Groundhog Day is 20 years old today

gerry dgerry d Posts: 12,518
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I was just reading online that Groundhog Day is 20 years old today.I remember going to see this back in 1993 at the cinema,makes me feel really old :D

The following link has some facts about the film that you may or may not already know http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/celebrate-groundhog-day-little-known-facts-000032336.html?page=1

I'll get round to buying this on blu-ray at some point.

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  • timebugtimebug Posts: 18,320
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    Really? I saw it when it came out and therefore
    have spent 20 years of my life trying to forget
    what a miserably made,pointless piece of crap
    that it was!
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,685
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    gerry d wrote: »
    I was just reading online that Groundhog Day is 20 years old today.I remember going to see this back in 1993 at the cinema,makes me feel really old :D

    The following link has some facts about the film that you may or may not already know http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/celebrate-groundhog-day-little-known-facts-000032336.html?page=1

    I'll get round to buying this on blu-ray at some point.

    Classic film, love it :D
  • JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    That make me feel very old. Just a fantastic film from start to finish - i must have easily gone into double figures for the amount of times i've seen it and i still like it.
  • royllsroyceroyllsroyce Posts: 1,163
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    Juamnji, Home Alone 2, Jurrasic Park etc will be about the same age
  • Muttley76Muttley76 Posts: 97,888
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    Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.....;)
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,177
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    Great film. The whole sequence with Phil trying to keep the old man alive is so touching.
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,685
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    The repeated scene of the clock radio smashing is hilarious :D
    Awww nuts... :p
  • googlekinggoogleking Posts: 15,006
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    Ned Ryerson!!!!!!!!!! Bing!

    :D
  • occasional postoccasional post Posts: 6,347
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    Im surprised they havent made a sequel - just a repeat of the first movie :)
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,177
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    googleking wrote: »
    Ned Ryerson!!!!!!!!!! Bing!

    :D

    And in Glee, the actor played Sandy Ryerson. I assume it was some kind of in-joke.
  • gasheadgashead Posts: 13,806
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    "I'm a god"

    "You're God?"

    "I'm a god, I'm not the God." :D

    One of the best films, and possibly the best rom-com, of the 90's, and a rare occassion when Andie McDowell isn't completely annoying (as opposed to that other big 90's rom-com, where she so is).
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,685
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    Even Andie McDowell is great in this :)

    "Do you ever have deja vu, Mrs. Lancaster?"
    "I don't think so but I could check with the kitchen" :D
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,177
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    "Believe it or not, I studied 19th century French poetry."
    "Hah! What a waste of time!"
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,685
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    :D
    Now I find some of that stuff unrealistic TBH :p I know its a rom-com (kind of) but you wouldnt expect the other person to like EVERYTHING you like in a relationship :)
  • Broken_ArrowBroken_Arrow Posts: 10,637
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    I can't believe it's been 20 years already!:eek:

    I can't believe it's been 20 years already!:eek:

    I can't believe it's been 20 years already!:eek:

    I can't believe it's been 20 years already!:eek:

    I can't believe it's been 20 years already!:eek:

    I can't believe it's been 20 years already!:eek:
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,685
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    Haha :D:D:D

    Haha

    Haha

    :p
  • treefr0gtreefr0g Posts: 23,595
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    I'm surprised. Usually when I look up how old films that I like are they are closer to 30 years.

    One of the reasons that I like this film is because Groundhog day is my birthday. :)
  • Muttley76Muttley76 Posts: 97,888
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    grimtales1 wrote: »
    Even Andie McDowell is great in this :)

    steady on now.....:eek:

    she's passable in this, but i still find her character rather unlikeable, tbh......:o
  • eugenespeedeugenespeed Posts: 66,695
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    One of the very few Rom Coms I can actually watch without wanting to vomit blood.
  • CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,347
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    timebug wrote: »
    Really? I saw it when it came out and therefore
    have spent 20 years of my life trying to forget
    what a miserably made,pointless piece of crap
    that it was!
    Hi Bill.:D
  • Cissy FairfaxCissy Fairfax Posts: 11,782
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    Brilliant film. I've rated 900 odd on IMDB and only 25 or 26 at 9/10 or above. Thats one of them.
  • KodazKodaz Posts: 1,018
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    I'd like them to remake this film with Roy Wood of Wizzard in Bill Murray's role.

    His clock radio would wake him up with "I wish it could be Christmas every day"... every day. The true poetic justice coming when it turns out it *is* Christmas day... every ******* day! :)

    I would retitle it.... "Be Careful What You Wish For". :D
  • revolver44revolver44 Posts: 22,766
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    Phenomenal film. Murray is just off the charts superb.
    The scene where he's helping Pops & constantly trying to save him ruins me every single time....
  • ChristopherJChristopherJ Posts: 976
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    I remember reading somewhere that the original script had him stuck in the same day for 10,000 years. It was clever of Harold Ramis to make it far fewer years so it works better as a story, but that original idea still gives me the shivers.

    I watched it again with some American friends at Thanksgiving, and their children hadn't seen it. They were at college too, and I realised it had been made before they were born. That did make me feel old.
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