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We relive Bill Murray’s “Groundhog Day” and discuss:
- Story & Writing, humor, theme;
- Finding a surprise supporting actor;
- and other such stuff and things and stuff.
“I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.“ – Jimi Hendrix
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*Correction: Pretty sure Ramis is pronounced “RAY-miss” and not “RAY-mee” – per this CNN segment that’s how they pronounce it, apologies for any confusion, when I heard Todd pronounce it that way I thought it was probably wrong but I also thought maybe I’d been saying it wrong my whole life which tends to happen to book nerds more often than I’d like. Like, how many times did I jack up Ralph Fiennes or Zazie Beetz?? I live in fear that I’ve been screwing up someone’s name lol. – Wes
• Ramis vs Murray fallout (IGN.com) – “…such intense creative disagreements that one day Ramis grabbed Murray by the shirt collar and threw him against a wall. After that, Murray didn’t speak to Ramis for over 20 years.”
• Groundhog Day budget was $14.6m, shooting for 86 days from March to June 1992 (wikipedia)
This Week’s Recommendations:
“The Agency” (IMDB) / “Looper” (IMDB)
