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Disney Paint the Night Electrical Parade
Hong Kong Disneyland
Status
Operating
Soft opening date
September 11, 2014 (2014-09-11)
Opening date
October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
Disneyland
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Closed
Soft opening date
May 21, 2015 (2015-05-21)
Opening date
May 22, 2015 (2015-05-22)
Closing date
January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)
Replaced
Light Magic (1997)
Replaced by
Main Street Electrical Parade (2017)
Disney California Adventure
Status
Operating
Soft opening date
April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
Opening date
April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) [1]
Replaced
Disney’s Electrical Parade (2001-2010)
General statistics
Attraction type
Parade
Music
"When Can I See You Again?"
Duration
17 minutes (Disneyland)[2]
Wheelchair accessible
Paint the Night Parade is a nighttime parade at Hong Kong Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, and formerly at Disneyland.[3][4]The Hong Kong version premiered on September 11, 2014, and the Disneyland version debuted on May 22, 2015, as part of the park's 60th anniversary Diamond Celebration.[4][5] The parade is a spiritual successor to the long-running Main Street Electrical Parade, which has appeared at numerous Disney parks in several different incarnations since June 17, 1972. At Disneyland Park in California, Paint the Night made its last regular performance on September 5, 2016, and returned as a seasonal offering for the 2016 holiday season.[6] The original Main Street Electrical Parade returned to Disneyland Park on January 20, 2017 for a limited-time run.[7]
In July 2017, it was officially announced at the D23 Expo that Paint the Night would be moving to Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort starting on April 13, 2018.[8][9] A new float themed around Disney•Pixar’s The Incredibles[1] joined the parade for the grand opening of Pixar Pier on June 23[10] and for the release of Incredibles 2 which hit theatres on June 15.
Paint the Night made its return to the Disneyland Resort at Disney California Adventure on April 12, 2018. Portions of the Little Mermaid unit as well as the entire Frozen unit were removed from the parade as they were too tall to clear the Red Car Trolley's overhead wires.
Contents
1 Hong Kong Disneyland
1.1 Units
2 Disneyland Resort (California)
2.1 Units
3 References
4 External links
Hong Kong Disneyland[edit]
Disney Paint the Night Parade (Chinese: 迪士尼光影匯, Jyutping: dik6 si6 nei4 gwong1 ying2 wooi6) premiered at Hong Kong Disneyland on October 1, 2014.[11] This is the first time Walt Disney Parks and Resorts created a fully LED parade,[11] and features seven original floats containing over 740,000 individual lights.[11]
The Hong Kong version of the parade uses a newly arranged version of the Main Street Electrical Parade's theme song, "Baroque Hoedown," alongside a Cantonese arrangement of Owl City's "When Can I See You Again?" from Wreck-It Ralph. In the original version of the Hong Kong version of the parade, there was a show stop in which the performers were able to interact with the interactive LED Paintbrushes sold to audience members. The show stop used an original song in Cantonese and English called "Paint the Night". The show stop was discontinued in November 2015.
The interactive "Mickey Mouse Paintbrushes," which guests can purchase in the park, allow them to interact with the performers by changing the colors of their costumes when the brushes are activated.[11] Wearable merchandise items include the "Mickey Glow Mitt" and "Minnie Glow Bow," which change colors throughout the show[11] through the use of RFID-enabled technology.[11]
Units[edit]
The Hong Kong version contains the following parade units:[11]
Logo for the Hong Kong version of Paint the Night
Tinker Bell and Friends (2014-present)
Monsters, Inc. Dance Party (2014-present)
Cars Electric Roadway Jam (2014-present)
The Little Mermaid Electric Watercolours (2014-present)
Belle's Candlelight Dreams (2014-present)
Toy Story Electric Rodeo (2014-present)
Mickey & Friends Lightastic Finale (2014-present)
Disneyland Resort (California)[edit]
The Little Mermaid float at Disneyland, California in 2015.
