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Feb 2, 2012 11:52am
stackexchange: You bet we have a question about “Groundhog Day”! How long was Bill Murray’s character supposed to be in a time loop for, in the film “Groundhog Day”? One of the things I love to think about is that is Phil was doing it for 40 years (which seems reasonable), what are all the days we don’t see. I think we can assume there were many weeks he just refused to leave his room. Or, more likely, left the bed and breakfast and went somewhere no one could find him. But I think it is probably safe to say there were days that were way too dark to show. If you really believe there is no consequences to your actions, that you are trapped forever, how drastic would you go? How far would you push it? Especially someone who is as callous has Phil starts in the film. How many times did he walk up to Gobbler’s Knob and start unloading gunfire into Punxsutawney Phil and the crowd? (Also, I just realized how dirt “Gobbler’s Knob” sounds.) I also like to think about that last full day we see. The Phil that has happily fallen into a set pattern to help people. He came upon that schedule after many trials and errors. He must be making choices about where he is when… and must be ignoring other events. Saving the child from falling out of the tree and saving someone from choking are pretty easy choices. But what about the flat tire? What was he NOT doing while doing that? Or playing piano at the party? And speaking of that, he apparently still spent an hour at a piano lesson during the day. What was he not doing while doing that?

stackexchange:

You bet we have a question about “Groundhog Day”!

How long was Bill Murray’s character supposed to be in a time loop for, in the film “Groundhog Day”?


One of the things I love to think about is that is Phil was doing it for 40 years (which seems reasonable), what are all the days we don’t see.

I think we can assume there were many weeks he just refused to leave his room. Or, more likely, left the bed and breakfast and went somewhere no one could find him.

But I think it is probably safe to say there were days that were way too dark to show. If you really believe there is no consequences to your actions, that you are trapped forever, how drastic would you go? How far would you push it? Especially someone who is as callous has Phil starts in the film.

How many times did he walk up to Gobbler’s Knob and start unloading gunfire into Punxsutawney Phil and the crowd? (Also, I just realized how dirt “Gobbler’s Knob” sounds.)

I also like to think about that last full day we see. The Phil that has happily fallen into a set pattern to help people. He came upon that schedule after many trials and errors. He must be making choices about where he is when… and must be ignoring other events. Saving the child from falling out of the tree and saving someone from choking are pretty easy choices. But what about the flat tire? What was he NOT doing while doing that? Or playing piano at the party? And speaking of that, he apparently still spent an hour at a piano lesson during the day. What was he not doing while doing that?
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