one day over and over, but when he breaks the loop at the end of the movie, the rest of the world is not 10 years, 30-40 years or even 10,000 years further on, the rest of the world is only 1 day further on. You have to remember that Phil was not the only one stuck in a time loop, everyone in the town was as well (as far as we see in the movie), so it's reasonable to extrapolate that to the whole world or even the whole universe.
"Let's not spoil it" is a much better line because it is ambiguous - it can mean both "you'll ruin it" and "it's a surprise"
"What if there isn't a tomorrow? There wasn't one today." My favorite line in the movie, and one I feel I relate with a bit too much.
My favorite line is
"I've killed myself so many times,
I don't even exist anymore."
Groundhog is a great movie ...
Except its not quite an original story as Star Trek The Next Generation had a story in Season 5 One year BEFORE Groundhog Day, which the Enterprise is caught in a time loop.
One of my fave eps too!
one of my favorites out of any movie
Is it too late for flapjacks?
Right? (Although, I think it would have been more technically correct if he said "What if there isn't a tomorrow? There wasn't one yesterday.")
I lived in Woodstock Illinois where the movie was made. I would go and watch them film before and after work. Met Bill Murray. Got a picture of me in the car they ran down the rail road tracks.
@Minty Comedic Arts. . Contact me at Facebook by the same name if you'd like to talk hear about what I remember of the filming.
I live in the area too (McHenry though lived in Woodstock for a while)
That would have been AWESOME! That was a great movie, couldnt imagine watching them make it, let alone meet B.M. ... Other than inside scenes. Did they have their own back ground ppl, for like in like the street scenes, etc...or Did the ppl That lived there get to be in the background any too, like yourself? Ive NEVER even met anyone famous like, actor/singers...(I live in southern WV) wich says it all why! 😆
@@JBowman-ps2ri they hired local for the background people. Murray was actually kind of a dick but rumor has it he wasn't happy at that moment I was in the alley one night when they were filming the cop chase seen. They would wet the streets down several times a day with a truck. One day they rolled snow out into everyone's lawn on the street where the hotel was blew my mind. I seen Harold, Andi, and Chris from a sorry distance. Got a bunch of pictures if my then 4 year old daughter in the main set in town. For the life of me I couldn't understand why they took bricks out of the road in sick an odd place. The road construction light and yellow tape blocking it off may be in one of the pics I took. I currently live two miles from the gravel pit where Phil drives the truck off the cliff with little Phil
I took my daughter to premiere night at the Woodstock downtown theater. A couple of teenagers sat down in front of us and were being obnoxious. I wanted it to be a fun night for me and my daughter and didn't want it ruined at the cost of unsupervised children so I did something very Bill Murray. I leaned forward and said very quietly to them in the manliest voice I could "if you run this for me and my daughter I WILL kill you...". Hahahahahaha it worked. They moved
When I saw this in the theater, I thought it was so repetitive I would never be able to sit through it again. Over twenty-five years later, I look forward to watching this movie every year to celebrate a particular holiday. I still find it worth watching.
Kinda like how I would watch any adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" every Christmas
This movie is currently banned from being watched in my house. My wife hates it 😐
Kiki: That’s unfortunate. Of course, I was the same way with my ex-husband and “White Christmas”, one of his favorite movies. (I had a good reason for not wanting to have it on in the house.) I don’t think it’s why he left me, but I’m sure he’s happy he’s now free to watch it every year like he did before I banned it.
@@AnotherJenn42 WHITE CHRISTMAS here in Germany the song is and always was very populare but not the movie itself. It was banned from German TV up untill the days the private stations came up due to a TO MILITARISTIC CONTENT - refering to the Battle of the Bulge and the General´s birthday party.
I always wondered if the "I am a god" line in Groundhog Day was a callback to the Ghostbusters "are you a god" question. Like Murray finally got the chance to be a god.
I mean, it could be a wink, after all they were both written by Ramis..
If he said no. Dan said no and everyone got mad at him lol
He's just "a" god, not "the" God. ;)
Yes, that's what happened
If someone asks you if you are a god, you say YESSSS!
Whenever I'm feeling down & need to be uplifted, I just come to this channel.
