For all its success, the film marked the end of Ramis's and Murray's long collaborative partnership, which had produced films like Caddyshack (1980) and Ghostbusters (1984). It received multiple award nominations and won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Reviewers were consistent in praise for the film's successful melding of highly sentimental and deeply cynical moments, and for the philosophical message beneath the comedy. It also received generally positive reviews. Groundhog Day was considered a box-office success on its release, earning over $105 million to become one of the highest-grossing films of 1993. Filming was difficult, in part because of bitterly cold weather but also because of the ongoing conflict between Ramis and Murray. Principal photography took place from March to June 1992, almost entirely in Woodstock, Illinois. After being cast, Murray clashed with Ramis over the script Murray wanted to focus on the philosophical elements, whereas Ramis concentrated on the comic aspects.
It eventually came to the attention of Ramis, who worked with Rubin to make his idea less dark in tone and more palatable to a general audience by enhancing the comedy. He wrote it as a spec script to gain meetings with producers for other work. Rubin conceived the outline of Groundhog Day in the early 1990s.
The film also features Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun, Rick Overton, and Robin Duke. Starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott, it tells the story of Phil Connors (Murray), a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly. Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis from a screenplay by him and Danny Rubin.
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