The Paint the Night Parade (or Paint the Night Electrical Parade, as it is titled within the show) opened May 22, 2015, as part of Disneyland's Diamond Celebration,[4][5] in commemoration of its 60th anniversary.[12] This version of the parade utilizes over 1.5 million LED lights,[4][5] special effects,[13] and features 76 performers.[14] The California version of the parade was inspired by the Main Street Electrical Parade.[5] It is Disneyland's first all-LED parade.[4][15] The parade lasts approximately 17 minutes.[2] During the Diamond Celebration, the entire 24-hour event was streamed live via internet by the Disneyland Resort, including the premiere of Paint the Night parade on May 22, 2015.[16] Like the Hong Kong version, the parade jointly features arrangements of Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley's "Baroque Hoedown" and Owl City's "When Can I See You Again?". This version, now in English, features new lyrics for the parade along with vocals and arrangement from Adam Young of Owl City.[17] Following the Diamond Celebration, Paint the Night at Disneyland performed a short run during the 2016 holiday season before Disneyland revived the Main Street Electrical Parade on January 20, 2017 for a limited-time run that ended on August 20, 2017.[18][7] Paint the Night officially returned to the Disneyland Resort on April 12, 2018, but this time at Disney California Adventure for Pixar Fest which began on April 13, 2018 and has no current ending date. [19]
Units[edit]
The Disneyland version of the parade includes 2 floats not seen in the Hong Kong version, and also moves continuously down the parade route, with no show stops.[20]
The Disneyland version contains the following parade units:[21]
Incredibles Unit in the Paint the Night Parade at Disney California Adventure Park 2018
Current Parade Floats
Peter Pan and drum unit (featuring Rosetta, Silvermist, Iridessa, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan and Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, Genie from Aladdin and Lumière from Beauty and the Beast) (2015-present)
Monsters, Inc. Dance Party (featuring Sulley and Mike) (2015-present)
Cars Electric Roadway Jam (featuring Lightning McQueen, Mack and DJ) (2015-present)
The Little Mermaid Electric Watercolors (featuring Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder, King Triton and Marlin and Nemo from Finding Nemo) (2015-present)
Toy Story Electric Rodeo (featuring Jessie, Slinky Dog, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Squeeze Toy Aliens) (2015-present)
Candlelight Dreams (featuring Belle, Rapunzel and Cinderella) (2015-present)
The Incredibles Float (featuring Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Frozone, Dash, Violet and Jack Jack) (2018-present)
Mickey's Lightastic Finale (featuring Goofy, Donald Duck, Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse) (2015-present)
Retired Parade Floats
Frozen Fractals (featuring Anna, Elsa and Olaf) (2015-2017) [22]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Glover, Erin. "Pixar Fest Brings Celebration of Friendship Throughout Disneyland Resort Beginning April 13, 2018". Disney Parks Blog.
