3 Things About "Groundhog Day" (1993) You Never Realized 

They should announce a sequel to "Groundhog Day" .... and then just re-release the original! ;-)

One of the best movies ever made. Hilarious, dark, depressing and uplifting all at the same time. Brilliant, simply brilliant.

I bet life was weird for him after that time loop ended. Imagine. He went 30+ years never having to worry about any consequences whatsoever. I can imagine it would have given him anxiety for the first few months knowing that anything that happens can't be erased. For example for 34 years he didn't have to fear death. Now that he's no longer in the time loop he does have to fear it for the first time in 34 years.

I met Harold Ramis at La Guardia Airport in 1998. We were both heading up to the American Airlines Club to wait out a 4-hour ground hold. We had mutual friends, and spent the time in conversation. I finally asked the question- "How long was Phil Connor trapped in Groundhog Day?" His answer was "56 years". This explains everything.

It dawned on me that when Phil rushes past the fat guy in the hall, and rushes out the door without talking to the landlady (day 3?), he would have been way earlier than Ned at the corner. The fact that Ned was right there as always lends credence to the theory that Ned himself is trapped in a time loop, and the only way out is to sell Phil insurance.

He had 34 years to figure out how to fix the hotel's hot water heater... and he never did.

Here's something you REALLY never realized: When the nurse gives Phil the news that the old man died and that "sometimes people just die," look in the background. You'll see a kid in a jacket with crutches and a cast on his leg. It's the same kid that falls out of the tree. "You never thank me!" Neat, eh?

I like to think that it was thousands of years that he spent reliving the same day. We didn't really get to see his darkest days. I'm sure poor Ned Ryerson ended up in a dumpster more than a few times. Am I right? Am I right or am I right?

I’ve seen this movie many times and it never gets old.

Can you imagine what it was like to edit this movie-with multiple takes of any scene, plus scripted variations?

40 years of that day. It would drive me crazy that I can save everyone in that town on that day except for the old homeless man. I remember thinking how profound that scene was the first time I watched it, even as a kid.

"That's not bad for a quadruped," One of the funniest line of any movie - and probably ad-libbed.

You know that he must have spent a lot of loops just murdering everybody he met

As time goes by, Groundhog Day becomes more legendary. The sheer genius of the premise and deeply rooted love story are a cinematic treasure. The writing is the best part. A true masterpiece!

One of the finest films ever made, and it's in my top 5. Rest in peace Harold Ramis.

When Phil realized that toaster was not waterproof, he was shocked.

If there is some magic that caused him to repeat each day, then it is not improbable that the same magic stages every encounter for him. He can never be late for anything because every event is synchronized for him to be there at the same moment each day.

I could watch this movie 🎥 EVERYDAY and never get tired of it.. Tell me I’m not the only one? 👀

"Ned Ryerson" was a salesman who is incentivized to contact as many people as possible. He recognized "Phil" from a distance. That didn't require "Phil" to be at an exact location. He could've been off by a few feet or seconds and Ned Ryerson could still have the same interaction with him.

People have always looked at me funny when I told them this was one of my favorite movies. I didn’t understand why, but I just liked it. A lot…. Watch it every year around the holidays because it resonated with me. Good to see that some said it was one of the more spiritual movies of our time, so it makes sense now as to why I liked it.

I have thought for many years, that this is the best movie ever made! Everyone needs to be able to experience what Phil Connors went through!

I think we are forgetting the days, months, years he just spent in bed; became an expert piano player, ice sculpter and everything else we didn't see but can ponder; I'm not sure if it's in the book or the first screenplay (which was edited) there is a montage where he goes to the library every day, reads one page of a book, next day reads the next page, until he reads the entire library (How he comes to understand and record the days he's in the loop) Tortuous, but imagine the levels you could get to if you had the chance. Excellent story/film - 10/10

As others have mentioned he was to be stuck in the time loop for 10,000 YEARS! Also in the original script, Phil was put into the time loop because he was cursed by an ex-girlfriend named Stephanie! As Phil is going to bed in Punxsutawney, we see Stephanie in her room, using Phil's business cards and broken watch (conveniently set at 5:59) to perform a magic spell from a book titled "101 Curses, Spells, and Enchantments You Can Do At Home"! Also, it is Rita's (Andie McDowell) kiss that breaks the magic spell! Listen close in the movie and you can hear a tinkly magic sound as Phil and Rita lock lips! The curse is that Phil must find True Love. The rub is that he must not only truly love her, but she must Truly Love him back to break the spell! LOVE THIS MOVIE! Anytime I'm flipping through the channels and see it, I end up watching it!