Thanks for all you do to bring a little joy to us all, Minty!
I've been to Woodstock, IL. It is such a cool little town. They have plaques all over the place pointing out where scenes were filmed. I highly recommend visiting!
Plus they have that huge mural down the one alley by the theater. Because this is also where the creator of Dick Tracy is from
I loved near Woodstock and I have been to their historic opera house and of course the gazebo
"This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather."
Such a great line.
Yeah, we're frikkin' living in Groundhog Day now with our sheltering in place. What day is today? March 105th?
Can confirm that it was filmed in Woodstock Illinois. When I was a kid in high school 13+ years ago, one of my best friends family was from Woodstock Illinois. They moved close by to the town we lived in when he was young. His mother told me how Bill Murray bought the entire town of Woodstock donuts and asked them if they wanted to be extras in the movie. Each year the town of Woodstock holds a groundhog day festival to commemorate the Groundhog Day movie. P.S. it’s pronounced il-uh-noi, not il-uh-noise.
Groundhog day: there's a film you can watch again and again.
First
And again
@@jeffinthefalls2212 and again
For sure
I feel like I have read this comment before
Mad respect to Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson. Imagine how big you have to go when you're acting across Bill Murray in a comedy and you steal the scene every time.
Ramis and Murray struck gold so much together. Sad they never did another together after this :'(
I think I read somewhere Bill Murray was going through a divorce or break up or something at the time. So he wasn’t in a good place, and that’s what caused a lot of problems.
They technically worked together on the Ghostbusters videogame that used one of the scripts Dan and Harold wrote for the third movie. I also heard that during all that Bill and Harold did end up making things right before Harold's death.
GOLD ??? pure DIAMANTS I say because Diamants are forever as the saying goes :::::::) Also the movie is KULT not ony because it was so well done made but also because it is so often quoted as in AKTE X and FRINGE for example.
Murray actually visited Ramis at his home and the two finally reconciled their friendship shortly before Ramis passed away. So, while they never worked together again, the ending was at least an finale of kindness between them
Murray later presented an oscar for best cinematography and after the nominees were announced, he said "We forgot one. Harold Ramis for Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day", Cue applause. Class Act
they did work together on the ghostbusters game iirc.
@@jeffreyrigged Yes, they're both in it, but doubtful they'd been in the room together (very few games are recorded with all performers in the room together; on some animated shows, they'll sometimes do that, but not often)
@@van8ryan game script was written by dan and harold so im sure there was some kind of reconcile of the two. possibly the visit you are mentioning game isnt very old.
@@jeffreyrigged Yes, they did in 2009, with the script written by Aykroyd and Ramis.
the old homeless man still breaks my heart everytime
There was nothing he could do. He was old as dogshit anyway, so who gives a fuck overall.
I still find it hilarious that they called it Gobblers Knob.
Every aircraft carrier I was on would play this movie 48 hours straight (repeating a day) when we crossed the international date line on our way back.
To this day my wife and I will occasionally look at each other and say "Don't drive angry!"
Don't tell that Nic Cage.
Minty did get me with the double take in the intro. Murray and Ramis' feud was resolved before Ramis' death. He even paid homage to his old friend at the Oscar's the year after Ramis' death
Bill did go see Harold before he died and made amends.
That's good to know, thanks 8)
I was gonna say, when he heard Ramis was incredibly ill, he went to the local police of the area he knew he lived in and asked them to find him for him, as told by his daughter in the Movies Tha Made Us on Netflix.
His brother Brian asked/insisted bill go to harolds death bed.is what I've heard
at least Ramis didn't have to live long enough to see GB16
This will be uploaded again tomorrow in keeping with the film.
I just saw this a couple of days ago and I had forgotten about how great it was! Bill Murray is one of my favorite comic actors and he absolutely shines in this movie! RIP Harold Ramis.
We liked the film in 93, but it wasn't until rewatching it on DVD and cable years later that everybody seemed to realize how special the film is. I could rewatch it right now! Thanks for the show.
The movie is a classic. Phil punching Ned in the face is one of the film's funniest moments.