^ Jump up to: a b "Video, slide show: First look at Disneyland's 'Paint the Night' parade, a modern version of Main Street Electrical Parade". Ocregister.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
Jump up ^ "'Paint the Night' Parade Starts May 22 as Part of the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Disneyland to launch new parade, fireworks for 60th anniversary". Los Angeles Times. January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Pimentel, Joseph (January 28, 2015). "VIDEO: Disneyland announces 60th anniversary plans with a little extra dazzle; it's adding a parade, punching up fireworks show". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Main Street Electrical Parade Coming to Disneyland Park for a Limited Time; Last Chance to 'Paint the Night'". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Glover, Erin (January 20, 2017). "It's Home! Main Street Electrical Parade Begins Limited-Time Run at Disneyland Park". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
Jump up ^ Smith, Thomas. "New Pixar Pier to Bring Favorite Pixar Stories to Life at Disney California Adventure Park; Limited-Time Pixar Fest Celebration Coming Throughout Disneyland Resort". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
Jump up ^ Kubersky, Seth (16 July 2017). "Disneyland Resort's Pixar Fest brings Pixar Pier to DCA in 2018". Attractions Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
Jump up ^ Glover, Erin. "Pixar Pier to Open June 23 at Disney California Adventure Park; New 'Incredibles' Float to Join 'Paint the Night' Parade". Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Hong Kong Disneyland will showcase a Whole New Light at Nighttime this Coming Fall/Winter". Hong Kong Disneyland. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
Jump up ^ "Disneyland to celebrate 60-year anniversary with new shows, diamond decorations". ABC7 Los Angeles. January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ Richard, Terry (February 3, 2015). "Disneyland adds nighttime spectaculars for 60th anniversary starting in May at Anaheim". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ MacDonald, Brady (29 April 2015). "What to expect from Disneyland's Paint the Night parade". latimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
Jump up ^ "Disneyland announces 60th anniversary plans". Los Angeles Daily News. January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Watch Premiere Performances of 'Paint the Night' Parade and 'Disneyland Forever' Fireworks and Disneyland Resort 24-Hour Event LIVE on Disney Parks Blog". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Young, Adam (25 March 2015). "Disney hired me to work on their new Electrical Parade. Stoked" (Video). Instragram. @owlcityofficial. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
Jump up ^ "Main Street Electrical Parade Coming to Disneyland Park for a Limited Time; Last Chance to 'Paint the Night'". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
Jump up ^ https://www.facebook.com/DisneyParksBlog/videos/1803598476375957/?notif_id=1532576958587575&notif_t=live_video
Jump up ^ Slater, Shawn (April 13, 2015). "Behind the Scenes of 'Paint the Night' Parade, Coming for the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Prepare to Be Dazzled! Disneyland Reveals More Details for the Upcoming 60th Birthday". Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
Jump up ^ https://sites.google.com/site/frozencutfrompaintthenight/
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Groundhog Day (film)
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Groundhog Day
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Harold Ramis
Produced by
Trevor Albert
Harold Ramis
Screenplay by
Harold Ramis
Danny Rubin
Story by
Danny Rubin
Starring
Bill Murray
Andie MacDowell
Chris Elliott
Music by
George Fenton
Cinematography
John Bailey
Edited by
Pembroke J. Herring
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
February 12, 1993 (1993-02-12)
Running time
101 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14.6 million[1]
Box office
$70.9 million (North America)[2]
Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin, based on a story by Rubin. Murray plays Phil Connors, an arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman who, during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, finds himself caught in a time loop, repeating the same day again and again. After indulging in hedonism and committing suicide numerous times, he begins to re-examine his life and priorities.
On its release, Groundhog Day was a modest success and garnered generally positive reviews. Over time, it has gained greater appreciation among critics and film historians, and is now often listed among the best comedy films ever. It further entered into the public consciousness, with the term "Groundhog Day" coming to represent a situation that seems to repeat over and over in government and military arenas, as well as influencing other entertainment. In 2006, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3] A stage musical version of the story premiered in 2016.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Concept
3.2 Writing and casting
3.3 Filming
4 Release
4.1 Critical reception
4.2 Box office
4.3 Accolades
5 Interpretations and analysis
5.1 Time loop duration speculations
6 Legacy
6.1 Events
7 Stage adaptation
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Plot[edit]
Weatherman Phil Connors reassures Pittsburgh viewers that an approaching blizzard will miss western Pennsylvania. He goes with news producer Rita Hanson and cameraman Larry to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the Groundhog Day festivities. Phil makes no secret of his contempt for the assignment, the small town, and the "hicks" who live there.
The next day, Phil awakens at his Punxsutawney bed and breakfast to Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" on the clock radio. He tapes a half-hearted report on Punxsutawney Phil and the town's festivities. Rita wants to stay and cover other events, but Phil wants to return to Pittsburgh. The blizzard blankets the region in snow, stranding them in Punxsutawney. Phil shuns the celebrations and retires to bed early.
