Groundhog Day

by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, directed by Harold Ramis

Release: 4 February 1993
Format: Feature Film
Genres: Romance, Comedy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

In the quintessential time loop movie, jaded weatherman Phil Connors (no relation to John Connor) is in Puxtahawny to cover the Groundhog Day goings-on, continually repeating the day and—after losing his jaded edge—striving for Rita’s heart.

— Michael Main

So this will be the last time we do Groundhog together.

DEBUT

Groundhog Day (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 4 February 1993).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TRANSLATIONS

Translations to French, Portuguese

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1970 to 1999: presumed to be in the 1990s

Timeline Models

Time Loop

Time Travel Methods

Unexplained Time Travel Methods

Themes

Groupings

Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From whereever Phil happens to be, 6am on [d]February 3[/d] ⋙ to his bed at the Puxtahawny B&B, 6am on the previous day. Multiple trips. Note: Phil’s time loop.