Ramis and Murray DID make amends on Ramis death bed. Netflix show “movies that we love” the Ghostbusters episode the last 2 mins Ramis daughter talks about Murray finding Ramis through the police dept and being driven to Ramis. Saying I love this movie is an understatement. I think it’s absolute perfection 👊🏻
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6:54 - ok, I'm really impressed, it always looked cold to me
So much so that I've seen it on more than one "greatest _Christmas_ movies" list, no kidding.
That's what they call "Movie Magic"
Because I was convinced that it was shot on some really cold days too
Based on commentary I’ve heard before, (likely on my DVD), in regards to the filming, there were apparently some record-setting, bitter cold days, as well. So some parts were, in fact, filmed in very cold weather.
One of my top five favorite movies. It is very philosophical, and has a great message. Everyone has the same amount of time in their life. What you do with that time is what's important.
Unfortunately we don’t all have the same amount of time.
But it almost doesn’t matter.
Some of the worst people have had miserable & long lives
&
Some of the best people have done an enormous amount of good with very short lives
I thought the message was a guy wants to get laid and will when he gets it right with the girl
I totally love Groundhog Day. Thank you for more insight. 🥰
Scooter must have seen "Caddyshack"
Thx, I was looking for this comment.
Scooter and the gopher jamming out to "I'm all right."
That was a gopher in caddyshack
@@karlsmith2570 oh gee really? Thanks buzzkillington
😂😂😂
I'd love to see a 10 things about "What About Bob?" someday. I always liked that one better and I think it's because I prefer seeing Bill Murray as an instigator and not the put-upon character.
Yes, one of his greatest movies. It's pretty unfortunate that's mostly forgotten. He's just brilliant in it (just like Richard Dreyfuss).
I think Frank Oz directed it too; he has a dark sense of humor
Yes that would be great. Dressed up like Bob for Halloween one year. Made a boat out of a kids wagon had the life vest on screaming IM SAILING neighbor's loved it. Ah great memories
1 thing -- Bill Murray drove Richard Dryfuss crazy during filming. And the more Dryfuss got angry the more annoying Bill got. In real life Dryfuss can't stand Bill Murray anymore and haven't spoken since.😄
@@jonathanpasch6604 If true, this means casting these 2 actors in these roles was nothing but a strike of genius jobs. Although Lucy Liu may then have filled in the role as well.
Gobblers Knob, what a sketchy name for a place.
Loooooooool
Welcome to Pennsylvania. We also have Bird in Hand, Virginville, Blue Ball, and Intercourse....all in the same area...
@@alienkreeper so then it would be a highly sexed place then? Got all sorts of sexual activities going on involving everyone in that area lol
@@benconway9010 Oddly enough, not really. Those areas have a high Amish population.
Look up Schitt's Creek lol (Eugene Levy series)
Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters are easily in my top 10 comedies.
I spent a new-year’s eve in Woodstock - friends of my wife lived there. My great grandmother also lived there years before I was born. Cute little town.
Oddly enough, I now live in Hollywood and one of my best friends was in this movie - and some others. He loved making this movie and had nothing but love for Bill Murray.
@关羽 So does your mom.
My take from this film, it shows how that we are all in our own repetitive groundhog day no matter if you have an exciting job, hobbies, friends, family, etc. Eventually we all get into a rut and everyday is truly the same and 30-40 years pass by just like that. The lesson is what Bill did in this which was to realize this and learn new things with those days and build your life skills. Or you can be like the sad sacks in the bars, etc., in this film that don't realize that and never change and they're just stuck while Bill Murray becomes a bitchin' blues piano player.
"Well, it's groundhog day...again."
Guess like that deleted scene where he was a Pro Bowler eventually led him to his Ernie "Big Earn" McCracken character in Kingpin.
Is that true?
Munsoned
The very concept of "Groundhog Day," in of itself, auto-compels a viewer to watch this movie over and over again, and the viewer will never grow exhausted of watching the movie, regardless of how many times the viewer has already viewed the movie. The reality is, you've never actually viewed the end.
Doozy is right, GD is one of the great movies I saw with my kids when they were young. We still will watch it together over the holidays. Thanks for the video.
