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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396226456
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 492
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer (Andie MacDowell) and a smart-aleck cameraman (Chris Elliott), TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney , Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. But on his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant blizzard, which he failed to predict, and finds himself stuck in small-town hell. Just when things couldn't get worse, they get worse; Phil wakes the next morning to find it's Groundhog Day all over again... and again... and again. Groundhog Day was cheered by critics as Bill Murray's best movie ever.
Amazon.com:
Bill Murray does warmth in his most consistently effective post-Stripes comedy, a romantic fantasy about a wacky weatherman forced to relive one strange day over and over again, until he gets it right. Snowed in during a road-trip expedition to watch the famous groundhog encounter his shadow, Murray falls into a time warp that is never explained but pays off so richly that it doesn't need to be. The elaborate loop-the-loop plot structure cooked up by screenwriter Danny Rubin is crystal-clear every step of the way, but it's Murray's world-class reactive timing that makes the jokes explode, and we end up looking forward to each new variation. He squeezes all the available juice out of every scene. Without forcing the issue, he makes us understand why this fly-away personality responds so intensely to the radiant sanity of the TV producer played by Andie MacDowell. The blissfully clueless Chris Elliott (Cabin Boy) is Murray's nudnik cameraman. --David Chute
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - When the days repeat themselves over and over again!
"The groundhog day" is a smart and very original urban fable. How would you react in case every day was a simple and monotonous repetition of the previous one?
Bill Murray is superb as the anguished and hopeless weather showman and given the options, he experiments with the unexpected reactions of every single person who surround him. Andie Mac Dowell is perfect for the role, because the expected chemistry was an undeniable fact.
A clever and sympathetic comedy that ... Read More
Rating: - Bill Murray's finest hour
I have seen most of Bill Murray's films and I generally love most of them. With all of those great films, I consider Groundhog Day his best and it is one of my ten favorite movies of all time. Bill Murray is at his greatest in this movie because herein he channels all of his talent into the role of Phil the jaded and bitter weather man from a Pittsburgh tv station.
The story is a simple one of redemption and changing the path one's life is on and Murray takes this relatively simple and perhaps ... Read More
Rating: - timeless classic
So like this weatherman who thinks he knows which way the wind blows but isn't particularly interested and doesn't appreciate a rodent doing any predicting around him must conform(? or "embrace")to the reality of a single dreaded day that he only wishes to escape from from the very start. He doesn't want to be where he is at all and doesn't like the people he is with. This single day becomes a prison for him from which there is no escape. He trys everything including suicide but everyday begins the same ... Read More
Rating: - classic great comedy with awesome bonus features
I loved the movie Groundhog's day and I was impressed with this version. The DVD has a clearer brighter picture which made the movie that much more enjoyable. I also enjoyed the insight provided by the director, writer,and producer in the bonus features. The way they discuss this unique story line of the man having one day(albeit over and over again) to get it right; I am left with a better deeper enjoyment of the movie. Usually bonus feature ruin the movie's original effect but this time I found the bonus ... Read More
Rating: - Great item, great delivery!
This item arrived promptly and just as described. I would definitely do business with this seller again1
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