Director
Harold Ramis
Leading Actors/Actresses
Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Chris Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky
Genre
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Language
English
Awards
Won BAFTA Award for Best Sceenplay - Original
Date of Release
1993
Producer
Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Setting and Context
Punxsutawney and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Groundhog Day February 2, 1993
Narrator and Point of View
POV is of Phil
Tone and Mood
Comedic, Fantasy, Romantic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist and Antagonist is Phil
Major Conflict
Phil has woken up in a time loop of the same day, February 2nd, Groundhog Day repeating.
Climax
After repeated days on a seemingly endless loop, Phil falls in love with Rita and its love that breaks the curse of the loop as Phil and Rita wake up together to February 3rd.
Foreshadowing
Phil's contempt for the "hicks" in Punxsutawney foreshadows his need to overcome his belittling people he feels are lower than him.
Understatement
It is understated as to how Phil got into a time loop.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to how one wastes time during a day, filling it with only their selfish needs and attempting to get out of the day rather than truly living in it.
Paradox
Phil tries to kill himself multiple times, but paradoxically awakens very much alive every time.
Parallelism
Nearly every day parallels the previous day in this film as Groundhog Day is repeated until Phil breaks the curse.