Phil wakes to "I Got You Babe" and the same announcement from the radio, and discovers the day's events repeating exactly. Phil relives the day and returns to bed, assuming it was a dream, but it is still Groundhog Day when he wakes: he is trapped in a time loop that no one else is aware of. Realizing there are no consequences for his actions, he spends the first several loops indulging in binge drinking, one-night stands, and reckless driving. He becomes depressed and commits suicide several times, but does not escape the loop.
Phil tries to explain his situation to Rita, for whom he has feelings, by accurately predicting the day's events. Rita sympathises and they spend the entirety of one loop together, but Phil wakes up alone as usual. He decides to use his knowledge of the day's events to better himself and the lives of others; he learns how to play the piano, sculpt ice, and speak French, but is unable to prevent the death of a homeless man.
During one loop, Phil enthusiastically reports the Groundhog Day festivities, amazing Rita. They spend the rest of the day together, with Phil impressing her with his apparent overnight transformation and charitable deeds. She successfully bids for Phil at a charity bachelor auction. Phil makes an ice sculpture of Rita's face, and tells her that no matter what happens, even if he is doomed to continue awakening alone each morning forever, he wants her to know that he is finally happy, because he loves her. They retire together to Phil's lodgings. Phil wakes to "I Got You Babe" again, but finds Rita is still in bed with him; he has escaped the time loop.
Cast[edit]
Andie MacDowell with a groundhog, 2008
Bill Murray as Phil Connors
Andie MacDowell as Rita Hanson
Chris Elliott as Larry the cameraman
Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned Ryerson
Brian Doyle-Murray as Buster Green
Angela Paton as Mrs. Lancaster
Rick Ducommun as Gus
Rick Overton as Ralph
Robin Duke as Doris the waitress
Marita Geraghty as Nancy Taylor
Harold Ramis as Neurologist
Richard Henzel as D.J. #1
Rob Riley as D.J. #2
David Pasquesi as Psychiatrist
Hynden Walch as Debbie the bride
Michael Shannon as Fred the groom
Production[edit]
Concept[edit]
Danny Rubin had completed and sold his script for Hear No Evil and moved from Chicago to Los Angeles to become a professional screenwriter around 1990.[4] His agent suggested that he prepare a "calling-card" script that he could use to gain meetings with various producers.[4] He came up with the core idea of the script which would become Groundhog Day while sitting in a movie theater.[4] He asked himself the question "If a person could live forever, if a person was immortal, how would they change over time?"[5] Having this character be immortal and having the world change around them would have been too cumbersome for filming. Instead he came back to a concept he had written down about two years earlier about a man living the same day over and over. With the idea of a person changing over time, this repeating day motif found its "deeper purpose" within the new script.[4] The two ideas, combined, answered his proverbial question as well as opened up several possibilities of drama and comedy with that framework.[5]
Rubin first conceived of the dating aspect for the film, "being able to use your superior knowledge to pick up women", which led to the film leaning more to the comedy side.[5] He knew he needed some calendar date to use for the day, and his earlier concept had the character reliving a late January day over and over; when he looked at his calendar, he saw Groundhog Day, February 2, as a date with great potential as a recognized holiday but one with little fanfare, and a date on which the film could be played annually, similar to Christmas or Halloween specials. Groundhog Day also presented Rubin with the idea of being able to take his character out of his home town into the unfamiliar territory and relative isolation of Punxsutawney, and cementing the character being named Phil in honor of Punxsutawney Phil, as well as making him a weatherman.[5][4] Rubin took about seven weeks to fix the basic concepts and "rules" for the time loop in the film, and then completed the first draft of the screenplay within three to four days.[5]
Rubin started to shop the screenplay around to around 50 different producers. While many studios expressed interest, they told him they wouldn't be able to film it, though Rubin was able to secure additional work through these meetings. After his own agent left the industry, Rubin hired a spec agent to help sell the script more. The script got to the hands of Richard Lovett in the Creative Artists Agency, who was able to get it to Harold Ramis around 1991, leading to Ramis offering to produce the film.[5][6]
