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May 17, 2024, 01:20:30 PM  | Groundhog Day (1993/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Stars:
Bill Murray as Phil
Andie MacDowell as Rita
Chris Elliott as Larry
Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned
Brian Doyle-Murray as Buster
Plot:
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.
Awards:
Won:
| AFI (1993) | 100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000) | |
| BAFTA (1993) | Original Screenplay (Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis) | |
| BMI Film & TV Music Awards (1994) | BMI Film Music Award (George Fenton) | |
| Saturn (1993) | Best Actress (Andie MacDowell) |
| AFI (1993) | 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) | |
| Hugo Award (1994) | Dramatic Presentation | |
| MTV Movie Awards (1993) | Best Comedic Performance (Bill Murray) | |
| Saturn (1993) | Best Actor (Bill Murray) | |
| Saturn (1993) | Best Costumes (Jennifer Butler) | |
| Saturn (1993) | Best Director (Harold Ramis) | |
| Saturn (1993) | Best Fantasy Film | |
| Saturn (1993) | Best Writing (Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis) |
Extras:
- Production Notes
- Scene Access
- Trailers
My Thoughts:
One of my all-time favorite movies! And it was a good call that the writers did not try to invent a reason why Phil relives the day.Rating:
(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 7th, 2008)
Member's Reviews
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe, a review by Antares
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1972) 62/100 - Edgar Allan Poe was the first author that I fell in love with when I was young. The brevity of his stories, along with their macabre nature and rich imagery, easily cemented Poe's genius in my mind. To that end, like almost anything one reads, you have a preconceived notion of how the characters look and sound in your mind. Unfortunately for me, these notions were at odds with the performances of Vincent Price in four of Poe's short stories. The film clocked in at a meager 53 minutes, but felt like two hours. I love Vincent Price, and I could understand AIP's reason for having him do these one man recitations. The man's a legend of the Gothic horror genre and one would think that this would be a marriage made in heaven. But it's only 25% successful.
The Tell-Tale Heart - This is where my preconceived imagery was most glaringly at odds with Price's performance. I always saw the narrator of the tale as being coldly aloof and calculating in his manner, kind of like Hannibal Lecter. But Price plays him as if he's raging mad and his performance in this segment is overly melodramatic and it ruins the suspense of the matter of the old man's murder.
The Sphinx - Considered a lesser work from Poe, this was probably included to add a bit of whimsy to the four segment structure of stories. It's pretty light fare, but Price plays this one quite well. But that's to be expected as Price always had the knack for devilish type humor in his many portrayals.
The Cask of Amontillado - This was a short story that I never truly cared for when I first read it. But it turned out to be my favorite of the four segments as Price plays this one without the histrionics of the first and last stories in the film. What I found most interesting was the way that the director used alternating, quick edits of both of Price's facial profiles to render the conversation of the two men in the catacombs, a nice touch.
The Pit and the Pendulum - Once again, to augment the mood of dread inherent in the protagonist's plight, Price ratchets his bombast to a delirious and overwrought dimension in this final segment. I probably could have dealt with it better if he hadn't done it in the first segment also, but by now, it just came across as noisy and disengaging.
What the color coding means...
Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is
(From Antares' Short Summations on October 13th, 2012)
Member's TV Reviews
Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season, a review by addicted2dvd
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Stars:
Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester
Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester
Misha Collins as Castiel
Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer
Extras:
- Audio Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes
- Outtakes/Bloopers
- Ghostfacers: The Web Series
My Thoughts:
I just finished season 5 of Supernatural. Over all I enjoyed it quite a bit. Though I have to admit the whole angels storyline did start to get old to me. But then I have always preferred the "monster of the week" type episodes over the season long arcs. But that is something that usually tends to be true... no matter the series I am watching. I got a kick out of the episode Changing Channels where the brothers are put into a fantasy world which they are characters to different television series. Fictional television series... but ones that are very similar to real ones. Despite the whole angel storyline... this series remains one of my favorite current series. It is a series I highly recommend.My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
Out of a Possible 5
(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on July 11th, 2012)