Love this film from when I was a kid
There was a TV movie that had the same concept of the same day repeating because a scientist kept running the same experiment with a reactor of some type. The movie was called 12:01. Every night at 12:01, the reactor would run and the day would restart. It came out the same year, 1993... The full movie is on youtube . It stars Jonathan Silverman.
They worked together in 2006 on the Ghostbusters video game. The spoke to each other during then. I love these videos and what you do. Thank you.
My wife is originally from Woodstock so we got a kick out of the scenes around her home town. We were working near Rockford, Illinois at the time and followed the filming. The gravel pit was north of Rockford because it was the only place at the time that actually had snow.
I feel like we're living groundhog day presently.
Lets hope it repeats at least one more time in 2020 election..then i believe(or hope Trump swuashes this Covid-19 hoax once and for all..and we can get on with life and get the. Economy going and MAGA..MAGA2020 now more than ever..
@@gebronthomasson6960 that’s cute.
We just went to Woodstock, IL on a road trip. If you're a fan of the movie, it's worth going there. Go to the Inn. The owner will give you a personal tour. Great fun.
Love your vids, mate! Have learned so many things about my fave fliks that I never knew. Keep it up!
It's the "It's a Wonderful Life" of the grunge era. A total, eternal (lol) classic.
I really enjoy each episode that you put so much time and effort into making. They’re always informative and enjoyable.
One of my favorite films. You mention how hot it was; and clearly there are set pictures that show Harold Ramis and crew behind the camera in summer attire, with Bill in the overcoat. But I’ve heard commentary that mention the opposite, as well, (perhaps in the early part of the filming?). The scene where Larry stops the van at Rita’s hotel and Phil is complaining that it’s a dump, before finding out he’s staying elsewhere, was one that was filmed in bitter cold weather. It’s been documented that Andie MacDowell’s face was so cold from the freezing wind and temperatures that she had trouble delivering her lines. And there were similar scenes that were obviously filmed in cold weather. So the filming clearly took place from the tail end of Winter and extreme cold, through Spring, and into the heat of Summer.
It is a great movie. I saw it more than once in the theater in 1993, and I watch it every year on Groundhog Day, as well as once or twice more throughout the year. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s heartwarming; and I never tire of watching it. I’m glad you covered this one!
I love how this came out for me a 6am. Mountain time rules.
Full on addicted to your channel. Love learning random facts about movies from my childhood. Thanks for all your hard work! Now I’m off to learn all the things I don’t know about “Scrooged”!
Minty: *Pronounces Punxsutawney correctly*
Me: Superb.
ill a noise👌
@@michaelleahy123: That irked me, but since Minty is Australian, I guess he can be forgiven.
@@arikwolf3777 some of us can even pronounce ovver fings correctly. I guess we are all different. I watched a doco recently that suggests mispronounced language is formed while still in our baby brain
@@godsinbox: I know, but mispronouncing Illinois is a special pet peeve of mine. My father was born and raised in Chicago. Let's just say I learned to pronounce Illinois properly early on in my life.
There are a lot of words Minty says differently than me, but that's just the differences in British and American English. I can ignore those. Illinois is not one of them.
@@arikwolf3777 we (as Australians) have anglicised most native placenames and so dont profess to understand each tribes special pronunciation of 'their' space. Most first inhabitants language has been lost sadly
One of my favourite movies of all time. It's just impossible to imagine another actor for the role of Phil Connors.
And so many TV shows since then try their hand at a Groundhog Day episode.
Thanks Minty, one of my favorite all-time movies!
It’s amazing how a down to earth midwestern guy from Illinois can dominate comedic movies for over 40 yrs. Amazing dramatic performances in Rushmore and Lost in Translation seal his place as one of our greatest actors.
The dead Phil scene suggests he is experiencing a form of quantum immortality wherein a version of his always moves past the time loop or dies and one remains. It's also possible the ending is just another Phil leaving the time loop while the other Phil is possibly trapped there infinitely which is terrifying to think about
If I was in Groundhog Day, the first thing I would change is wake up at Noon!
The alarm was always set to 6 am. If he just turned it off and went back sleep, his co-workers would come knocking before noon. There were no cell phones back then so he couldn't just call or text em, unless he rang the station but that may be a lot of work.
I would try just staying up through the night.