In an early script, Phil kept track of the days by reading a single page each day, first from the bookcase in the B&B, then in the local library. He finished the library, so if we assume a decent sized library of 60,000 volumes and 250 pages per book, that means that he was in the loop for about 41,000 years! It would drive him insane if his brain chemistry weren't reset to normal each morning.

Truly one of the most important movies of our time

"A couple of weeks"....really? Some people think you can memorize a town in a 14 days?

The producer said on the main DVD that the Bhuddhist idea is that we need to repeat something 10, 000 times to become a master. So I always assumed he was in the loop for 10,000 days which is approx 30 years. Time enough to learn fluent french, learn to play piano well, learn to ice sculpt and discover that living selflessly is more rewarding than being an egocentric jerk.

Bill saves his real life brother from choking at 2:54 seconds.

I was lucky enough to see this in the theater when it came out. One of the best movies of all time!

Some early ideas/drafts have stated that the original plot had him reliving the day for over 10,000 years. Absolutely makes the moment of breaking free seem unbelievably and unimaginably satisfying

Not only have I seen this movie, I have seen it for 30-40 years as I keep waking up each day and watching it again.

Seeing my piano-plying "progress" in 10 years, I reckon he took at least 200 years.

Since his alarm clock went off at the same time every morning it’s no surprise he met Ned at the same spot.

If this were remade in modern day he'd have access to streaming and he'd spend 12,000 years in the time loop before getting bored of all TV and moving on to helping people. But he would, eventually, help people.

40+ years in a time loop would drive anyone insane beyond repair. Phil most definitely did some horrific things during that time.

Did you ever have deja vu? I don't think so, but I can check with the kitchen....

I saw this movie after 20 years. I got a Blu ray one. I also saw the director's comments. It explains how they decided to make this movie. Must to see.

still thinking it was way longer than 34 years, (I like the version that had him going to the library every day to read one page from one book and he completed the library)

A couple of weeks? Who says that? The club of people who have never seen Groundhog Day?

It's a LOVE STORY. Phil is destined to connect with his producer; the universe stops him from moving forward until he is suitably prepared for her, and she is willing to accept him and fall in love with him for real. It's a love story.

One of the wisest films ever made. We each wake up every morning with the opportunity to come closer and closer to live coming from our best self, our essence. Of course we backslide, but hopefully spiral upwards.

I gave the first question a lot of thought years ago. I think it was longer than 30-40 years. There's going to be a lot of depression phases and total inactivity as well as learning all the skills. If he crammed, he might have learned everything in a few decades, but I think it would have taken longer.

In case anyone missed it, the guy who Phil did the Heimlich maneuver on (Buster), was played by Bill Murray's brother, Brian Murray.

He doesn't have to live that day same way every time. For i.e: He can chooses to stay in bed for the day.

34 years spending the same day over and over, it's called marriage

Wasn't it in the book, where it's revealed he's lived the same day for over 100,000 years?

The bit where the piano teacher gushes that he's her student doesn't make sense because on that last day he would have been pretty good by the time he got to her

my shipmates and I when i was in the navy had this movie played twice a day every day underway on all 3 ships i served on. So we lived it and watched it alot. we also argued about it alot. 34 years is way too low. No one has calculated how long it took him to cover the the whole town and memorize everything that happens in (1) day. Also to gather the location of every person to teach him each 1 of his skills in a preinternet time/town just imagine if he had access to a modern smartphone or laptop with a high speed connection.

at the end, where he finally ‘gets the girl’, they had actually already had a long term relationship together

What I love about this movie is they don't explain why this is happening - you just organically know why its happening!