Writing and casting[edit]
In the first draft of the script, Rubin had not wanted to have to explain to the audience how Phil got in the loop, and so had the movie start in medias res, with Phil already in the midst of the looping; the audience would have followed one of his days after waking up to "I Got You Babe" where he is already aware of what will be happening, and thus provoking the audience's curiosity; the film would then have used voice-over narration by Phil to provide some of the backstory.[5] Rita would also confess to being trapped in a time loop of her own.[7] Rubin considered this draft to be more in line with the black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, particularly with regards to how Phil's suicides were presented.[4]
While Ramis wanted to keep this approach, the studio applied pressure to use a more standard narrative structure, forcing Rubin to rewrite the script under Ramis' direction.[5] A major change was to restructure the film as a standard three-act piece.[8] This second draft of the screenplay established the reason for Phil being put in a time loop, according to actor Eddie Deezen. In that version, Phil unceremoniously dumps his current girlfriend Stephanie during the introductory scenes of the film at the studio. While Phil is at Punxsutawney, a scorned Stephanie devises a way to cast a spell to trap Phil within the loop for 10,000 years. [9] According to Rubin, he felt that he had taken a defensive position in writing these new scenes, feeling that it would "take away everything that was innovative and interesting and turn it into an easily-dismissed Hollywood comedy", and acknowledges that Ramis interceded on his behalf to remove these explanatory scenes while keeping the three-act format.[4]
Another change in the second draft was to change Phil's attitude from having come to accept the nature of the time loop, to one that was more optimistic about being able to end the loop, making the role more suited to Murray's comedy talents.[6] Ramis had known Murray since their days in The Second City improv troupe and had used him in several successful films prior to Groundhog Day, so he knew how to play on his strengths to convince Murray to take the role. Prior to Murray's casting, Tom Hanks[10] and Michael Keaton[11] turned down the lead role.
Filming[edit]
Tip Top Bistro, established at the site of the fictional Tip Top Cafe in Woodstock
The film was shot in Woodstock, Illinois, 60 miles (97 kilometres) northwest of Chicago near the Wisconsin border, because Punxsutawney "didn't have a town center that looked good on camera", according to Ramis,[7] and because Punxsutawney's remote location magnified the logistical problems and expense of filming there.[12][13] Woodstock was a suitable replacement for Pennsylvania in the winter months; further, Ramis knew the area as a Chicago native and recognized it would be easy to obtain licenses to film there and operate the film's production during the winter months.[13] Punxsutawney officials, miffed that their town had been passed over, refused to allow the real Punxsutawney Phil to appear in the movie,[7] but sent representatives to Woodstock to make sure the ceremony was being depicted accurately;[14] according to producer Trevor Albert, the Punxsutawney officers "were actually very pleased" with their recreation of Gobbler's Knob, the site near Punxsutawney used for the Groundhog Day ceremonies.[13] Filming began on March 16, 1992, and continued through May. Much of the filming was done in colder-than-normal weather, with Murray saying that temperatures were often under 20 °F (−7 °C), and had snowfall that lasted through May.[13]
The "Cherry Street Inn", actually a private home at the time of filming, and actually on Fremont Street
Punxsutawney Phil was played by a series of groundhogs collectively known as Scooter. "[The animals] hated my guts from day one," said Murray, who was bitten twice during shooting, including during the filming of the scene where he drives himself and Phil into a ravine. The bites were severe enough that he was forced to undergo precautionary rabies immunization afterward.[15][13]
The Tip Top Cafe, where many indoor scenes took place, was a set created for the film, but it became an actual restaurant, the Tip Top Bistro, following the movie's success. Later, it became a coffee and Italian ice cream shop,[16] and after that a fried chicken outlet.[17] The Cherry Street Inn, the Queen Anne-Victorian bed & breakfast where Murray's character stayed, was a private home at the time of filming. Today, it is an actual bed & breakfast.[16]
