re: So, because it's Groundhog Day;

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I was shocked when I learned that. There are other estimates, but 10 is the lowest reasonable number for Murray to accomplish all of his tasks

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Just look at the Brinks heist - his complete awareness of the environment, "Gust of wind", implies dozens if not hundreds of repetitions of that one act. Mastering the piano from nothing, as a adult, assuming he dedicates whole slices of time during the period is at least a couple of years. Now, he could be multi-tasking (playing the piano 3 or 4 hours a day, every day, pulling the heist every day) and he certainly was selecting certain critical tasks to do every day - saving the kid, attempting to save the old man, etc., but still - 10 years is probably the lowest I would set.

But, in that environment, is the passage of time really significant, or is it the metahporical "journey" versus "destination"?

No, I don't think the actual time matters. I just never realized it until I read it somewhere a few years ago. I never actually thought about how long it would take to do all of those things. I just always assumed he relived the day for a few months because the movie only shows like 40 of the days.

And I agree. 10 years is pretty close to the bare minimum. It was probably much longer.

Just started on AMC!

Also on netflix instant if you have that and dont want to deal with commercials.

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It's one of those movies that I know a lot of people probably hate

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Only those who need to be reminded to breathe every second or so.

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Mrs. Lancaster, was anybody looking for me here this morning? Perhaps a state official? Maybe a blue hat, gun, nightstick?

No one like that. Will there be?

Apparently not.

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Article in today's Seattle Times with the great Ned Ryerson : LINK

One particular change, Tobolowsky remembered, really set the tone for the movie. Originally, Ramis shot “a gigantic scene that took three days ... where Bill shaves his head into a mohawk, takes spray paint and paints graffiti all over the inside of his room, then he takes a chain saw and starts sawing the room in half.” It was an expensive scene, and Ramis, after consideration, quickly cut it. He replaced it with a much quieter, simpler moment: Murray, going to bed terrified, breaks a pencil in half and puts it on his radio. When he wakes up, the pencil is whole. The first time he watched the movie in a theater, Tobolowsky said, the audience gasped at that moment. “We expect a crazy Bill Murray movie ... and [Ramis] replaced it with visual poetry.”

kinda glad its not there, today has become a day for downloading

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t's one of those movies that I know a lot of people probably hate, but theres something about it I like.

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who the frick hates groundhog day? Bill Murray's best

I guessed ten years after the first time I saw it. I've heard Harold Ramis say he thinks it could have been much longer. Some dude has a website where he breaks down every event in the movie and gives about the best estimate anyone could come up with, but I can't remember how long he predicted. I think like 40 years.