There's a lot more to this movie than just a couple of religious views. I knew a preacher who said that it shows what hell a life without consequences would be. I like that it shows how life is not about your circumstances but the decisions that you make. It's a very, very deep movie, but approachable and enjoyable on virtually every level.

Bill Murrays character makes reference in the movie to 6 months. He was flipping cards into a hat when Andie Mcdowell says, " it would take me years to get good at this." Phil responds, " 6 months tops. 4 hours per day."

Just think what you could become if you were caught in a time loop. You could master anything, every language, science, art, math, finances, and history, to the point where you could be unstoppable. You could learn the whole damn planet.

Should have ended with them waking up together and the woman saying "this is my x number of days waking up like this" and then cut to black.

Instead of reliving the same day, I'd like to relive the last 30 years on a loop.

Phil may have been, to a certain extent, caught up in the exact time loop in the same way as everyone else, causing him to unconsciously perform some of the same behaviours at the same time in each loop. This would explain why he did some things differently but others the same. If he is not "consciously" making changes to his routine, then he would probably follow the exact same pattern each and every time, otherwise he could have gone somewhere else to enjoy a hot shower or walked down the street in a different direction. The other people are not aware of repeating the same day over and over again, but Phil is. This puts him into the unique position to make changes in this time loop - up to a certain point. Obviously this precludes his leaving Punxsutawney. There is also a little thing called "over-analysing", so perhaps I will just continue to enjoy the movie and not sweat the small stuff.

This video finally explained to me why I love this movie so much. It's become the basis of my religious, or at least spiritual, existence! My wife is still totally baffled at how this could be my favorite movie of all time.

The big question I had was; why is the piano teacher so proud that she taught him to play? She wouldn’t remember all the lessons, and in fact, he probably didn’t go in for a lesson the day he performed for everyone and wouldn’t have any knowledge of him at all.

The beauty of life is that we all have the opportunity to approach perfection in our lives with the simple act of loving and helping the people around us, and we have the shot and we can approach perfection by simply attempting to make each day of our lives a little better than the day before. We just need to take a deep breath and spiritually put one foot in front of the other every day, creating the beauty of our own "Groundhog Day". The movie is a work of moral genius on the part of Harold Ramis, and an absolute work of art at understanding what really makes good and moral people tick! It's utter perfection.

On the Groundhog Day DVD audio commentary, Writer/Director Harold Ramis stated that Phil was in the loop for about 11 years.

You know, of all things this reminds me of something from the "Ben 10" cartoon (forget which iteration). There was a character who got 'unstuck' in time, and was transported to a timeless void. He said "Well, of course I went completely insane, but after about a millennium of that I got bored and went sane again" ^_^

10,000 HOURS to master a task, not 10,000 days.

This is a lifetime top ten! Thank you for creating this. I have screened this film hundreds of times.

To any rational person it's obvious he's spend many lifetimes in there going trough stages of insanity, obsession and in the end enlightenment about the purpose of life. In the beginning of the movie he sees the day as paradise even knowing how to get a large amount money and women. An average person could easily live thousands of variations of that day before trying to kill themselves. He learns multiple skills and in the end of the movie he was called a doctor that fixed the back of the women's husband. He knew the town like complete clockwork that alone would have taken years by itself so the 7 year claim was stupid.

Of all the movies I walked to the theater to see (the theater was down the street from me when this came out) this film was the most enjoyable to see on the big screen.

Sometimes I feel like I'm living the same day over and over and over again.

I'm cooking in a camp these days - each rotation is 14 days straight of 10 hour shifts. I can't tell you how often I feel like I'm living in this movie.

None of these were 'things I didn't realise about groundhog day' but then I have seen this film way too many time's as Bill Murray is my joint favourite comedic actor alongside Gene Wilder.

this is still one of my favorite movies of all time. Unmatched creativity and originality...plus it's funny as hell in an inexplicable way.

ten years according to the writer and director...was originally 10,000, but changed to ten...greatest movie ever by the way...

he would have to spend a long time to learn all those skills he learned at the end. Iceblock carving, medicine (being a doctor). piano master, reading about Chekov. some speculated thousand years? or 40-50 years. A long time. This is something I didn't realize when I watched this movie for the first time. Only after watching it for several times and reading about it did it dawn on me that he was in this world as long as he was. An amazing story. one of my most favorite films. This scene is a tear jerker. Brilliant.

