groundhog day
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By Amanda Hess &Clarissa Bumpas
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Bill Clinton becomes President of the United States after defeating George H.W. Bush for re-election.
Source: www.history.com
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Real LIFE
President Bush, Sr. lost the election because of the economy. The economy was in a recession, and deficit spending was out of control.
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgehwbush
In the Film
Bill Murray’s character Phil is a weatherman who is stuck in a rut in his life. He hates his job and feels depressed because he cannot change his life for the better. Like many Americans in the early 1990s.
Source: http://filminsight.net/2009/10/14/groundhog-day-how-will-you-choose-to-live/
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In 1993, the Northeastern United States was hit with one of the worst blizzards in history: 21” of snow plus drifts!
This link is a video from the weather channel in 1993: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44cHhoU0m
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Source: www.youtube.com and www.weather.com
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Poor Phil was wrong in the film when forecasting that the blizzard that was NOT going to hit Punxsutawney. The town and the rest of the Northeast felt Mother Nature’s wrath.
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Bill Murray was a highly bankable actor at the time of the movie’s filming and release. Prior to “Groundhog Day”, Murray had enormous box office success with “Caddyshack” , “Stripes”, “Ghostbusters I” and “II”, and “What About Bob?”
Source:www.imdb.com
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Produced, Directed and Co-wrote “Groundhog Day”
Wrote 4 of the AFI Top 100 Funniest Movies of All Time: “Ghostbusters” #28, “Groundhog Day” #34, “Animal House” #36, and “Caddyshack” #71.
Specialized in Comedy
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ScreenwriterHis screen credits include "Hear No
Evil," "S.F.W.," and "Groundhog Day”Specialized in being very spiritual
and Enlightment The British Academy Award for Best
Screenplay and the Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year
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CinematographerWorked on such films as “Two-Lane
Blacktop”, “The Late Show”, “3 Women”, “Winter Kills”, and “Days of Heaven”.
Specialized in Artistic expression