1. Groundhog Day
By:
Gregory Mirda, Andrew Manfredi,
Adria Powell, Brett Guarino,
Daniel Richter, Juan Ortiz

2. Cast
• Takes place in Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania
• Director: Harold Ramis
• Writers: Harold Ramis and Danny
Rubin
• Cinematographer: John Baily
• Phil Connors: Bill Murray
• Rita: Andie McDowell

3. Filming Facts
• Filmed 1993 in Woodstock Illinois, not
Punxsutawney Pennsylvania
• Nominated for Hugo Award in 1994 for
Best Dramatic Presentation, lost to Jurassic
Park
• Much of the film takes place at the Tip Top
Café, which still stands today with a
different name
• Early drafts of the script revealed the cause
of Phil Connors repeating experience: an
ex-lover named Stephanie cast a spell on
him

4. Popular Team
• Director/Writer Harold Ramis teamed up with
star actor Bill Murray on numerous films
• Murray and Ramis began working together on
the National Lampoons Show in the early 70s
• Collaborated on Caddyshack, Ghostbusters,
Ghostbusters II, Meatballs
• Relationship was broken during filming of
Groundhog day
• Each wanted to go a separate direction with
the film

5. Influence on Comedies
• Their brand of comedy influenced and
started most of today’s great
comedians
• Comedy depended on acting, more
than just slapstick humor today
• Understood by everyone
• Improv occasionally used

6. Similarities to other 90’s
films
• Cinematography and lighting were
natural and pleasing
• Realistic and common situations,
easily relatable and understood
• Similar films: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,
Dazed and Confused