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Groundhog Day (Blu-ray)

Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Spanish, English, Subtitled, French

Editor's Note

Once again, for the fifth year in a row, TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is forced to cover the Groundhog Day ceremonies in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, an assignment he truly despises. But this year something truly bizarre happens after he finishes the report: When he wakes up the next morning, ready to leave, he discovers it's February 2 all over again. He tries to tell his producer, Rita (Andie MacDowell), what's happening, but neither she nor anyone else understands; only he remembers that they've already lived through Groundhog Day. When the same thing happens the next morning, he thinks he's going insane and wreaks havoc all through the town. More and more mornings pass, all of them February 2, and all of them with an ever angrier Phil. Desperate to escape, he even tries suicide, but still another February 2 dawns. As he starts realizing that his exploits are not making time march on any quicker, Phil begins to change his behavior, performing a series of lifesaving tasks until he becomes a model citizen, hoping it will be enough to get him out of Punxsutawney forever. Along the way he learns more about the people around him--and himself--than he ever thought possible. The film is extremely well put together by director Harold Ramis, and the script by Danny Rubin and Ramis is sharp and clever. The actors--many of whom have to perform essentially the same scene over and over again, with only subtle differences--are a riot.

Plot Summary

Frank Capra meets Rod Serling in this high-concept comedy that thoroughly follows through on its premise. As a cynical weatherman, Phil Connors (Bill Murray) finds himself trapped by a blizzard he failed to predict and doomed to repeat the worst day of his life over and over again. At first he is horrified at the prospect of living forever in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the groundhog, but eventually he must discover the key to moving his life forward.

Features

Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Entertainment Reviews

	Groundhog Day - Special 15th Anniversary Edition - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: Josh Lasser - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/21/2009 3:07 PM
It's always nice when one can revisit a film 15 years after its initial release and see that the piece is just as good -- if not better -- than it was originally. Such is the case with the upcoming Blu-ray release of the classic Bill Murray-Harold Ramis comedy, Groundhog Day....read the full review

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Sony Pictures
	Release Date: 1/27/2009
	Running Time: 101 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1993
	Catalog ID: 22646
	UPC: 00043396226463
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Portuguese Dubbed
	Available Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
	Video: Color

Cast & Crew

	Brian Doyle Murray
	Andie MacDowell
	Chris Elliott
	Marita Geraghty
	Robin Duke
	Bill Murray
	Angela Paton
	Rick Ducommun
	Stephen Tobolowsky
	Harold Ramis
	Jennifer Butler - Costume Designer
	Pembroke Herring - Editor
	Harold Ramis - Screenwriter
	C.O. Erickson - Producer
	Harold Ramis - Producer
	Peter Lansdown Smith - Art Director
	John Bailey - Director of Photography
	Trevor Albert - Producer
	Whitney White - Producer
	Danny Rubin - Screenwriter
	Sergei Rachmaninoff - Additional Music/Songs
	David Nichols - Production Designer
	George Fenton - Composer
	Frank Yankovic - Additional Music/Songs
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Additional Music/Songs
	Harold Ramis - Director