Well, maybe that's what he did in the jail cell and the loop still obviously continued
Thank you for researching these movies- your work is very appreciated!
I can't believe no one mentioned how absolutely adorable Andie MacDowell was in this movie.....
Shes beautiful. Dont tell my wife
I really enjoy your reviews and deeper looks at movies... your production value, your humor are much appreciated in these challenging times. thank you .
Phil!!!!! Phil Conners!!!!! Don’t say you don’t remember me, cause I sure as Heckfire remember YOU!!!!!
Ned? Ned Ryerson?
@@chuteboxegod BING!
It’s a dooooozie
@@jonesy3million26 Double bing!
love the scene where he actually hits on Ned lol
Edit to say not where he hits Ned, but makes a pass at him 8)
I hope the musical do get revived. It is BRILLIANT. If you get a chance to view it, you won't regret it.
Phil? Phil Connors???
Punxsutawney Phil maybe? The name given to the groundhog for whom the holiday is named?
Groundhog Day corresponds with Imbolc, the Pagan Celtic first day of spring. In fact, the Celts began all the seasons roughly six weeks earlier than modern convention, which is perhaps why, paradoxically, some calendars call the winter solstice, conventionally the first day of winter, ‘midwinter’s day’ and ditto the summer solstice as ‘midsummer’s day’. The Welsh for July is Gorffenhaf, which means ‘end of summer’ evidence that for the Welsh autumn begins in August. Similarly, Halloween, the day before November the fist is called Calngaeaf, which means winter’s eve. And THAT is why Mayday is a festival - it is the first day of Celtic summer!
6:37 The "S" is silent in Illinois.
Ive heard it said both ways
the v is also silent in other
YES! YES! Silent “s” on Illinois....
@@stumphole8217 Well there is maybe no v in Illinois, but the more important question is anyhow: is there a Haddonfield in Illinois ?
@@frankschneider6156 i was picking on the british accent instead of other its ovaa
Scrooged is my favorite Christmas movie...and Groundhog Day is my favorite Groundhog day movie.
Originally it was going to be revealed that he had scorned a witch, and she was the one who cursed him.
@Wally Prichard Thank you!
My favorite 2020 Super Bowl commercial was Bill Murray re-creating his role as Phil once again stuck in Punxsutawney, except this time he has a great time every day doing something new in a Jeep Gladiator with the groundhog. Even better was the behind-the-scenes making of the commercial in which you can see Bill enjoyed doing the re-creation.
Love that movie. Stephen Tobolowsky pays Ned Ryerson and he does a wonderful podcast. He's an incredible storyteller and has lived something of a life. GHD is an absolute classic and often garners interest religious people whom either interpret it as purgatory or samsara. It's of course influenced series like Russian Doll.
Tobolowsky was also in
"Single White Female" & "Memento".
@@laustcawz2089 and Spaceballs. "You idiots! This isn't them, you've captured their stunt doubles!"
When it comes to time loop movies, I'll watch this over Happy Death Day any day
Am I right or am i right, or am I right... that Back to The future hoodie is awesome!!
Ive said this for as long as I can remember, but didnt realize I picked it up from ground hog day.
Right, right, right. 👍
Your mom is awesome!
I'm surprised they didn't have him stay up all night just to rewind in a blink.
But yeah, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie! :D
My brilliant idea for your next episode is please do 10 things you didn’t know about What About Bob? (1991)
It was good to hear Bill and Harold kinda reconciled just before Harold’s passing when Bill found out he was sick.
I awoke in bed with a feeling I had done this before, it's call Duvet-vu
no
Chuckle.
i get vuja de....the feeling ive never done anything
no
That Duvet-vu feeling is not a comforter.
Sorry, that pun was a difficult pillow to swallow.
"Yes but my dad was a piano mover, so." - Phil Conners
I thought Harold Ramis and Bill Murray reconciled when it was discovered that Ramis was dying. No?
Yes, that happened.
They did. Near the end, Murray showed up with a police escort, and box of donuts. They made peace.
Yes they did before Harold Ramis passed away but a shame they didn't reconcile way before that
You'd be correct. Murray found out Ramis was extremely ill, went and visited Harold and even brought donuts. True, it's too bad the duo never worked again professionally, but at least they made peace with one another.