If you ever wanted to know what life is like on a submarine... This movie does a pretty good job capturing the spirit of it...

One summer I met these 2 girls down the beach and we went back to my place 😉 I'd be happy to relive that day over and over again 😎

I might be talking out my ass, but I would love to relive a day forever. At least for about a millennium or so. Lol

12th Doctor: Hold my beer! Couldn't resist 🤣

One of the best movies ever created. I have seen it so many times I have lost track.

the reason he keeps meeting the guy in the hallway and ned so many times is because he has to do his groundhog report at the same time ..

Fun movie that gets to explore all the many variations of human interaction with other humans as well as one's self.

I always wondered what would happen if he just never went to sleep. I mean, I've had a lot of sleepless nights, but I'm not witnessing a new day, but rather a spiral, that goes deeper into my mind.

wow i never saw it that way before great video

I thought the editing in this movie was awesome

It's possible that Ned could have also been reliving Groundhog Day over and over again. But here's an interesting fact. In the script an ex girlfriend supposedly places a curse on him (without him knowing) using his business card and a watch stopped at 5:59. Some say that Rita's kiss broke the curse. I think too that Phil buying the life insurance also might have helped.

love this movie every time it plays no matter what part I catch is see the rest of it👍

I can see being stuck in a loop like this as good fun for a few years..

"When someone asks you if you are a god..."

If I was stuck in a timeloop I would probably learn every language.

Big flaw in the reasoning. Bill didn't have to get up at any particular time in order to bump into Ned or that guy on the stairs. A hot shower was always available at Nancy's house too.

One of my favourite movies....got it on DVD.....now I think it is the revelation of your destiny .........the ultimate fact of life......when you die you wake up being roughly pushed out of a smelly tunnel again and again, and then when you die at any time in your lives, either intentionally, by accident or old age you repeat the cycle over and over again without any ending...........when you come to realise you're being reborn over and over is what makes you the perfect person and eventually you will have perfected all your problems as you live life over and over again until you realise you have become the perfect person, fulfilled your destiny and go to a permanent rest.

Ground Hog Day remains one of my favorite movies of all time!

Titles like "Things You Never Realized About This Movie" translates into, "Things About This Movie I just Now Realized When I Googled It and Figured No One Else Must Know Either, So I'll Make a Video and the Whole Internet Will Be Totally Stoked on me"

I find it hard to believe that he was in the loop for 34 years, it would not have taken him that long to learn the lesson.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I actually got to meet Harold Ramis at a gas station near where we both lived. I told him how much I loved his movie and how much I loved his character of Old Muley on 2nd City.

if you like groundhog day, them you will love. "Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow " same plot but its WW3 , and the enemys are aliens. great movie......

I heard that Harold Ramis, the writer and director, once said in an interview that Phil was in the time loop for about 10 years. It took him ten years to get the girl just for one day and that's because she couldn't stand his personality to the point it took ten years of tweaking to make it happen once. The problem is, outside of the time loop, how long will it be before his basic self re-emerges without revision and the relationship falls apart. Could they even make it a week?

Thank you! I have deeper understanding about this movie now.

Whether it was 30 - 40 years or a thousand years, a dark thing about this film no one talks about is it took Murray's character that long to learn to stop being a jerk.

You know "the director" as you called him is the one and only Harold Ramis right? It's weird how you didn't mention his name

The point 2 is silly. If he's gonna meet the TV crew at a specific time of course he would time is morning routine accordingly. Its not random, at least not in the morning when these 'coincidences' occur.

I watched it last year only and I'm down to it. Watched several times and it gets fresh with every cycle as you learn more interesting things.

Your take on this movie and all the things you've discussed in this movie have really saved my bacon because i'm doing my assessment on this movie for English and the info your giving me through this video is top stuff so thanks heaps!!