During filming, Murray was in the midst of marital problems and several members of the crew reported his attitude as being erratic. Murray had wanted to make the film more contemplative and less of a comedy, contrary to Ramis' view. Rather than have to handle Murray's constant phone calls, Ramis had Murray work with Rubin in New York City directly to adjust the script to satisfy Murray's requests.[6] Actor Stephen Tobolowsky described the script changes: "When I got the part, it was still kind of a mediocre Bill Murray movie," he said. "You know, Bill Murray, with no consequences, in comic situations ... It wasn't until we got into the shooting that everything turned on its head. And it became not only a good movie, not only a great movie, but a classic."[18]
During the time he was working with Rubin, Murray refused to talk to Ramis, according to Rubin. When Murray returned to Woodstock to complete filming, Ramis described his behavior as "just really irrationally mean", and difficult to work with.[6] Following the filming, Ramis and Murray's longtime collaboration and friendship ended abruptly, without public explanation. Except for a few words at a wake, and later at a bar mitzvah, the two men did not speak for almost 20 years after the film's release.[6][19] Murray finally initiated a reconciliation—at the suggestion of Brian Doyle Murray—only after Ramis entered the final stages of his terminal illness.[20]
Release[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
The film was released to generally favorable reviews. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it "a particularly witty and resonant comedy"[21] and Hal Hinson of The Washington Post called it "the best American comedy since 'Tootsie'".[22] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it a "B-",[23] and Desson Howe of The Washington Post noted that even though the film is a good Bill Murray vehicle, "'Groundhog' will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress".[24] Ironically, the film was selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress in 2006.[25]
Roger Ebert revisited it in his "Great Movies" series.[26] After giving it a three-star rating in his original review,[27] Ebert acknowledged in his "Great Movies" essay that, like many viewers, he had initially underestimated the film's many virtues and only came to truly appreciate it through repeated viewings.
The film is number 32 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". In Total Film's 1990s special issue, Groundhog Day was deemed the best film of 1993 (the year that saw the release of Schindler's List, The Piano, A Perfect World and The Fugitive). In 2000, readers of Total Film voted it the seventh greatest comedy film of all time. The Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #27 on their list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written.[28][29] In 2009, American literary theorist Stanley Fish named the film as among the ten best American films ever, writing that "as the movie becomes more serious, it becomes funnier. The comedy and the philosophy (how shall one live?) do not sit side by side, but inhabit each other in a unity that is incredibly satisfying."[30] In 2011, Time Out London named it the 5th-greatest comedy film of all time.[31]
Groundhog Day holds a 96% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's consensus reads "Smart, sweet, and inventive, Groundhog Day highlights Murray's dramatic gifts while still leaving plenty of room for laughs".[32] The film is regarded as a contemporary classic. It has a score of 72 out of 100 at Metacritic, indicating "Generally favorable reviews."[33]
Box office[edit]
The film was a solid performer in its initial release, grossing $70.9 million in North America and ranking 13th among films released in 1993.[34] It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, but lost to Jurassic Park.[35]
Accolades[edit]
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay 1994
British Comedy Awards 1993 (Comedy Film)
Saturn Award for Best Actress (Film) (Andie MacDowell)
In June 2008, AFI revealed its "Ten Top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Groundhog Day was acknowledged as the eighth best film in the fantasy genre.[36][37]
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – #34[38]
2008: AFI's 10 Top 10:
#8 Fantasy Film[39]
Interpretations and analysis[edit]
The film is often considered an allegory of self-improvement, emphasizing that happiness comes from placing the needs of others above one's own selfish desires. As the released film offers no explanation why the time loop occurs—or why it ends—viewers are left to draw their own conclusions. Rubin has said that while he and Ramis discussed several of the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the film, they "never intended [it] to be anything more than a good, heartfelt, entertaining story".[4]
