Groundhog Day

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fantasy comedy film film romantic comedy film

Groundhog Day is a 1993 comedy film in which a cynical weatherman, played by Bill Murray, becomes trapped reliving the same day over and over, leading to both comedic situations and personal transformation.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fantasy comedy film → film → romantic comedy film →
basedOn	story by Danny Rubin →
boxOfficeGrossUSD	approximately 70 million →
character	Larry → Ned Ryerson → Phil Connors → Rita Hanson NERFINISHED →
cinematographyBy	John Bailey →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
criticalReception	widely acclaimed →
cultStatus	cult classic →
director	Harold Ramis →
distributor	Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Pembroke J. Herring →
filmingLocation	Woodstock, Illinois NERFINISHED →
genre	comedy film → fantasy film → romantic comedy →
mainCharacter	Phil Connors →
mpaaRating	PG →
musicBy	George Fenton →
narrativeStructure	repetition of the same day →
notableFor	popularizing the time loop narrative device in film →
originalLanguage	English →
plotElement	time loop →
portrayedBy	Bill Murray →
primarySetting	Groundhog Day festival →
producer	Harold Ramis → Trevor Albert →
productionCompany	C.O.R.E. Feature Film → Columbia Pictures →
recognizedAs	one of the greatest comedy films of the 1990s →
releaseDate	1993-02-12 →
releaseYear	1993 →
runtimeMinutes	101 →
screenwriter	Danny Rubin → Harold Ramis →
setIn	Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania →
starring	Andie MacDowell → Bill Murray → Chris Elliott → Stephen Tobolowsky →
theme	existentialism → personal transformation → redemption → self-improvement →
title	Groundhog Day →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bill Murray → Harold Ramis → Stephen Tobolowsky → William James Murray →	notableWork
Harold Ramis →	directed
Groundhog Day →	title
Harold Ramis →	wrote