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Groundhog Day: . Enlightenment of Knowledge, Humanity and Love. Topics of Discussion. Why is this movie important (cultural relevance, religious connotations, philosophical ideas) Why Bill Murray?: The importance of casting and location Enlightenment through Knowledge, humanity, and Love. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Groundhog Day: Enlightenment of
Knowledge, Humanity and Love
Topics of DiscussionWhy is this movie important (cultural
relevance, religious connotations, philosophical ideas)
Why Bill Murray?: The importance of casting and location
Enlightenment through Knowledge, humanity, and Love
Groundhog Day (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold RamisDirected by Harold RamisModerate opening, ranked 13 among films released that yearLike Ebert said the relevance of this movie was not easily recognized by many at first and probably would have been more critically acclaimed if it had not opened so early in the year and had fallen off the radar of critics at the time of Academy Award Nominations.
Awards
-1993 British Comedy Award-1994 BAFTA Best Original Screenplay -1994 Saturn Award for Best Actress Andy McDowell Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror FilmNominated: Best Actor (Bill Murray), Best Director (Harold Ramis), Best Writing, Fantasy Film-2006 Added to the National Film Registry (Deemed “culturally , historically or aesthetically significant”)
Recognitions
# 34 American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Films #27 101 Greatest Screenplays Ever Written- Writers
Guild of America
Origin Of Groundhogs Day
German Tradition of Cadlemas was precursor to Groundhog day
Puxitony Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, not 15, 9 undocumented
Plot: “He is having the day of his life,
over and over again”
How long is loop in time?
42 days depicted partially or fully In an interview Ramis claims 30-40 years
Why is this film important
cultural relevance religious connotations philosophical ideas
Cultural Relevance:
“Groundhog day” entered common use as reference to an “unpleasant situation that continually repeats it self”
Used in 1996 speech by Bill Clinton to describe situation in Bosnia
Noted as American Military slang for any day of tour of duty in Iraq
Astronauts commonly request “I Got You Babe” as alarm music
Religious connotations:
Dubbed “most spiritual film of our time” Buddhism- rebirth as reflection of ones own spiritual
messages Catholism -representation of Purgatory
Cast members/ Location
Capraesc small town Why Bill Murray Andy McDowell –model, innocence Extras- more screen time than other movies
Why Bill Murray
Understanding the protagonist to understand the development
“just tell me good Phil or bad Phil”
Why is the film important
Religious Notions- Buddhism, Catholicism, Reincarnation Achieving the next level
How do we achieve the next level of transcendence
Knowledge Humanity Love
Knowledge
Humanity
Love