"Groundhog Day", as an expression, has become shorthand for the concept of spiritual transcendence.[40][41] As such, the film has become a favorite of some Buddhists,[42][43] who see its themes of selflessness and rebirth as reflections of their own spiritual messages. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, it has been seen as a representation of purgatory. "Connors goes to his own version of hell, but since he's not evil it turns out to be purgatory, from which he is released by shedding his selfishness and committing to acts of love," wrote Jonah Goldberg. "Meanwhile, Hindus and Buddhists see versions of reincarnation here, and Jews find great significance in the fact that Connors is saved only after he performs mitzvahs (good deeds) and is returned to earth, not heaven, to perform more." It has even been described by some religious leaders as the "most spiritual film of our time".[44] “The curse is lifted when Bill Murray blesses the day he has just lived," wrote the critic Rick Brookhiser. "And his reward is that the day is taken from him. Loving life includes loving the fact that it goes.”[45]
Theologian Michael P. Pholey, writing for Touchstone Magazine, commented on the difficulty of determining a single religious or philosophical interpretation of the film, given Ramis's "ambiguous religious beliefs" as "an agnostic raised Jewish and married to a Buddhist", and suggested that when not viewed through a "single hermeneutical lens", the film could be seen as "a stunning allegory of moral, intellectual, and even religious excellence in the face of postmodern decay, a sort of Christian-Aristotelian Pilgrim's Progress for those lost in the contemporary cosmos."[46] Others see an interpretation of Nietzsche's directive to imagine life—metaphorically or literally—as an endless repetition of events. "How would this shape your actions?" asks Goldberg. "What would you choose to live out for all eternity?"[45]
Time loop duration speculations[edit]
In relationship to the spiritual interpretations of the films, many have tried to estimate how long Phil supposedly remains trapped in the loop, in real time, with a wide variance in estimated values. During filming, Ramis, who was a Buddhist, observed that according to Buddhist doctrine, it takes 10,000 years for a soul to evolve to its next level. Therefore, he said, in a spiritual sense, the entire arc of Groundhog Day spans 10,000 years.[18] Deezen noted that the second draft of the screenplay called for Phil to be cursed to live the time loop for 10,000 years.[9] In the DVD commentary, Ramis estimated a real-time duration of 10 years. Later, Ramis told a reporter, "I think the 10-year estimate is too short. It takes at least 10 years to get good at anything, and allotting for the down time and misguided years he spent, it had to be more like 30 or 40 years."[47]
In 2005, Rubin said, "Ultimately it became this weird political issue because if you asked the studio, 'How long was the repetition?', they'd say, 'Two weeks'. But the point of the movie to me was that you had to feel you were enduring something that was going on for a long time ... For me it had to be—I don't know. A hundred years. A lifetime."[48] In 2014, the website WhatCulture combined various time duration assumptions and estimated that Phil spent a total of 12,395 days—just under 34 years—reliving Groundhog Day.[49][50]
Legacy[edit]
The narrative of a protagonist trapped in a time loop, where escape is only possible after accumulating knowledge through multiple passes, is a popular trope in fictional works.[51] Rubin noted that with his script, he "stumbled upon a story with all the makings of a classic, so simple and true that it could be retold many different ways by many different storytellers."[4] Though not the earliest example, the trope has been named after Groundhog Day by the website TV Tropes and other sources because the film established the trope in popular culture.[52] Such films as Edge of Tomorrow and ARQ have used it, as have television shows; one of the more recognized examples is The X-Files episode "Monday". Other genres, including sit-coms and dramas, have employed it as well. Pilot Viruet, in the magazine Vice, wrote, "Because of the inherent reset button the trope provides, an episode of TV can explore different scenarios, plots, character interactions, and outcomes—and if any of them don't quite feel right, the writers can start over (often with the ringing of a shrill alarm clock)."[53]