That's what harold's daughter says
If I remember correctly, the original script had Murray's ex put a hex on him creating the timeloop. Fortunately they dropped that as the mystery of it is much more compelling.
I know everyone.
Really? Who's that?
Minty. He makes videos and makes noises like a chipmunk when he gets really excited.
That's Ryan. He's constantly talking to himself and finds everything to be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Such a classic movie, Murray & Ramis is a comedy duo that belongs with the best in Hollywood history.
My man MINTY at it again!
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Despite it being called ground hog day, this movie always felt like a Christmas movie to me because of the scenery / snow / cold weather
What every guy would do in Phil Conners situation..... “oui”
Not me. I'd be convinced that the first time I did that would turn out to be the last time everything reset and I'd end up getting hit with a paternity suit. 😂
Saying the quiet part out loud. Please accept this 🏆.
Palace Of Wisdom lolllll good point
Shane haha
Some internet geek calculated how long Phil was stuck in the time Loop. He calculated how long it would take him to become a master of each of the things that he did, like learning the piano and some of the other skills. It equaled up to about 80 years or something like that
10 Things You Didn't Know About Backdraft (1991)
That would be AWESOME great idea love that movie
The musical was awesome & it was showing more recently. We just saw it between Christmas & New Years at the San Francisco Playhouse (less than a block from Union Square).
I'd say the musical was darker than the movie, but still a ton of fun - the printed programs had a note about the seriousness of depression and included a depression / suicide hotline #.
The guy who played Phil was excellent and the music was great. My family and I still sing "Nobody Cares" to each other if someone is complaining!
i heard harold and bill made up right before he passed, so everything's good
Groundhog day is so much fun to watch. Me and my friends always tried to count how many days he repeated. Later me and my wife tried to do it as well. Great job Minty!
Scrooged is still my favorite rendition of Scrooge and I wish they had cast Bill Murray in more movies.
"Winge" has got to be the most Australian word I have ever heard in my life!
Another Aussie RUclipsr I follow also says that word, I love it haha
I live right next to Woodstock,IL where this was filmed
Whenever I'm feeling down and need to get uplifted I can always just watch a Minty video!
What would it be like to come out of a 30-40 year "same day" life? That could have made a good sequel.
There is a cable station in the states that, on Feb 2, has an all-day "Groundhog Day" marathon.
Just fyi, Illinois is pronounced without the S at the en d- it's just "illinoi" - or "ill annoy".
Illa-Noise!
I've heard it both ways from people from there
Just stop. Just enjoy the videos. Minty goes into a lot of time and effort to make these out of his love for movies and to entertain us, he does NOT need a dialect coach in the comments section telling him how to pronounce words, hes a grown man, not some schoolboy. Its pathetic that out of this entire video all you can bitch about is him saying Illinois different than you say it. Its also petty and very immature how people like yourself tend to go on every single one of his videos correcting how he talks. If you dont like how he pronounces words, then dont bloody watch his channel.
@@fatamorgana8939 agreed
@@fatamorgana8939 actually, his mis- pronunciation of something in every episode is part of his charm. I agree, correcting him seems kinda petty.
I am from Punxsutawney, PA. We SO wished it would have been filmed in our Town. But the groundhog actually comes out of his stump outside of town in the woods. I guess they wanted it IN town. Well done, Minty!!!!!
The true answer to how long Phil was stuck there is .... 1 day
Yes he repeated the one day over and over, but when he breaks the loop at the end of the movie, the rest of the world is not 10 years, 30-40 years or even 10,000 years further on, the rest of the world is only 1 day further on. You have to remember that Phil was not the only one stuck in a time loop, everyone in the town was as well (as far as we see in the movie), so it's reasonable to extrapolate that to the whole world or even the whole universe.
U deserve more likes
One of my favorite comedies too. It's like a long and funny Twilight Zone episode. In fact, I'm surprised Rod Serling never did a plot like this.
You can say that again
Last time we were this early we had to put a toaster in the tub and start the day over... Last time we were this early we had to...
It's kinda funny because the movie ended up being the perfect cross of both Bill and Harolds idea of how the movie should go.