Groundhog Day (a film not a book)

[cnholmes]

WARNING! This thread contains a plot spoiler.

Watch the film before reading this. Its a comedy based on an excellent idea.

Groundhog Day is one of my all-time favourite films.

Heres a quick refresher for those of you who can't remember what it was about (and for those of you who want to read this anyway )

Bill Murray plays a weather forecaster sent to a small town, Punxsutawney, to cover the annual festival where a groundhog is used to predict the coming seasons. For no explained reason, he keeps waking up in exactly the same day, over and over again.

He goes through many stages of development, confusion and despair; doing outrageous stuff because he knows he'll come back the next morning; being completely extravagant because he knows whatever he spends will return; trying to win over the Love Interest in the film (Andie MacDowell); suicidal desparation at his failure to escape, and finally (here's that spoiler - last warning) he starts to use his uncommon knowledge of every last detail of that day to help people, which allows him out of the cycle.

An excellent film worth watching again (I've lost count of the number of times I've seen it).

Regards,
Chris

[Chi Addict]

You know...people will read it anyway.....lol...

Hey, that movie was one of my favourites too! Relatively old movie, but very memorable.

Now that i think about it, are you implying a buddhist theme in this movie?

[cnholmes]

You know...people will read it anyway.....lol...

Thats what I suspected Its nice to be warned, though.

Now that i think about it, are you implying a buddhist theme in this movie?

No. But I was wondering if anyone would mention it. On the DVD extras the director tells of how all sorts of religious groups (Buddhists included) contacted him to say "that explains our philosophy exactly".

I don't know enough about samsara (is that the right one?) to imply thats the theme. You can judge for yourselves.

Definitely worth a second viewing

I've seen this film many times, and I've noticed that every time I watch it - its always the same.

Chris

[Grimlock]

Hi Chris,

That's one of my favorite movies, too. It's been on television a lot here recently. Bill Murray is awesome in that movie!

For those not familiar with this rather obscure (but real) festival, have a look here.

[Chi Addict]

haha.....i love Bill Murray's dead-pan humor. Not just in this film.

I've seen this film many times, and I've noticed that every time I watch it - its always the same

Hey maybe i'll rent this later in the day.

Well,i see a spiritual meaning behind this film. But i think it's more fun when you watch & decipher it yourselves.

For those interested, here's a trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_yDWQsrajA