The phrase "Groundhog Day" has entered common usage as a reference to an unpleasant situation that continually repeats.[54] Goldberg paraphrased the common meaning as "same stuff, different day".[45] In the military, referring to unpleasant, unchanging, repetitive situations as "Groundhog Day" became widespread soon after the movie's release in February 1993. A magazine article about the aircraft carrier USS America mentions its use by sailors in September 1993.[55] The film was a favorite among the Rangers deployed for Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia in 1993, because they saw the film as a metaphor of their own situation, waiting monotonous long days between raids.[56] In February 1994, crew members of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga referred to their deployment in the Adriatic Sea, in support of Bosnia operations, as Groundhog Station. A speech by President Clinton in January 1996 specifically referred to the movie and the use of the phrase by military personnel in Bosnia.[57] Fourteen years after the movie's release, "Groundhog Day" was noted as common American military slang for any day of a tour of duty in Iraq, often as a successor to the World War II-era slang term "SNAFU" ("Situation Normal: All Fucked Up").[45][58]
In his Iraq War memoir Victory Denied, Maj. Roger Aeschliman describes guarding assorted visiting dignitaries as his "Groundhog Day":
The dignitary changes but everything else is exactly the same. The same airplanes drop them off at the same places. The same helicopters take us to the same meetings with the same presenters covering the same topics using the same slides. We visit the same troops at the same mess halls and send them away from the same airport pads to find our own way home late at night. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over until we are redeemed and allowed to go home to Kansas. Amen.[59]
In the 2015 memoir, Guantánamo Diary, Mohamedou Ould Slahi refers to the film twice to describe his ongoing confinement in Guantanamo, Cuba.[60]
Member of Parliament Dennis Skinner compared British Prime Minister Tony Blair's treatment following the 2004 Hutton Inquiry to the film. "[The affair] was, he said, like Groundhog Day, with the prime minister's critics demanding one inquiry, then another inquiry, then another inquiry." Blair responded, "I could not have put it better myself. Indeed I did not put it better myself."[61]
Events[edit]
The town of Punxsutawney has seen much larger crowds at the annual Groundhog Day event since the film's release.[62]
Since 1992 the town of Woodstock, Illinois where the film was mostly shot has staged an annual Groundhog Day festival, featuring a dinner dance, free screenings of the movie, and a walking tour of the opera house, bowling alley, movie theater, Moose Lodge (site of the dinner dance scene), the piano teacher's house, Cherry Street Inn, and other locations from the film.[16]
On February 2, 2016, fans of the film in Liverpool experienced their own "Groundhog Day" by binge-watching the film 12 times in 24 hours.[63]
On February 2, 2018, Sky Cinema showed the film 13 times to celebrate the event the film is named after. All of these were consecutive from 6am, with a showing of Dragnet being the only different film shown on the channel that day.
Stage adaptation[edit]
Main article: Groundhog Day (musical)
Although Stephen Sondheim expressed interest in creating a musical adaption of the film in 2003,[64] he eventually concluded that " ... to make a musical of Groundhog Day would be to gild the lily. It cannot be improved."[65] Nevertheless, Ramis announced in 2009 that Rubin was working on an adaptation.[66] At a 2014 concert in Hyde Park, the Australian comedian and lyricist Tim Minchin performed a song he had written for the show, "Seeing You".[67]
The musical was officially confirmed in April 2015, with a book by Rubin based on his and Ramis's original screenplay,[68] directed by Matthew Warchus,[69] choreography by Peter Darling,[70] design by Rob Howell,[71] and an original score and lyrics by Minchin.[72] The production reunites most of the creative team behind the 2010 musical Matilda.[73] It premiered in 2016 at The Old Vic theatre in London[74][75] as part of Warchus's debut season as artistic director there.[76] Broadway performances began in March 2017.[77] The musical was well-received, with both the London and Broadway shows receiving a number of nominations and awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical for the London production.[78]
See also[edit]
List of films featuring time loops
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Further reading[edit]
Gilbey, Ryan (2004). Groundhog Day. London: British Film Institute. ISBN 1-84457-032-0.
Rubin, Danny (2012). How to Write "Groundhog Day". Boston: Triad Publishing. ASIN B0072PEV6U.
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